Respiree, an AI-driven healthcare company focused on predictive cardiorespiratory monitoring and proactive care, has appointed Patty Riskind as Chair of its Board of Directors.
Riskind brings decades of leadership experience across healthcare technology, SaaS, analytics, and artificial intelligence, with a track record of scaling companies through periods of rapid growth and transformation. Most recently, she led the healthcare division at AvePoint, a global data security and governance SaaS company.
Previously, Riskind served as Board Chair and CEO of Orbita, a conversational AI, generative AI, and machine learning company focused on automating healthcare workflows. Before Orbita, she established and led the global healthcare division at Qualtrics, where she grew revenue from $14 million to more than $62 million within two years.
Earlier in her career, Riskind served as Chief Client Experience Officer at Press Ganey Associates, overseeing a $385 million business and helping guide the company through its public offering and subsequent privatization. She also founded PatientImpact, a healthcare-focused e-survey SaaS company that was acquired by Press Ganey in 2009.
Riskind currently serves on the Board of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Kellogg Healthcare Advisory Council, and as an advisor to IntusCare. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Brown University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
As Chair, Riskind will bring her extensive healthcare technology and growth leadership experience to Respiree as the company continues to advance AI-driven cardiorespiratory monitoring and proactive care solutions.
