In 2019, Humana & Flare Capital incubated what became Cohere Health – a health plan-facing utilization management technology company. Since its inception, Oxeon has been a trusted partner empowering Cohere’s path forward from founding through Series B with over $100M raised and 15M health plan members served in early 2024. At the earliest stage of company building – when Cohere was still a concept and not yet a business – Oxeon was hired to source the most critical ingredient: a founding CEO and team. They needed leaders who could navigate the complex landscape of health plan technology and fuel them forward by bringing the company to life and shaping its trajectory.
Oxeon first placed Siva Namasivayam as CEO. His extensive background in healthcare analytics and SaaS solutions made him a perfect fit. Oxeon was then entrusted to continue filling in the leadership team to complement Siva. Next, we placed Gina Kim as Cohere’s founding Chief Product Officer. Gina was well versed in healthcare product design and management from her time at Verily and Kyruus, and she spent the next 3 years steering Cohere to product-market-fit.
Once the company and product had its footing, Cohere’s focus shifted to growing their customer base, providing excellent support for the current clients, and evolving their product to expand services. Siva called on Oxeon to help fill in more of the company’s key leadership team – both within and beyond the C-suite. Oxeon pulled in Matt Parker as SVP of Product, who had previous experience at Kyruus and DestinationRx, to drive product expansion for health plan solutions and Elif Eracar to lead client success as Chief of Client Experience, leveraging her background in customer experience and operational leadership from her roles at Redox and American Well.
In their first five years, Oxeon placed 8 leaders at Cohere, 4 of whom were C-suite placements.
“We keep turning to Oxeon, because, frankly, they are just really good at what they do. We’ve asked them to help us place a range of executives – myself included. We trust them to get it right. They know our business, understand the profiles we need, present us with strong candidates, have the right network to provide useful backchannel references, and move quickly without sacrificing the integrity of the work.” - Siva Namasivayam, CEO, Cohere Health
Hims & Hers is a leading health and wellness platform on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. Founded in 2017, the company has built a customer-first platform with offerings across sexual health, dermatology, mental health, and weight management.
Oxeon was an early investor in Hims & Hers, and in 2019 partnered with the leadership team to find their first Chief Medical Officer who would bring clinical expertise and excellence as well as deep knowledge in the regulatory landscape of telemedicine. Oxeon helped to find and hire former Walgreens executive Dr. Patrick Carroll, who has become an anchor of Hims & Hers, joining the board in 2022 and continuing to lead and grow the medical team.
As the company has expanded its offerings across the platform, Dr. Carroll has turned to Oxeon to help bring in more leadership and medical expertise. In 2022 the company needed a public-facing psychiatrist to lead its new Mental Health offering and in just eight weeks. Oxeon helped hire renowned clinical psychiatrist, professor, and author, Dr. Daniel Lieberman, as their Senior Vice President of Mental Health.
In 2023, with the booming outlook for GLP-1 drugs entering the market, Hims & Hers began building its Weight Loss offering and called on Oxeon again for help finding an entrepreneurial obesity medicine expert to join the team. With Oxeon’s help, Hims & Hers hired Dr. Craig Primack, former President of the Obesity Medicine Association and Founder of the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. The company was also expanding their pharmacy operations and needed an expert in pharmaceutical safety and compliance. Oxeon conducted a nationwide search and placed nationally renowned compound pharmacy expert and former Chief Executive Officer of Medi-Fare Drug, Pat Stephens, into the role of Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Safety, Quality & Compliance.
