Our Human Team

Tom’s roll is to fill-in the gaps in sales and onboarding. Following in Duane’s footsteps, Tom has big “Shoes” to fill.  When Tom isn’t “feeling the need… the need for speed” at work, he’s probably swinging a golf club or catching rays by the lake with the wife. If he’s not home in Indiana, he’s been known to be “up with the sun” and “gone with the wind” all over the States. Tom brings 20 years of EMS experience to the table, which assists him in prepping new customers for the ultimate rockstar onboard experience.

Quote to Live By: “There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.” -Ronald Reagan

Can you guess how many times Duane has jumped out of a plane? A total of 36. You might think he would want to fly as a superpower, but if he had to choose one, it would be time travel so he could go back and talk to his mom. For VRpatients, on his breaks from skydiving and golfing, he works as a customer service specialist ensuring new customers get the most out of their experience with VRpatients. 

What would the theme song be for your life: Let it Be, The Beatles.

Stevy brings 13 years of accounting experience with her, mostly at EMSAR, a company that services and repairs medical equipment, so she brings with her a knowledge and understanding of the EMS/Hospital industry, its sales cycle and unique challenges. When not counting beans, Stevy spends a lot of time running around taking care of her 5 children and occasionally, when she gets spare time, she enjoys online gaming, reading, cards, and board games.

After spending 11 years in the US Army on active duty, Rico continues working with the army as the Government and Military Liaison for VRpatients. The craziest thing Rico has ever done? Enlisted in the army at 33 years old. A baseball and lion king fan, Rico lights up every room he is in. He always has “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd on repeat to hype himself up for a good game of MLB: The Show.

Which character would you be in a sitcom: Homer.

A “clinical chameleon” due to her vast experience in all aspects of nursing, Heidi brings that expertise to VRpatients as one of our Subject Matter Experts for nursing, where she consults on content development and UX/UI experience. A film buff whose chili and cornbread slaps, Heidi loves to cheer on her Carolina Hurricanes with her family and fur babies in her spare time.

Theme Song: You Learn by Alanis Morisette

Martha brings her vast nursing and teaching experience to VRpatients where she is tasked with customer success, curriculum integration, thought leadership and anything else she can lend a hand. It’s no surprise to any of us that her superpower is “intuitive harmony.” She practices intuitive harmony on a daily basis at home, where she harbors rescued parrots! Fun Fact: Martha used to be in a performance clog dancing troupe.

Theme Song: Life Less Ordinary by Carbon Leaf

Caughey (pronounced KO-EEE) could be considered the master puppeteer to all our creatives and developers.  Caughey keeps everyone in sync and works in tandem with the Product Owner to scope and track the development of software updates. He also coordinates content creation and SME (subject matter expert) project work. Some of Caughey’s hobbies include cooking, gaming, and working on personal creative projects, including a successful horror video game he launched. 

Theme Song: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears

When not helping to save lives as a flight nurse for the University of Michigan Medical Center, Paul can be found deep in the trenches of the VRpatients Authoring Tool, where he creates and verifies content scenarios. Fitting for us, since Paul has been told that his superpower is writing treatment protocols!

Quote to live by: Hard Work Beats Talent when Talent Doesn’t WORK HARD by Tim Notke

Art has been the center of Anthony’s life since he was a child. Introduced by his parent’s as the “artistic son” against his own wishes, he couldn’t fight the inevitable creative soul he was born with. From a teenage film maker to a small town tattoo artist, he eventually found his true passion to be in the virtual world. For the past 6 years, Anthony has been creating realistic virtual environments to evil cartoon babies, attempting to push the limitations of what a computer or VR headset can render. At VRpatients, he is the go-to Environmental Artist.

Theme Song: Never Ending Story by Limahl

Sin wanted to be a McDonald’s fry cook when she grew up. However, we’re so glad to have her on our team instead as a 3D artist, where she heads up the patient creation workflow, 3D modeling and game implementation of 3D models. Her favorite movie? Mulan, because “Everything about it is great, especially how it empowers girls (and all people) to freely choose their path in life.” She still keeps her cooking dreams alive—she wants to be known as somebody who can cook amazingly. Fun fact: Sin has an uncanny ability to guess almost any language she hears.

