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About Kyan
Kyan Health is the first digital health company in Switzerland providing fully personalised, evidence-based mental health & well-being for employees and their families.
Kyan's mission is to unlock the true potential of employees by creating a frictionless experience to access mental health and well-being services for our members.
Kyan addresses organisational and individual needs at the same time. Our experience has shown that the only way to improve how people feel and perform at work in an enduring way is by providing the tools and resources that individuals need to feel supported while transforming the organisational context to ensure psychological safety.
Advisory board
Prof. Dr. Florian von Wangenheim
Professor of Technology Marketing, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics
Advisor
Dr. Urs Karkoschka
Former Head of Human Performance Innovation
Advisor
Birgit Maillefaud
Chief Human Resources Officer
Senior HR Advisor and Board Member
Senior HR Advisor and Board Member
Advisor
Our team
Vlad Gheorghiu
Co-founder & CEO
Before co-founding Kyan, Vlad worked for 8 years in management consulting at McKinsey & Company where he focused on strategy and organisational work for healthcare clients, and on building digital businesses for retail clients. His personal interest in mental health stems from growing up in a household where psychotherapists would gather around the dinner table to discuss the latest trends in cognitive and behavioral research. After burning out in 2019, Vlad changed his career track and focused his efforts on building and scaling mental health and well-being initiatives that make a real difference in people's lives. He holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD (Singapore), a Master in Economics and Finance from HEC Paris (France) and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from HEC Lausanne (Switzerland)
Konstantin Struck
Co-founder & COO
Konstantin changed his career focus after experiencing the impact of depression on a loved one and navigating the complex psychotherapeutic support resources. He now dedicates his career to answering the question of how technology could better connect, enable, and empower the different players in the psychotherapeutic ecosystem to create the future of corporate mental well-being & health. Before co-founding Kyan, Konstantin worked at McKinsey & Company from 2011 - 2020, most recently as an Associate Partner in the Strategy & Corporate Finance practice focusing on Corporate Finance transactions and large-scale transformations. Konstantin holds an MSc from The London School of Economics (UK) in the fields of strategic management and corporate finance. Prior to that, he earned a BSc in Business Administration from University of Mannheim (Germany) and HEC Paris (France).
Ignacio Leonhardt
Co-founder & CTO
Ignacio leads our engineering team. He leverages his extensive operational experience to develop our products that transform organisations for the better. Prior to founding Kyan, Ignacio was a founder of Handy Technologies. He has also built multiple consumer and enterprise software solutions that interact with hundreds of thousands of people regularly. He cares about building products that can operate at a large scale yet provide the most personalized and individual experience. He holds a computer engineering degree from Duke University and Masters in computer science from the University of Illinois UC.
Evelin Bushell
Head of Operations
Evi is our Head of Operations with over 15 years of professional experience in leading positions within Operations over a variety of industry sectors including Finance and Health care to e-commerce.
Olivia Keller
Head of Psychology
At Kyan, Olivia uses her expertise in evidence-based and scalable mental health interventions to support our ongoing efforts to innovate and offer the best experience to our users and partner organisations. Prior to joining Kyan, Olivia worked as Executive Director at the Centre for Digital Health Interventions at ETH Zürich. She also worked in clinical roles for NHS England and NHS Scotland, offering psychological therapy according to the stepped care model. Additionally, Olivia worked for the start-up Lyra Health from 2016 to 2019, where she contributed to building up the care team and supported clients to access quality mental health care. Olivia holds a Msc in Clinical Psychology and a PGDip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Andrew Johnson
Meditation Coach
Andrew is the voice of the meditations and self-care courses of Kyan Health. He is a certified clinical hypnotherapist and seasoned mediation teacher. For over 25 years, Andrew has been helping people relax, change and create the lives they want through his range of self-care recordings, guided meditations, online courses and workshops. His work has motivated and empowered people across the world and helped them cope with stress, overcome anxiety or fears, break habits and achieve their full potential.
