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OURA Names Tom Hale as New Chief Executive OfficerOURA, the company behind the smart ring that delivers personalized health data, insights, and daily guidance to consumers, today announced Tom Hale as the new Chief Executive Officer and board member. His appointment comes at a pivotal time of growth for OURA and builds upon the company's recent milestones. Earlier this month, OURA announced it had raised capital at a $2.55 billion valuation. In March, the company celebrated 1 million Oura Rings sold. With over 30 years of experience in consumer technology, Hale has a proven track record of scaling businesses from growth stage to IPO. Before joining OURA, he was president of Momentive, where he set the Enterprise growth strategy leading to the company's 2018 IPO. As an alumnus of Homeaway (2012 IPO, acquired by Expedia in 2016), Linden Lab, Adobe, and Macromedia, Hale's career spans consumer product experiences, subscription business models, B2B SaaS and software, data, and hardware platforms across multiple markets, both domestic and international. As CEO of OURA, Hale is uniquely positioned to lead the team in bringing OURA's vision of "health as a daily practice" to consumers all over the world. Over the past year, OURA has become a leader in the sleep and wearable tech industries. The launch of the Oura Ring Generation 3 (Gen3), the company's most sophisticated product yet, has resulted in more sales than all previous versions combined. With Gen3, OURA announced new, more sophisticated research-grade hardware sensors and software features, including daytime heart rate monitoring, live heart rate and restorative time monitoring, an improved temperature tracking system, new period prediction capabilities, and a new Explore Tab with guided content such as meditation and breathwork. Additional features, including workout heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen sensing, and an enhanced sleep staging algorithm, are coming this year. The company also introduced a new monthly Oura Membership to enhance the experience, depth of insights, and personalization for each OURA member in their ongoing health journey. "OURA answers an urgent need: more than ever, people are focused on physical and mental health, looking to build positive habits and improve their well-being," said Tom Hale, Chief Executive Officer of OURA. "By starting with sleep as the foundation of overall health, the passionate team at OURA has created an extraordinarily elegant solution to enable anyone to take charge of their health, all in one small, yet highly advanced ring. I'm thrilled to join the team at OURA as we bing positive health impact to millions of lives, leveraging our strength in sleep to reach our full vision of supporting members in every aspect of life, including recovery, activity, and proactive health management." OURA's commitment to research allows the team to bring the most accurate features and data insights to its members. The Oura Ring has been used in illness-detection research, including in studies at the University of California, San Francisco, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, and DTRA / DIU. Most recently, the OURA team has invested in women's and reproductive health research, a traditionally underserved market in wearables. In separate studies with the University of California, San Diego, and the University of California, Berkeley around stages and risk factors associated with pregnancy, the team was able to incorporate the Period Prediction feature in the Gen3 Ring, which is just the beginning of OURA's long term investment in areas of reproductive health and family planning. Additionally, because the Oura Ring is designed to read heart rate at the base of the finger as opposed to the top of the wrist, its accuracy is consistent across various skin tones. OURA provides a solution for the range of cultures and geographies in its community. "Tom brings decades of technology leadership across both consumer and B2B businesses to OURA," said Eurie Kim, Chairperson of the Board for OURA. "With his extensive knowledge of scaling consumer and enterprise membership experiences, and leading teams through hyper-growth, we couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Tom to the OURA team and board. The culture and values at OURA are very special, particularly given our international team and Finnish roots, as well as our multifaceted hardware product and science-backed software and services. Looking for an incredibly strategic and technical leader, who is also empathetic and passionate about our mission, was an extremely tall order; we found all of that and more in Tom Hale." More information about the Oura Ring can be found online at ouraring.com. About OURA Health: OURA is the company behind the Oura Ring - the smart ring that delivers personalized health data, insights, and daily guidance. OURA believes health is a daily practice and, with personalized insights and guidance, you can control the course of your health to live a more balanced life. The Ring tracks all stages of sleep and recovery and accounts for daily activity to provide practical steps for long-term improvement. Founded in 2013, OURA is headquartered in Oulu, Finland, with offices in Helsinki, San Francisco, and San Diego. OURA has raised capital in the past from Lifeline Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Temasek, The Chernin Group, JAZZ Venture Partners, and MSD Capital, among others. For more information, please visit http://ouraring.com/. The Oura Ring is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, monitor, or prevent medical conditions/illnesses.
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