Douglas Ford is the Co-Founder and CEO of Chromie Health, one of the fastest-growing AI-native platforms transforming hospital workforce management and nurse scheduling across the United States.

Douglas holds a Bachelor's degree from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, a Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Science in Bioethics from Harvard Medical School.

Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare in 2024, Douglas founded Chromie Health after a near-fatal ICU stay exposed him firsthand to the chaos of nursing shortages and outdated manual scheduling systems.

Under Douglas's leadership, Chromie Health raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by AIX Ventures and rapidly deployed its flagship AI agent, Chromie Dispatch, across 120-plus nursing teams nationwide.

Chromie Dispatch fills shift gaps 60 times faster than manual processes, has covered over 35,000 last-minute nursing shifts, saves hospitals $320,000 per unit annually, and has 750 hospitals on its waitlist.