The 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 Silicon Valley company said it had instructed a law firm to investigate the allegations against Gutman after it received negative reports about him . In a letter to Gutman , seen by technology news site Recode , the board wrote : " The toxicity you introduced into the company ends now . " It claims the allegations are false and harmful .
The 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 Silicon Valley company said it had instructed a law firm to investigate the allegations against Gutman after it received negative reports about him . In a letter to Gutman , seen by technology news site Recode , the board wrote : " The toxicity you introduced into the company ends now . " It claims the allegations are false and harmful .