Premier Life Plan Community completes successful pilot of the most advanced senior living technology on the market; prepares to roll out to nearly 900-person campus

 

Today, White Horse Village, a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Newtown Square, Pa., announced the deployment of K4Community, the premier senior living solution from K4Connect, a purpose-driven technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and those living with a disability. K4Community will lay the foundation for White Horse Village’s ongoing digital transformation, bringing the latest advancements in connected-life technology to Community residents and team members.

White Horse Village is one of the Philadelphia area’s most revered Life Plan Communities with 30 years of experience providing residents with premium housing, full continuum healthcare services, life enrichment programs, and support offerings. Through this partnership, White Horse Village is institutionalizing technology as a long-term solution to meeting the evolving needs of the 520 residents and 375 team members across its expansive 96-acre campus. K4Community enables this through a comprehensive solution that integrates the latest in-home automation, connected health, and wellness products, as well as social engagement services, ultimately empowering everyone at White Horse Village to live simpler, healthier and happier lives.

“As an active Life Plan Community, we place a high value on creating opportunities for our residents to live extraordinary lives in an environment that emphasizes personal growth, connectedness, and relationships. When we learned about K4Connect and all of the benefits their technologies could bring to our residents and team members, we jumped at the opportunity to pilot it,” said Len Weiser, President and CEO of White Horse Village. “We’re thrilled to now officially deploy K4Community across the campus, enabling all of our residents to live more independently, while staying connected with each other, their families, and our team members.”

This campus-wide implementation follows a successful pilot in which participating residents — several of whom are part of the Resident Technology Advisory Committee that encourages tech innovation and education in the interest of residents — advocated for the technology long-term. White Horse Village will roll out K4Community in phases, starting with content creation, management, publishing and digital signage to streamline information-sharing across the broad campus. Future phases could include implementing new automation features such as smart lighting and thermostats in resident homes, along with enterprise-level voice access to content and community services through Amazon Alexa devices.

“Many of us at White Horse Village are interested in contemporary technology and the potential it has to assist us in our daily lives,” said Sam Goldstein, a member of White Horse Village’s Resident Technology Advisory Committee. “One of the K4Community features that I find truly handy is the voice capability through Amazon’s Alexa. My wife and I both use it to turn lights on and off throughout our apartment, raise or lower the temperature on the thermostat, play classical music when we want quiet time or would like to read, or we ask it for the world and local news and weather.”

In addition to meeting resident demands for more modernized resources and amenities, K4Community will outfit White Horse Village’s team members with enterprise management tools and the advanced analytics necessary to continue providing the best in support services and hospitality. This is all possible through the underlying operating system, FusionOS, a first in the senior living industry. Operators and staff are provided in-depth insights that drive overall efficiencies and cost savings through comprehensive backend data reporting, as well as features that signal trends in resident behavior.

“With the implementation of K4Community, White Horse Village is taking an important step toward institutionalizing technologies that will benefit hundreds of residents and team members today and in the future. From voice-enabled devices to comprehensive backend analytics, our FusionOS enables the integration and expansion of resident-facing technologies and enterprise-level tools that meet the ever-evolving needs of all who live and work in this Community,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “We’re excited to support White Horse Village with dynamic solutions that can truly transform the lives of all residents and team members at this impressive Community.”

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K4Connect currently serves more than 15,000 residents across the U.S. through Smart Home, Smart Living and Smart Wellness specifically designed for older adults. To learn more about K4Connect and its current and future technologies, please visit http://www.k4connect.com

About White Horse Village 
White Horse Village is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) dedicated to giving residents age 62 and older the best living experience. The Community is located on 96 acres in western Delaware County, Pa., approximately 20 miles west of center city Philadelphia. White Horse Village is a CARF-accredited life care community, granted its fourth five-year re-accreditation in June 2015. For more information, visit http://www.whitehorsevillage.org

New collaboration to enable current and future Lenbrook residents to have access to the most advanced senior living technology on the market.

 

Think “smart home” technology is just a future dream or too complicated for seniors? A new partnership between K4Connect and Lenbrook is about to change that. As the first Smart Senior Living Community in Georgia, Lenbrook will implement K4Community, K4Connect’s smart solution created specifically for residents, staff and operators of senior living communities. The secure solution features several ways to keep Lenbrook residents, families, and staff safely connected.

K4Connect is a purpose-driven technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and those living with a disability. The new partnership with Lenbrook, Atlanta’s premier Life Plan Community, will establish K4Community as the foundation for the senior living community’s expanding technology offerings. With K4Community, residents will be able to access real time information about life at Lenbrook, control their smart living environments, monitor their health and wellness, access community concierge services, and securely connect with loved ones, staff and fellow residents by using their smartphone, tablet or, in time, simply their voice.

