As Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Vitalchat, Ghafran Abbas’ decades of software development experience and in-depth technical know-how are guiding the telemedicine company to the forefront of the hybrid healthcare space.
With a history of building responsive healthcare technologies from the ground up, Ghafran keeps a trained eye on opportunities to bridge gaps within existing operations to consistently elevate the status quo of healthcare delivery. His ingenuity and creativity have enabled Vitalchat to provide world-class, hands-free technologies that ease provider burdens while helping hospitals cut costs, increase efficiencies, and improve response rates and outcomes for an enhanced patient experience.
Having delivered various products generating multimillion-dollar revenue within weeks of conception, Ghafran’s specialty is equipping lean startups with the software, tools and technology needed to scale efficiently. His storied background in tech-focused leadership roles provided him with a strong, strategic foundation enabling Vitalchat to quickly emerge as an industry leader.
Prior to co-leading Vitalchat, Ghafran was Senior Vice President of Acute Care Engineering for AmWell, a telehealth organization that merged with Avizia, where he had previously served as CTO. Additionally, he was the Director of Technology at tech-ed company Blackboard before co-founding and leading research and development for its subsidiary app, SocialRadar, which was later acquired by Verizon.
Adding to his extensive technology background, Ghafran also served as Chief Software Architect for digital development company TenPearls, Principal Software Engineer for Time Warner Cable and Senior Software Engineer for technology corporations IntelliDyne and Spacenet.
Ghafran earned both master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Management Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University. Outside of Vitalchat, he enjoys biking, swimming, martial arts and spending time with his family and friends.