We're building a more purposeful world
Our purpose is to create bigger lives, stronger organizations, and healthier communities by helping people find and live their purpose each day.
We are behavior designers, data scientists, technologists, and psychologists. We are researchers, communicators, innovators, and client-partners. We fuse advances in neuroscience, AI and machine learning, the latest behavior change and habit formation models, cutting-edge digital experience design, and real-time sentiment analysis to create positive change in a way that’s both scalable and enduring.
Does this sound like you? Want to join us on our mission to build a more purposeful world? Check out our open positions.
Meet Our Team
At my best I'm working to become a better version of myself and providing resources for others to do the same.
John Holmes, Software Engineer
At my best, I'm breaking down barriers using design.
Amoolya Sandeep Kumar, UX / Product Designer
I'm cheerful, creative, and present at my best. My purpose is embrace love over fear.
Brian McCormick, Director, Marketing & Business Development
At my best, I'm curious and creative. My purpose is to get you out on life's dancefloor!
Vic Strecher, Founder and Chief Purpose Officer
At my best when I'm problem solving through creativity, listening and learning.
Marc DeCubber, Senior Visual Designer
I'm at my best when I'm applying my creativity to solve problems and create a great software product for our customers
Lisa Schutte, Chief Technology Officer
My purpose is to enourage, support and positively impact others and to challenge myself and learn from life's journey....
Bob Carr, Chief Medical Officer
At my best, I'm learning from (and finding joy in) the ups and downs of life, and supporting others in trying to do the same.
Kayla Mandel, Behavior Specialist
I'm at my best when I'm applying my skills and creativity to help improve health and quality of life.
Haitham Maaieh, Sr. Software Engineer and Data Scientist
My purpose is to create experiences that bring out the best in people. I also like making music and people laugh.
Tim Pituch, Product Manager
My purpose is to love myself and others and make the world better for everyone in it.
Ma'ayan Epstein, Content Intern
I'm at my best when building and helping others build software that changes lives.
Chris Bach, Technical Lead
At my best, I’m caring, optimistic, and motivated, with the ultimate goal of acquiring and utilizing new knowledge to help those in need.
Ashish Kamath, Software Engineer
Help people realize they have the power to beat change at its own game.
Max Bayram, Marketing Manager
I see things from multiple perspectives and help others do the same
Rashyll Leonard, Software Testing Analyst (QA)
At my best, I'm seeing the best in you and me.
Maureen Metzger, Director, Research
At my best, I'm creative, connected, and inspiring. I work to support and bring out the best in others.
Eric Zimmerman, Chief innovation officer | Chief commercialization officer
My purpose is to bring joy & optimism to every situation and bring out the best with those who matter most.
Joy Norton, Director Strategic Solutions
At my best I am learning new things. A purpose in my life is to understand and surrender to this experience called life.
Taïna Jean-Louis, Marketing Communication & Operations Specialist
At my best I'm learning and trying to lift others up.
Jonas Zebari, Software Engineer
I'm at my best learning new things and sharing knowledge with others, while using my skills for the betterment of society.
Mike Behnke, Technical Lead
I'm my best self when I am supporting others, loving the people and animals in my life and learning along the way.
Angie Merkel, SR Vice President Customer Success
Our leadership team
Vic Strecher, PhD, MPH
Founder and Chief Purpose Officer
Vic Strecher (PhD, MPH) is a leader and visionary in the fields of purpose and wellbeing, creating new solutions that operate at the intersection of the science of behavior change and advanced technology. In 1998, Vic created Health Media pioneering Web-based “digital health coaching.” Since January 2014, Vic has given keynote presentations about the role of purpose in life to over 1,500 organizations. Kumanu was launched as a major paradigm shift in how individuals engage in the pursuit of purpose, meaning and wellbeing while offering organizations a more insightful means to support positive culture and behavior change.
Eric Zimmerman
Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Commercialization Officer
Eric brings global experience in design, launch, and commercialization of breakthrough digital health solutions focused on population health, connectivity, community, and collaboration. Before joining Kumanu, Eric led strategic marketing, product management, business development, and behavior design as Chief Marketing Officer at RedBrick Health. He previously held leadership roles at RelayHealth, Mirixa, Medscape and StayWell. Eric earned his B.A. in Ecology Behavior and Evolution at UCSD’s Revelle College, his MPH in Behavior Science and Health Education from UCLA, and his MBA from Pepperdine University.
Lisa Schutte,
PhD
Chief Technology Officer
Lisa has a PhD in engineering from Stanford University and extensive experience in the software industry. At Ideomed, she built and led the product development team and served as the company’s initial privacy and security officer for HIPAA compliance. Lisa held product management and product development leadership roles at MSC Software, Mechanical Dynamics, and Engineering Animation and earlier in her career she was a Senior Scientist at Transom Technologies.