Theme Song: every song by The Weeknd

When not playing “Among Us” with his kids past their bedtimes, Nathanael evaluates and implements solutions for our team and products, and pushes our boundaries so we don’t settle. He’s motivated, adventurous, and inventive. The most daring thing he’s done? Quitting his comfortable job to join the startup world to make an impact. 

Favorite animated movie and why: Transformers – Original Motion Picture, Epic story, best movie soundtrack ever made (80’s hair metal) tied with Interstellar 5555 for basically the same reasons.

Brad likes to crack things open and see how they work. While on the path to becoming a kusarigamajutsu master, VRpatients offered him “a gig playing video games all day” to which he replied “This is the way”. Subsequently he ascended the 36 chambers of quality assurance to become a bounty hunter of software bugs (manual tester). 

Quote to Live By: “Video games are like beehives, if you strike them hard enough bugs will reveal themselves”
– ancient manual testers proverb

Christina is a lover of all animals, especially flamingos. As a child, she was a huge Jurassic Park fan and was determined to study dinosaurs until she realized she could never really pet one. In her leisure time, she can be found oceanside in the warm sunshine or even deep within the Blue Ridge Mountains sitting by a cozy campfire. Despite Christina’s love for nature, we think she found her calling as an EMS educator and Paramedic. Christina is the EMS version of a real-life, book-toting Lisa Simpson. She is also the real life mom to two toddlers, a dog, rabbit, snake and chameleon.

Theme Song to Live By: You Gotta Be by Des’ree

When Dustin was a kid, he dreamt of being a pilot—and while he might not be flying through the sky right now, he leads our web team through implementing AT, database, and account management. His pet peeve is long meetings, and his favorite video game is System Shock III because of the immersion and the incredible atmosphere!

Quote to Live By: “We don’t have mistakes, only happy accidents.” -Bob Ross

Theme Song: Heathens by Drive by Truckers

Depesh is a 3D animator who comes to us all the way from Cape Town, South Africa. He has a unique passion for bringing our patient avatars to life through believable motion. Depesh’s two favorite things (outside animating) are ice cream and long walks on the beach. For real!

Theme Song: Never Too Much, by Luther Vandross

By way of Art Direction and Graphic Design, Lindsey is VRpatients’ UX/UI Designer. She is responsible for improving our user experience and evolving our web and simulation interfaces. When she is not designing, Lindsey can be found outside, practicing her CE-5 protocols or training for her next 20K… well ok, 5K. That’s of course, when she’s not being mom to her four daughters.

Quote to Live By: “People ignore design that ignores people.” – Frank Chimero

You’d think a guy who’s 6’ 7” would go to a Big10 college on a football scholarship. Nope. Not Randy. Instead, he chose art school, where he studied graphic design and web stuff. An SEO guru who thinks outside the box, Randy is the brain and talent behind our website and also does SEO and UI while keeping a constant eye on all the latest and greatest digital trends. 

At the age of 6, Heather told her entire school she would someday be a veterinarian. While that plan didn’t quite come to fruition, she did find a path to healthcare in the virtual world of VRpatients, where she helps with almost anything Marketing related.  Heather loves running, biking and pretty much anything that has to do with being on, in, or near the ocean. Even though she dropped out of Captain’s School, she still loves to be behind the helm of a boat.

Theme Song: I’m Born to Run by American Authors

A passion driven creator with a playful soul and a hyperactive imagination, Ali creates strong and engaging visual marketing content for the brand and our sales materials. Ali grew up in Kuwait before moving to Ohio and attending University. Growing up, obstacles were in abundance, but the challenges quickly became more fun and gratifying. Ali always strives for a better pixelated version of himself. Ali loves to host car rally events in his off time. Just don’t dare him to a game of hide and seek unless you want to lose!