"Hims & Hers has been an incredibly rewarding chapter of my professional life focused on growth. We were a 30-person team when I joined as Chief Medical Officer and since then I have led our clinical team through rapid scaling, an IPO, and the launch of multiple new categories. Through all of our growth, we’ve kept our focus on clinical excellence as the brand has become a household name.” - Dr. Patrick Carroll, Chief Medical Officer, Hims & Hers
In 2019, Humana & Flare Capital incubated what became Cohere Health – a health plan-facing utilization management technology company. Since its inception, Oxeon has been a trusted partner empowering Cohere’s path forward from founding through Series B with over $100M raised and 15M health plan members served in early 2024. At the earliest stage of company building – when Cohere was still a concept and not yet a business – Oxeon was hired to source the most critical ingredient: a founding CEO and team. They needed leaders who could navigate the complex landscape of health plan technology and fuel them forward by bringing the company to life and shaping its trajectory.
Oxeon first placed Siva Namasivayam as CEO. His extensive background in healthcare analytics and SaaS solutions made him a perfect fit. Oxeon was then entrusted to continue filling in the leadership team to complement Siva. Next, we placed Gina Kim as Cohere’s founding Chief Product Officer. Gina was well versed in healthcare product design and management from her time at Verily and Kyruus, and she spent the next 3 years steering Cohere to product-market-fit.
Once the company and product had its footing, Cohere’s focus shifted to growing their customer base, providing excellent support for the current clients, and evolving their product to expand services. Siva called on Oxeon to help fill in more of the company’s key leadership team – both within and beyond the C-suite. Oxeon pulled in Matt Parker as SVP of Product, who had previous experience at Kyruus and DestinationRx, to drive product expansion for health plan solutions and Elif Eracar to lead client success as Chief of Client Experience, leveraging her background in customer experience and operational leadership from her roles at Redox and American Well.
In their first five years, Oxeon placed 8 leaders at Cohere, 4 of whom were C-suite placements.
“We keep turning to Oxeon, because, frankly, they are just really good at what they do. We’ve asked them to help us place a range of executives – myself included. We trust them to get it right. They know our business, understand the profiles we need, present us with strong candidates, have the right network to provide useful backchannel references, and move quickly without sacrificing the integrity of the work.” - Siva Namasivayam, CEO, Cohere Health
Hims & Hers is a leading health and wellness platform on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. Founded in 2017, the company has built a customer-first platform with offerings across sexual health, dermatology, mental health, and weight management.
Oxeon was an early investor in Hims & Hers, and in 2019 partnered with the leadership team to find their first Chief Medical Officer who would bring clinical expertise and excellence as well as deep knowledge in the regulatory landscape of telemedicine. Oxeon helped to find and hire former Walgreens executive Dr. Patrick Carroll, who has become an anchor of Hims & Hers, joining the board in 2022 and continuing to lead and grow the medical team.
As the company has expanded its offerings across the platform, Dr. Carroll has turned to Oxeon to help bring in more leadership and medical expertise. In 2022 the company needed a public-facing psychiatrist to lead its new Mental Health offering and in just eight weeks. Oxeon helped hire renowned clinical psychiatrist, professor, and author, Dr. Daniel Lieberman, as their Senior Vice President of Mental Health.
In 2023, with the booming outlook for GLP-1 drugs entering the market, Hims & Hers began building its Weight Loss offering and called on Oxeon again for help finding an entrepreneurial obesity medicine expert to join the team. With Oxeon’s help, Hims & Hers hired Dr. Craig Primack, former President of the Obesity Medicine Association and Founder of the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. The company was also expanding their pharmacy operations and needed an expert in pharmaceutical safety and compliance. Oxeon conducted a nationwide search and placed nationally renowned compound pharmacy expert and former Chief Executive Officer of Medi-Fare Drug, Pat Stephens, into the role of Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Safety, Quality & Compliance.
"Hims & Hers has been an incredibly rewarding chapter of my professional life focused on growth. We were a 30-person team when I joined as Chief Medical Officer and since then I have led our clinical team through rapid scaling, an IPO, and the launch of multiple new categories. Through all of our growth, we’ve kept our focus on clinical excellence as the brand has become a household name.” - Dr. Patrick Carroll, Chief Medical Officer, Hims & Hers
