Our Mission

is to empower patients to actively manage and improve their own respiratory health through leading-edge technology and gamification.

Meet the Team

Executive Leadership
Jason Horth
Chief Executive Officer
Michael DiCesare
President & Cofounder
Karen Horth
General Counsel
Thomas McKeown
Chief Operating Officer
Brooke Aaserud
Director of Sales & Marketing
Erin Lennox
Research & Clinical Trials Executive  
Advisory Board
Sue Whalen
Chairperson
Robert Newman
Regulatory Affairs
Consultant
David Weill, M.D.
Principal, Weill
Consulting Group
Dwight Cheu
CEO

Dwight has held product development and senior management positions with companies like Oracle, Map Info, Vicarious Visions, Getty Images and Commerce Hub. Dwight has had seven positive exits and successful market introductions of Oracle v6 database, Tony Hawk & Spiderman on mobile, & big-data analytics.

Michael DiCesare
President

Mike is the cofounder of Jamboxx, a company focused on enabling everyone to play music regardless of ability. He also cofounded ZEPHYRx LLC in 2019. Principal Investigator for ZEPHYRx customer clinical trials. Proven sales professional. Holder of multiple patents and trademarks.

Jason Horth
CTO

Innovative technology executive responsible for leading the ZEPHYRx technology offering, aligning tech and IT to customer success. Jason has over 14 years’ experience delivering secure, to-scale, creative, client-centric tools with value-driven solutions.

Sue Whalen
Chairperson

Committed successful operations executive, primary ZEPHYRx investor and majority owner. Has grown her business from $0 to $500M.

Frank DeBernardis
Founder & Operating Partner, Gore Range Capital

Frank has over 40 years of medical therapeutic and diagnostic device experience with deep relationships and expertise in cardiovascular, orthopedic, aesthetics, and wound care. He served as National Sales Manager for Medtronic, Inc.

John Haller
Software Entrepreneur

John has founded and cofounded several companies, acting as CTO for 35+ years. Most recently with Sports Signup, the company was acquired by Time Inc. after reaching 1.5M registrants. In 1985, John co-founded Map Info (now Pitney Bowes Map Info) which grew to >$185M in annual revenue.

Robert Newman
Regulatory Affairs
Consultant

Rob Newman, MS, MBA, RAC has over 35 years’ experience inthe medical device arena. He has held roles in Engineering, Regulatory Affairs,Clinical Affairs and Quality. Most recently he was the Sr. Director for Regulatory Affairs at Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care.

David Weill, M.D.
Principal, Weill
Consulting Group

Dr. Weill is the former Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease and Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Stanford University Medical Center. He is currently the Principal of the Weill Consulting Group which focuses on improving the delivery of pulmonary, ICU, and transplant care. Dr. Weill has authored numerous medical articles, book chapters, and editorials.