Headspring CEO and leadership

Jimmy oversees the technical design and architecture of Headspring solutions, evaluating potential technologies and increasing awareness of technologies on the horizon. Jimmy has more than 13 years of experience delivering solutions ranging from shrink-wrapped products to enterprise e-commerce applications for Fortune 100 customers.

He is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) and is an active member in the .NET community, serving as President of the Austin .NET User Group, leading multiple open source projects with millions of downloads worldwide, giving technical presentations, and facilitating technical book clubs. Jimmy is the author of the book ASP.NET MVC in Action, has received the “Microsoft Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) award for ASP.NET every year since 2009, and speaks regularly at international technology conferences.

Outside of Headspring, Jimmy is a proud fair-weather fan of Houston sports teams and enjoys attending local sporting events with his wife and children.

Walt develops and manages the technical architecture that supports patientslikeme.com as well as our emerging products and services, including those from iCarbonX’s Digital Life Alliance. Prior to joining PatientsLikeMe, Walt was Vice President of Worldwide Product Development at Haemonetics. In this position, he led development and delivery for the company’s large multi-site, multi-product medical device portfolio. During his tenure there, Walt significantly accelerated the product development lifecycle and introduced IoT/Cloud services, analytics and mobile applications, one of which won the IOT Evolution Magazine IoT Application of the Year. Previously, Walt was the CIO and Senior Vice President of Technology at Dun & Bradstreet and the Vice President of Worldwide Technology at Pfizer. Walt holds a BSE in acoustics and music from the University of Hartford and a master’s degree in acoustics from Penn State University.

Karen Freitag is a CCO at Headspring.