We believe in the power of data, design and
technology to make people healthier and the
world better.
We started 100Plus to empower individuals to be healthier, and to do so by making health an easy and fun part of their daily lives.
A convergence of forces now makes this possible: pervasive use of smartphones, sensors that passively track our every step and minute, and access to massive amounts of behavioral and clinical data. When considered in unison, we believe it’s now possible to understand people’s daily behaviors, understand how those behaviors might impact future health and then use this new information to inspire change.
Health is made up of thousands of small choices we make every day, and not just something that happens during visits to the doctor or sweating away at the gym. At 100Plus, we want to use technology to give users a sense of control over their future health and help people be healthier one small step at a time.
Health naysayers beware: the 100Plus zeitgeist has arrived.
The man's aiming for 150Plus, but we'll see. Tech enthusiast, healthcare researcher and analyst, Chris is deeply passionate about the value and utility of new forms of health data, and its ensuing consumer applications and implications.
Prior to 100Plus, Chris was the Director of Commercial Strategy at Gilead Sciences, where he was responsible for understanding the evolving therapeutic landscape for cardiovascular diseases. Chris holds a Degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from Brown University and an MBA from The University of Chicago.
From a personal level, he wants to age like George Burns sans cigars, so that he can spend as much time as possible with his wife, daughter and son.
Healthy Insight: Walking more every day is just as good for you as going to the gym. I promise.
David's job is to make the user's life easy. With a background in animation, visual design, user interaction and web development, the guy over-delivers and makes them outrageously so. Prior to joining, he spent time at IGN.com, and has seen enough of the startup world to be considered a seasoned industry gadfly.
David lives in San Francisco with his three sons and a cat named Lux. Watch out for him as he Fitbits around town.
Healthy Insight: If you can't track it, did you really do it?
Ed is the guy behind the guy behind the app. In nerd-speak, he's a full stack developer that got burned out after one too many startups... but then he found a renewed sense of purpose after finding a place that could affect so many people in a positive and measurable way. Then we went and made him Scrum master because everyone else said no.
He's a barrel of fun as his interests attest: Standing at work, Quantified Self, asymmetrical shoes, climbing rocks and gambling. He also did his undergraduate studies at this school in the East Bay that rhymes with beef jerky.
Healthy Insight: My recipe for great health? Killer sneakers, a six-pack, and the truth.
Sam is a computing machine, well not literally, but the dude loves programming, and he's most recently set his code on the adrenaline rush - iOS development. He joined the 100Plus team after realizing how the company's vision of small habits affecting big changes reflected his own new and healthy lifestyle.
Outside of the office, he's a good ol' family guy dedicated to his wife son, little Sam, probably keeps him young and restless more than anything else.
Healthy Insight: There is nothing regal about Burger King.
JC is our requisite summer intern who hunted down the founder when he discovered the company he dreamt of starting already existed. The dude is totally stoked he's able to combine his interests in quantified self and big data with the holistic view on health he discovered from volunteering at Tibetan health clinics in northern India.
Whoa! Heady stuff for a being a rising senior at a small liberal arts college down in Palo Alto.
Healthy insight: "It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - Jiddu Krishnamurti