MyHealthSentry started with a fascination. I'd become captivated by the risk models and longevity calculators that could take something as abstract as "aging well" and put hard numbers on it — concretely quantifying how the choices we make each day shape how long we'll live and our odds of facing chronic disease — and I couldn't stop pulling the thread.
What began as curiosity became a passion project — and, unexpectedly, a way back to my coding roots. Building it reminded me why I fell for software in the first place: the joy of making something real that I actually cared about.
The bigger shift came from an unlikely source. When my 17-year-old daughter told me, with the brutal honesty only a teenager can muster, that she didn't want to grow up if it meant spending the rest of her life in a job she hated, it stopped me cold.
Somewhere along the way, my own work had quietly turned from a passion into drudgery.
Reflecting on it, I realized I'd been happiest years earlier at a quasi-startup — where I could see the direct impact of my work on the business, and where I was trusted to be independent, creative, and fast in getting hard things done. A mentor nudged me to apply to Digital Sandbox, a local accelerator, and just like that my entrepreneurial journey began. To my surprise, the part I'd always written off as the "necessary evil" of building a company turned into a fascinating puzzle, one I came to enjoy every bit as much as programming.
Last year, I decided to shed the golden handcuffs and pursue this full time. The road since hasn't been free of setbacks and disappointments — but for the first time in a long while, I've created real meaning in my work again.
The product has evolved as much as I have. I started with insights — helping people see their risks and longevity clearly. That pulled me toward the harder problem of motivation, and motivation led me somewhere I didn't expect: coaching. Health coaching turns out to be one of the most effective — and safest — ways for people to transform, especially those trying to course-correct later in life. And if I could ease the pain points around retention, I could help it reach far more people.
So today I'm focused on two questions: How do we turn wearable and habit-tracking data into more effective, more holistic coaching? And how can AI genuinely strengthen relationships — efficiently tracking and surfacing the data members care most about at just the right moment for busy coaches — both between trainers and their members, and among the members sweating side by side in a group class?
I'd love for you to share your feedback — especially the friction points you've hit in your own health journey. Getting this right is a decades-long payoff, which makes it one of the hardest problems to solve, and one of the most worthwhile.