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V O L . X X I V N O. X X I I I O C T O B E R 1 , 2 0 1 8 16 MB: Why did you move the business to Portland and what are your expansion plans? BH and OM: e state of Maine has been very supportive of MedRhythms thus far in our journey, particularly through grants and capital from the Maine Technology Institute and the Maine Venture Fund, as well as through various FAME programs. We are also from Maine and wanted to build a company here that provided jobs for Maine's people. Portland is an evolving city that is continually offering more opportunities in both entrepreneurship and larger, established enterprises. ese are the principle factors adding to the excitement of building a company here. MB: Where do you see MedRhythms in five years from now? BH and OM: In five years from now, MedRhythms intends to have released multiple products for multiple diag- noses to improve walking. However, the people we serve do not just suffer from walking deficits; neurologic injuries and diseases commonly affects movement, language and cognition. MedRhythms anticipates that, in five years time, we will have already started imagining how we can use technology to address these additional deficits within our target end-user populations and what that suite of products will look like. Our growth as a company will have created many sustainable, high-tech jobs, contribut- ing to the ever-evolving tech ecosys- tem in southern Maine. All of these steps will be laser-focused on fulfilling our mission of providing care to mil- lions of people who need it. R e n e e C o r d e s , M a i n e b i z s e n i o r w r i t e r, c a n b e r e a c h e d a t r c o r d e s @ m a i n e b i z . b i z a n d @ r s c o r d e s ยป C O N T I N U E D F RO M PA G E 1 4 SymQuest is committed to meeting your IT needs. We acknowledge that managing IT in your practice is more than understanding regulation. We work with you to build a thorough and compliant plan for managing the exchange of data, and processes involved with your IT infrastructure. We are positioned to assist you with the knowledge and know how necessary to keep your systems streamline and compliant. For More Information Call Us At (800) 374-9900 SymQuest.com Owen McCarthy, left, and Brian Harris, founders of MedRhythms, in their Portland office. They recently raised $5 million to hire more workers, particularly engineers, and advance MedRhythms from the prototype stage to being commercially ready. P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY