Ron Gutman

Ron Gutman is an inventor, a serial entrepreneur, and an investor, as well as a writer and Stanford lecturer. Ron has founded and supported multiple successful, mission-driven companies and non-profit organizations that have helped hundreds of millions of people around the world live happier healthier lives. As a scholar and advocate of positivity and smiling, Ron wrote and presented a popular TED book and talk on the Power of Smiling that was translated to 53 languages and viewed by millions worldwide. As a lecturer at Stanford University, Ron also co-authored the Sapient Leadership framework to help leaders all over the world navigate a new reality of change that’s exponential, perpetual and pervasive (3-D Change) https://hbr.org/2020/10/what-it-takes-to-lead-through-an-era-of-exponential-change. Gutman is also the founder and first CEO of the Digital Health company HealthTap. At HealthTap, he invented and led the development of HOPES (the first Health Operating System), Dr. A.I. (an artificial intelligence tool for symptom triage to information and care), Dr. A.I. on Alexa, HealthTap SOS (for disaster relief), AppRx, and RateRx, Talk to Docs, and DocNow (the first virtual health app on the Apple Watch), amongst other inventions. He also designed and endowed HealthTap for Good to offer free online doctor consultations to people in need. Gutman led HealthTap’s acquisition of several companies, including Avvo (a doctor directory, network, and community that offered physician answers to health questions) and Docphin (a platform that provided access to the latest medical research and news for doctors and other healthcare providers).