Investors
HealthMedia is a high-growth, profitable Software as a Service business which competes in the health care market. We have designed and built a technology and methodology that allows us to emulate a nurse-counseling session—without the costly counselor. We apply this methodology to applications in the areas of wellness, disease management, behavioral health and medication adherence—which yields high efficacy and high reach at very low cost. HealthMedia has blue chip customers and partners as employers, health plans, behavioral health organizations and pharmaceutical companies.
We are a venture capital-backed company. Our three primary investors are:
Board of Directors
HealthMedia’s board of directors is comprised of seasoned professionals from the fields of software, technology, healthcare, and investment banking. Board members are:
Dr. Strecher is a renowned speaker, researcher, and author in the field of health behavior change. The founder of HealthMedia and its Chairman of the Board and Chief Science Officer, Dr. Strecher is a Professor of Health Behavior and Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health where he founded the Center for Health Communications Research and directs the Health Media Research Lab. Since 1995, Dr. Strecher has also served as Associate Director at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Before coming to Michigan, Dr. Strecher served in a variety of positions at the University of North Carolina. He was Associate Professor in the Department of Health Education and Health Behavior from 1990 to 1995 and also the Director of the Health Communications Research Laboratory at the School of Public Health from 1992 to 1995. Dr. Strecher was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education from 1984 to 1990 and a Research Associate for the Health Services Research Center from 1985 to 1995. From 1983 to 1984, he was an Assistant Professor at Temple University's Department of Health Education. Dr. Strecher holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University and a Masters in Public Health and Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan.
In 2002, Tim joined partner Jan Garfinkle in launching Arboretum Ventures. Tim serves on the Board of Directors of Accuri Cytometers, Advanced ICU Care, HealthMedia, KFx Medical, and Thermocure, five of Arboretum’s portfolio investments, and previously sat on the Board of Asterand (LSE: ATD). Immediately prior to Arboretum, Tim was the Managing Director of the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan. He also directed the activities of the Wolverine Venture Fund, an evergreen fund that includes the active participation of Michigan’s MBA students. Previously, Tim spent nine years at Industrial Economics, Inc., becoming a member of the firm’s senior management team in 1991. Industrial Economics, founded in the early 1980’s in Cambridge, MA, is a leader in the fields of natural resource economics and environmental science.
Ted serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthMedia, Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in executive-level management, including sales, marketing, and the Chief Executive Office, principally in the area of software applications and solutions. Prior to HealthMedia, Ted served as President and CEO at Centromine, an Internet-based behavioral health firm, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ted holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and a Master's Degree in Mathematics from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.