For the press

Howard Look is the president and CEO of Tidepool, founding the nonprofit in 2013. Prior to working on healthcare challenges at Tidepool, Howard was on the founder’s team at TiVo where, as VP of Software and User Experience, he led the efforts that made TiVo as easy to use as it was disruptive. He was also VP of Software at Pixar, where he led the team developing Pixar’s proprietary film-making system, and at Amazon where he ran a secret software project to develop devices that leverage cloud services. At Linden Lab, he led the team that delivered the open-sourced Second Life Viewer 2.0 project. In June 2015, Howard received the “White House Champions of Change Award for Precision Medicine” on behalf of Tidepool’s work. In February, 2016, he shared the stage with President Barack Obama during a panel discussion at the Precision Medicine Initiative summit.

Brandon Arbiter is vice president of product and business development at Tidepool. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in 2011 at age 27. Three years later, he became the first person in history to livestream his continuous blood glucose during a competitive race when he ran his first half marathon. Brandon serves on the Technology Advisory Board for the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the JDRF Greater Bay Area Board, the board of the San Francisco chapter of JDRF’s Young Leadership Committee, and the JDRF International Board of Directors. He also co-organizes the semi-annual DiabetesMine D-Data Exchange conference.