Robert Carr, MD, MPH, FACPM
Chief Medical Officer
Robert Carr was most recently Senior Vice President & Corporate Medical Director at GlaxoSmithKline and on the faculty at Georgetown University. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Miami School of Medicine and his Masters of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health. Bob also served as the President of the American College of Preventive Medicine.
John Ternes
Chief Financial Officer
John has extensive financial and accounting background leading startup companies like HealthMedia (acquired by Johnson & Johnson) and LLamasoft (acquired by TPG) through multiple funding rounds, significant increase in valuation, and successful navigation of sell-side and buy-side acquisitions. John holds a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and is a certified public accountant (CPA).
Uncle Lenny
Chief Energy Officer
Famed for leading numerous team members on brisk walks around the neighborhood, Uncle Lenny’s many years of dogged, paws-on experience in energy leadership are foundational to fulfilling Kumanu’s purpose. Known for an intense, almost compulsive interest in nutrition (his own), Uncle Lenny leads the team in both daily calories expended and power naps — both essential ingredients for sustained energy. As Chief Energy Officer, his passion for energy is unparalleled and contagious.
Vic Strecher, PhD, MPH
Founder and Chief Purpose Officer
Vic Strecher (PhD, MPH) is a leader and visionary in the fields of purpose and wellbeing, creating new solutions that operate at the intersection of the science of behavior change and advanced technology. In 1998, Vic created Health Media pioneering Web-based “digital health coaching.” Since January 2014, Vic has given keynote presentations about the role of purpose in life to over 1,500 organizations. Kumanu was launched as a major paradigm shift in how individuals engage in the pursuit of purpose, meaning and wellbeing while offering organizations a more insightful means to support positive culture and behavior change.
Lisa Schutte, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
Lisa has a PhD in engineering from Stanford University and extensive experience in the software industry. At Ideomed, she built and led the product development team and served as the company’s initial privacy and security officer for HIPAA compliance. Lisa held product management and product development leadership roles at MSC Software, Mechanical Dynamics, and Engineering Animation and earlier in her career she was a Senior Scientist at Transom Technologies.
Eric Zimmerman
Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Commercialization Officer
Eric brings global experience in design, launch, and commercialization of breakthrough digital health solutions focused on population health, connectivity, community, and collaboration. Before joining Kumanu, Eric led strategic marketing, product management, business development, and behavior design as Chief Marketing Officer at RedBrick Health. He previously held leadership roles at RelayHealth, Mirixa, Medscape and StayWell. Eric earned his B.A. in Ecology Behavior and Evolution at UCSD’s Revelle College, his MPH in Behavior Science and Health Education from UCLA, and his MBA from Pepperdine University.
Robert Carr, MD, MPH, FACPM
Chief Medical Officer
Robert Carr was most recently Senior Vice President & Corporate Medical Director at GlaxoSmithKline and on the faculty at Georgetown University. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Miami School of Medicine and his Masters of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health. Bob also served as the President of the American College of Preventive Medicine.
Uncle Lenny
Chief Energy Officer
Famed for leading numerous team members on brisk walks around the neighborhood, Uncle Lenny’s many years of dogged, paws-on experience in energy leadership are foundational to fulfilling Kumanu’s purpose. Known for an intense, almost compulsive interest in nutrition (his own), Uncle Lenny leads the team in both daily calories expended and power naps — both essential ingredients for sustained energy. As Chief Energy Officer, his passion for energy is unparalleled and contagious.
John Ternes
Chief Financial Officer
John has extensive financial and accounting background leading startup companies like HealthMedia (acquired by Johnson & Johnson) and LLamasoft (acquired by TPG) through multiple funding rounds, significant increase in valuation, and successful navigation of sell-side and buy-side acquisitions. John holds a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and is a certified public accountant (CPA).
Board of Directors
- Vic Strecher, PhD, MPH, Founder and CEO, Kumanu
- Paul M. Meister, Co-founder, Liberty Lane Partners
- Randy Oostra, President and CEO, ProMedica
- Steve Escaravage, Senior Vice President, Strategic Innovation Group, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Robert Boylen, President, Crystal View Capital, L.L.C.
- Jeff Bistrong, Partner, HKW
- Robert Carr, MD, MPH, FACPM, Chief Medical Officer, Kumanu
Science Advisory Board
- Vic Strecher, PhD, MPH, (Chair), Professor of Public Health, Director for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan
- Tony Burrow, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Purpose and Identity Processes Laboratory, Cornell University
- Robert Carr, MD, MPH, FACPM, Immediate Past President, American College of Preventive Medicine
- Elissa Epel, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
- Emily Falk, PhD, Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing, University of Pennsylvania
- Ken Resnicow, PhD, Professor of Public Health and Chief Scientific Lead at the Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan
- Robert E. Quinn, Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan