Today's guest is Chris Norris, Chief Technology Officer at Wheel in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2018, Wheel is changing the way healthcare works with the leading virtual care infrastructure for companies and the best work opportunities for clinicians. Their mission is to change the way healthcare works by putting clinicians first because, at Wheel, they know that happier clinicians make healthier patients!

With over 25 years of experience within Software Engineering, Chris has a rare track-record of taking four startups in a row to IPO and multi-$100m acquisitions. His success with the demands of both startups and enterprises is a result of his focus on the customer and a consistent drive for entrepreneurial innovation. He has successfully built businesses and products from the ground-up as well as scaling teams, technology and process 10-100x.

In the episode, Chris will discuss:

The origins of Wheel & the work they are doing with virtual care,

Interesting projects they are working on, including Covid-19 response,

Building and scaling the engineering team at Wheel,

The potential of applying data science and new technology within Healthcare,

Exciting opportunities within HealthTech,

What he enjoys most about his role,

Plans for further growth and what’s in store for the future at Wheel