Healthtech start-up HealthTap has fired its co-founder and CEO Ron Gutman over allegations about his treatment of employees, replacing him with Bill Gossman. After receiving concerning reports by employees about Ron’s conduct as CEO, the Board of Directors hired an outside law firm to conduct an investigation into these allegations," the board wrote in a memo to employees obtained by Recode. The company said in a statement that it had hired the former chief executive officer at Medtronic Inc. to be president and CEO. In a letter to Gutman, seen by technology news site Recode, the board said: "The toxicity you introduced into the workplace ends now." Gutman claims the allegations are false and harmful.
Healthtech start-up HealthTap has fired its co-founder and CEO Ron Gutman over allegations about his treatment of employees, replacing him with Bill Gossman. The company said in a statement that it had hired the former chief executive officer at Medtronic Inc. to be president and CEO. In a letter to Gutman, seen by technology news site Recode, the board said: "The toxicity you introduced into the workplace ends now." Gutman claims the allegations are false and harmful.