Leadership

Chini is co-founder and CEO of Vimo (parent company of GetInsured), leading the charge to bring a modern SaaS approach to public-sector health care. Well before passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Chini recognized the need for a SaaS-based health insurance exchange solution. His foresight helped position Vimo to play a principal role in developing some of the nation’s first health insurance exchanges. Today, Vimo operates exchanges in Idaho, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, New Mexico, and Illinois, with Oregon joining in 2027.

Chini brings more than 30 years of experience in the high-tech industry to the public-sector health care space, combining deep technical expertise with a proven record of innovation and leadership. Prior to Vimo, Chini founded Valicert Inc. – a leader in public-key infrastructure (PKI) validation – where he served as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer. Valicert went public in 2000 and merged with Tumbleweed Communications in 2003. Earlier in his career, Chini was Product Marketing Manager at Enterprise Integration Technologies (EIT), where he played a key role in the release of the world’s first secure web browser.

Chini holds an MS in Computer Science from Duke University and a BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology.

As Chief Financial Officer at Vimo, Ted leads the finance, FP&A, accounting, investor relations, and treasury functions. Before joining Vimo, he was CFO at Lime, a global micromobility company operating in over 100 cities across 30 countries. Prior to that, Ted spent 23 years as an investment banker specializing in IPOs, private placements, and debt offerings in the technology sector. He served as Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley and held prior roles at Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, and Robertson Stephens.

Ted holds an MBA from Columbia University and an AB from Princeton University.

With 15 years of experience in human services specifically related to health care policy, Heather specializes in government affairs, public relations, coordinated project management, and strategic planning. At Vimo, she engages local, state, and federal policymakers to develop strategies for technology-driven improvements in the delivery of health care and other public benefits.

Prior to joining Vimo, Heather served as Executive Director of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, Nevada’s state agency that operates the online health insurance marketplace, Nevada Health Link. Under her direction, the Nevada Exchange became the first hybrid exchange to successfully transition from HealthCare.gov to a fully autonomous state-based exchange. She served as the state’s interim Director of the Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation during the height of the COVID pandemic and oversaw implementation of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. Governor Sisolak also appointed her interim Senior Policy Director for the 2021 Legislative Session.

Heather holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Oregon and is a Certified Public Manager.  

Whitney leads Vimo’s Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, and Facilities teams. He has more than 25 years of financial executive leadership experience at both private and publicly traded technology companies.

Prior to joining Vimo, Whitney served as Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance at Zynga, where he helped guide the company’s growth from an early-stage private organization to a billion-dollar publicly traded global gaming company. He has also held financial leadership roles at Fortinet, a computer security company; Corio, an application service provider; and Remedy, a help desk software developer.

Whitney has a BS in Accounting from the University of Hawai‘i and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Sephy brings more than a decade of health care experience to his role as Chief of Staff at Vimo. Prior to joining the company, he led business development for a creative services and strategic marketing firm specializing in corporate branding and IPO road show presentations. In that role, Sephy successfully sourced and managed more than 20 IPO road show engagements, including VA Linux Systems, which set a U.S. record for the biggest first-day gain of an initial public stock offering at 698 percent.

With more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry, Amit brings a wealth of experience in health care IT and state exchange implementations. Since 2013, he has been an integral part of many successful state-based marketplace projects, in addition to maintaining operations for the CMS Federal Small Business Exchange, the Arkansas Small Business Exchange, and the Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and New Jersey individual exchanges.

Prior to 2013, Amit worked with Corporate Executive Board (now Gartner) as a vendor representative, helping to reshape their digital strategy and implement Web 3.0 solutions, including personalization and predictive analysis. He also defined, built, and operated several B2C joint ventures, including TheFirstResort.com and Latedeals.co.uk (sold to Tui), WooHoo.com (sold to Match.com), and MadAboutWine.com (sold to Diageo). Amit has led large, distributed, cross-functional teams, managing groups of up to 150+ members in various capacities.  

Amit has a BE in Electronics and Telecommunications from Delhi University.