Ayogo Health Inc.

Engage, Educate, Empower Patient self-efficacy through social play

  • Stage Concept Only
  • Industry Gaming
  • Location Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Currency USD
  • Website ayogo.com

Company Summary

Ayogo creates mHealth social games that engage, educate and motivate people with chronic conditions like diabetes, to achieve long-term behaviour change. Ayogo has formed key partnerships with some of the most influential organizations in the world, such as Joslin Diabetes Center (Harvard Medical School), Sanofi-Aventis, University of Southern California’s Center for Body Computing (Keck School of Medicine) and the Diabetes Hands Foundation.

Team

  • Michael Fergusson
    CEO

    Michael has been a fighter pilot, a terraforming engineer, and a zombie hunter, and that was just this morning! He learned to touch type by hunting sharks, and has travelled the entire Oregon trail without getting scurvy. He also believes that playing is one of the most meaningful and productive things we can do.

    Michael is the CEO and Founder of Ayogo, a company that has won many awards for their use of social game play to help patients take

  • Paul Prescod
    CTO

    Paul Prescod, Chief Technology Officer and founder of Ayogo, has literally helped to design the modern web as one of the original members of the XML working group, a champion of the RESTful programming style and the Python programming language.

    Paul has been developing web-based software for 15 years. He has also been building social software since 2002. Years before Facebook Connect existed, Michael Fergusson and Paul built a social network f

  • Jesse Sprink
    Creative Director

    Jesse Spink is the Creative Director at Ayogo, ensuring that every game Ayogo creates is beautiful, compelling and fun.

    Jesse’s worked with cutting edge interactive firms on both sides of the Atlantic and directly with some of the world’s top brands. Some of the industry’s most innovative and dynamic companies he’s worked with include: Nike, Coca-Cola, British Airways, SAP, McDonalds and The CBC.

  • Minaz Kurji
    Controller

    Minaz is a Certified General Accountant with 10+ years experience. His background includes 6 years in the high-tech industry as the Controller of Blast Radius where his role was to grow the accounting function from a company of 8 to a global mid-sized organization of 300+ people. Minaz brings to Ayogo his experience of managing high-growth complemented with the best practices applied in large organizations.

Advisors

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    KPMG LLP
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

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