Dr. rer. nat. Gabriela Orellana-Corrales
Head of Content
Gabriela leads the iterative process of research and design to develop Kyan's app content. She holds a PhD in Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Tübingen (Germany), and previously obtained an MSc in Health and Social Psychology from Maastricht University (Netherlands), and a licenciate degree in Clinical Psychology from Francisco Marroquín University (Guatemala). She is driven by the desire to use technology to make valuable tools easily accesible to everyone.
José Diaz
Product Lead
Jose is a licensed architect from Francisco Marroquín University, with post-graduate studies in qualitative methodologies and psycho-social research from the University of Chile and certifications in UX Design and Product Management from Cornell University. He uses his many years of design-thinking experience to ensure that our self-care content is as intuitive and user-centric as possible.
Tiffany Cabasso
Psychology Operations Manager
Tiffany manages our network of service providers ensuring that they deliver the most beneficial support to their clients. A licensed psychologist in Switzerland (FSP) herself, she has experience in both a clinical setting, as well as in a corporate environment where she was leading teams and managing client relations in San Francisco. She holds a Master in Clinical Psychology from the University of Geneva (Switzerland), and a Bachelor in Psychology from McGill University (Montreal, Canada). Tiffany is passionate about the intersection of technology and mental health and believes it has the power to bridge the treatment gap, providing everyone access to the help that they need.
Elizabeth Watson
Junior Operations Manager
As part of our Psychology Operations team, Elizabeth is responsible for supporting our network of Kyan counsellors, enabling them to provide outstanding care to their clients. She has a background in psychology with counselling and is currently specialising in work and organisational psychology.
She is passionate about reshaping workplace culture, fostering an environment that prioritises well-being, and empowering teams to thrive. She's thrilled to be a part of facilitating this at Kyan Health.
Edda Pavalec
Content Lead (German)
Edda is responsible for the German voice of Kyan. She completed her Master of Science in psychology (with a focus on clinical psychology) at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz (Austria) and is currently in psychotherapy training. Besides that she is working with people with autism in order to promote their resources and support their families. She gained her first experience in digital coaching with Pocketcoach (now renamed Stresscoach) and has since become even more convinced that this combination of content from cognitive behavioural therapy, coaching, exercises on mindfulness and meditation is an enrichment for everyone.
Dr. Alice Pailhes
Content Lead (French)
Alice oversees quality of French-language content. She also collaborates in research and content development and design. Alice is driven by her desire to give people a sense of wonder about how their mind works, and uses magic tricks as an engaging tool to help people understand it. She has a PhD in Psychology from Goldsmiths University of London, where she pioneered the scientific research on magicians’ mind control tricks. Previously, she obtained an MSc in Psychosocial engineering and research, and BSc in Psychology from the University of Bordeaux (France). She also studied Psychology at Charles University of Prague (Czechia) and Communication at UCLA (United States).
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Values
01. Improve lives
We are grounded in science to make a real difference in people's lives
02. Normalise
We destigmatise the conversation on mental health and well-being
03. Connect
We integrate with all actors of the ecosystem and create a frictionless experience for employees, employers, providers and insurers
04. Engage
We proactively connect with our members to address their needs early
05. Empower
We support our members to become the best versions of themselves with personalised solutions tailored to their needs
06. Celebrate diversity
We recognise and celebrate individual differences and we provide tailored support to each individual
Origins
Vlad Gheorghiu and Konstantin Struck decided to launch Kyan Health after their firsthand experience with mental health challenges in the workplace, after witnessing the pitfalls of existing solutions and the devastating effects of poor mental health on individuals, families and organisations. Ignacio (Nacho) Leonhardt joined the founding team and leads Kyan's product and technology work. A seasoned entrepreneur, he's been successfully developing technology for the past 10 years. He's driven by developing products with meaning which materially improve people's lives. Kyan was designed based on years of research and development in partnership with senior business leaders, leading mental health researchers, neuroscientists and employees
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