Douglas Hirsch is one of our co-founders and has served as a member of our board of directors since our founding in September 2011. Previously, Mr. Hirsch was a Chief Executive Officer of the Company from September 2011 to April 2023 and served as our Chief Mission Officer from April 2023 to October 2024. Prior to our founding, Mr. Hirsch served as Chief Executive Officer at DailyStrength, Inc., a provider of healthcare-focused online support groups, from March 2005 to November 2008, and previously held senior roles at Facebook, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. Mr. Hirsch holds a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University. We believe Mr. Hirsch is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of the historical knowledge, operational expertise, leadership, and continuity that he brings to our board of directors as our co-founder.
Dipanjan Deb has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2015. Mr. Deb is a co-founder of Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled business, and has served as the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Francisco Partners since September 2005. Mr. Deb has also served as a Partner of Francisco Partners since its founding in August 1999. Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Mr. Deb was a principal at TPG Capital, a private equity firm, a Director of Semiconductor Banking at Robertson, Stephens & Company and a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mr. Deb has served on the board of directors of numerous public companies, including, most recently, LegalZoom.com, Inc. from August 2018 to June 2023, and currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Deb holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We believe that Mr. Deb is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his experience in the private equity and venture capital industries analyzing, investing in and serving on the boards of directors of manufacturing and technology companies.
Simon Patterson has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2024. Mr. Patterson is a Managing Director at Silver Lake, a global technology investment firm, which he joined in 2005. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Patterson was a member of the founding management team of Global Freight Exchange Limited, a logistics software company acquired by Descartes Systems Group, and worked in various management roles at the Financial Times, a leading news organization. Mr. Patterson serves on the board of directors of several private companies and is a Trustee and Vice Chairman of The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales and a member of Mark Carney’s Panel of Senior Advisors at Chatham House. Previously, Mr. Patterson served on the board of directors of various public companies, including Dell Technologies Inc., a leading technology company, from October 2013 to September 2023, and Tesco plc, a multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer, from April 2016 to June 2022, where he was a member of its audit committee. He also served as a Trustee of the Natural History Museum in London. Mr. Patterson holds an M.A. from King's College, Cambridge University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and received the Alexander Robichek Award for Finance. We believe Mr. Patterson is qualified to serve on the Board because he has significant financial and management expertise and extensive experience in operating, advising and investing in technology and technology-enabled companies.
Ronald E. Bruehlman has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2024. Since August 2020, Mr. Bruehlman has served as the Chief Financial Officer of IQVIA, a global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and contract research, and has been with the company since October 2016. Prior to IQVIA, Mr. Bruehlman served as Chief Financial Officer of IMS Health from July 2011 to September 2016 and had a 23-year career at United Technologies Corporation, where he held multiple senior finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility. Mr. Bruehlman previously served on the board of directors of Atotech Ltd., Q-Squared Solutions, and Clipper Windpower. Mr. Bruehlman holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Delaware, as well as an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. We believe Mr. Bruehlman is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive expertise leading financial strategies for public and private healthcare and technology companies.