Medicast
Medicast is a healthcare technology service that allows patients to receive high quality, compassionate care in the comfort of their own home, office, or hotel in 2 hours or less, with just the click of a button on Medicast's website or on the Medicast mobile app. Medicast has been called one of the hottest healthtech companies to watch for in 2014, and has been featured in Forbes, CNN, GigaOM, VentureBeat, and HLM. Medicast's services are available in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and Miami. Medicast is a StartUp Health and Techstars company.
- Industry: Health
- Year Started: 2013
- Organization Type: For-Profit
- # of Employees: 3 ( as of Dec 31, 2013)
Sam Zebarjadi
Co-Founder & CEO
Sam Zebarjadi is a serial entrepreneur and an expert in mobile, consumer and enterprise technologies with over 12 years in the wireless industry. Prior to co-founding Medicast and taking on the role of CEO, Sam spent six years at Nokia as Chief Architect, designing and deploying large-scale consumer services with 25+ wireless carriers in over 20 countries. Previously, he played an integral role across a series of technical and business-related activities for the $36bn Sprint-Nextel merger, and has led sales and marketing efforts into numerous Fortune 1000 corporations. Sam currently serves as an advisory board member to several early- and growth-stage startups, is a mentor to 500 Startups and The Iron Yard startup accelerators. Sam has been featured and interviewed as a subject matter expert in mobile technology and healthcare reform in numerous media outlets including CNN Headline News, USA Today, and the Glenn Beck Radio Network.
- Age: 40
- Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
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