Our Team
Sarah Porter, CEO & Co-Founder
Sarah is a seasoned startup leader with a proven track record of helping early-stage companies scale from the ground up. Over the past seven years, she’s been the first sales and go to market hire at multiple startups, playing a key role in their growth from Pre-Seed to Series B.
Sarah’s journey into healthcare is deeply personal. In her early 20s, she faced debilitating symptoms that were repeatedly dismissed as “just anxiety.” After five frustrating years of misdiagnoses, she was finally diagnosed with POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) in 2022. That experience fueled her mission to fix the broken path to diagnosis and inspired the creation of MedDefend.
When she’s not building companies or advocating for better healthcare, you can find her hanging out with her three dogs, Guinness, Pint, and Stout.
Matt Simons, CTO & Co-Founder
Matt is our CTO and in-house mad scientist, driven by a passion for building innovative products and fixing what's broken in healthcare. After experiencing the pitfalls of the system firsthand through a missed diagnosis, he's focused on using technology to make care more accurate and accessible.
With over 10 years of experience leading cloud platforms and engineering teams in highly regulated industries like finance and digital commerce, Matt brings deep technical expertise to the table. He’s held leadership roles at Workiva (pre-IPO) and Fanatics (early hire, pre-launch). You can explore some of his inventions and personal projects at matthewpsimons.com.