Digital weight reduction firm Noom introduced the appointment of Geoff Prepare dinner as its new chief government officer and member of its board of administrators.
Saeju Jeong, Noom’s cofounder and the corporate’s former CEO of 16 years, is stepping down however will proceed as government chairman of the board.
Prepare dinner cofounded and served as CEO of social networking providers firm The Meet Group, the place he took the agency public earlier than it was acquired by eHarmony’s parent company Parship Group. He additionally serves as a trustee of The Franklin Institute, a science museum and science training and analysis middle in Philadelphia.
“Having spent the final 18 years driving innovation to advertise social connection and well-being, I’m thrilled to deliver that spirit of transformative innovation to further well being and wellness dimensions. I imagine Noom can construct on its robust and compelling basis to succeed in everybody all over the place on their wellness journey and deepen the sustained, optimistic affect now we have on the lives of our clients. I’m wanting ahead to partnering with Noom’s cofounders, board and proficient group to create the subsequent chapter of Noom’s development,” Prepare dinner mentioned in a press release.
Final yr, Noom settled a lawsuit that alleged it had misled customers into signing up for subscriptions that have been tough to cancel. In October, Bloomberg reported that Noom had begun trying to find a brand new CEO to interchange Jeong.
In January, the corporate confirmed with MobiHealthNews that it had performed one other spherical of layoffs resulting from “robust financial headwinds.” The workforce discount marked the third spherical of layoffs on the New York-based firm in lower than a yr.
Worth-based care startup Vytalize Health introduced the addition of Dave Wichmann and Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips to its board of administrators.
Wichman is the cofounder of personal fairness fund Jory Capital and previously served as CEO of UnitedHealth Group.
Compton-Phillips is president and chief medical officer of Indiana-based healthcare firm Press Ganey and beforehand served as president of medical operations at Windfall Well being. She additionally sits on the Healthcare Data and Administration Methods Society (HIMSS) board, which acquired MobiHealthNews in 2015.
“For me, that is about discovering progressive care fashions that may repair our healthcare system. New instruments and applied sciences utilized in isolation aren’t sufficient to resolve the trade’s advanced challenges. We additionally must deal with the human aspect of care and assist physicians construct stronger relationships with sufferers. Vytalize Well being’s platform will allow the shift to whole-person, preventative care to attain higher outcomes. I stay up for working with the group to maneuver value-based care ahead,” Compton-Phillips mentioned in a press release.
Earlier this yr, Vytalize scored a whopping $100 million in funding, lower than a yr after it garnered $50 million in a Series B round.