“The purpose of bringing this technology to Lenbrook is to provide a platform to support more healthy, independent, and engaged lives for our residents,” said Dan Dornblaser, Vice President of Finance, CFO, and IT Leader. “At Lenbrook, we look for every opportunity to help our residents enjoy life to the fullest, creating connections among the community, and providing timely and accurate information. We’re excited that the future of senior living technology is now available at Lenbrook!”

Lenbrook will roll out K4Community in phases. The first phase will include K4Community’s content creation, management, publishing, and digital signage platform, along with K4Community’s resident and family application that provides access to community content, community services and a private social network. The second phase includes expanded smart capabilities, which will be available at the upcoming Kingsboro at Lenbrook community opening in 2022. Once the phase-in is complete, Lenbrook residents and staff will have access to: 

• Smart Home: Residents will be able to control their smart living environments (smart lights and thermostats, etc.).

• Smart Wellness: Residents will be able to monitor their health and wellness with fitness trackers, connected smart scales or blood pressure cuffs.

• Smart Living: Residents will securely connect with loved ones, fellow residents and community services using technology.

• Content Creation and Digital Signage: The industry’s most advanced digital signage will automate Lenbrook staff workflows and simplify the way they create, manage and share content. This provides increased opportunity for resident engagement with access to real-time information and events, all while streamlining the creation and publishing process for staff members.

In addition to providing multiple conveniences to residents, K4Community equips Lenbrook’s staff with the tools and advanced analytics to provide the best in care and hospitality. K4Community drives overall efficiencies and cost-savings for community managers through operations and workflow automation and energy management.

“Our expansion into Georgia with Lenbrook reinforces our mission to improve the lives of older adults across the country through technology. Lenbrook is a cutting-edge community with a clear focus on providing the best in care and hospitality for their residents. We’re thrilled to be working with them on their journey to a true Smart Community,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “Our solution enables Lenbrook to modernize experiences for current residents and staff, as well as prepare for the future by offering the flexibility to seamlessly add new smart technologies as they come to market.”

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About Lenbrook

Lenbrook is the first and only Life Plan Community in Atlanta to achieve national accreditation by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities). Founded in 1983, this not-for-profit senior living community in the heart of Buckhead enables its residents to enjoy the gifts of independence, good health and personal fulfillment through engaging programs and services. Its award-winning facilities also offer the security and convenience of excellent on-site, Medicare-certified healthcare services. Visit http://www.lenbrook-atlanta.org or call 404-264-3386 for more information. For specific information about Kingsboro at Lenbrook, visit https://kingsboroatlenbrook.org

Partnership Will Bring Smart Technology to New Valeo Senior Communities; Extends K4Connect’s Momentum as Senior Living’s Most Advanced Technology Solution

 

Valeo Groupe Americas, an affiliate of Valeo Groupe, which offers multinational interests in both senior and student niche housing markets, and K4Connect, a purpose-driven technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced a new partnership to bring the most advanced smart technology for senior living communities on the market, K4Community, to future Valeo Senior Communities.  

“At Valeo, we’re focused on developing purpose-built communities that cater to, and are inspired by, those we serve,” said Kevin M. Suite, Founding Partner, President and Chief Operating Officer of Valeo Senior. “Since launching Valeo Senior, we have been looking for partners who share that same focus, especially those who are dedicated to enhancing the lives of older adults. It was only natural for us to partner with K4Connect, a company that is solely devoted to providing older adults with the ability to live healthier, happier and more independent lives through smart technology.”

Rolling out this year, K4Community will be incorporated into Valeo Senior’s new Vineyard communities in Henderson, Nevada, and Bluffton, South Carolina. Residents of those communities, as well as future Valeo communities, will benefit from all that K4Community has to offer. By using their smartphone, tablet or simply their voice – via K4Community’s recently-announced integration with Amazon Alexa technology – residents can manage all aspects of life within the community, including:

• Smart Home: Automatic lights, temperature control and more can be activated through voice, motion, and responsive sensors

• Smart Wellness programs: Via a strategic partnership with Garmin residents will have access to activity trackers, allowing them to monitor their wellness progress

• Smart Living: Leveraging K4Connect’s State-of-the-art communication platform will allow residents to easily stay in touch with friends and family inside and out of their community

• On-demand services: Exclusive partnerships allow for next generation concierge services that are delivered directly through the K4Community app

“Currently, our customer base includes over 13,000 residents across dozens of senior living communities from Florida to California. We’re excited to begin this new journey with Valeo Senior to enhance the lives of older adults across the nation through advanced smart technologies,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “Valeo understands that older adults want to have the ability to better manage their lives – whether it is their social interactions, health or homes – as well as enjoy the latest in technology. With K4Community, Valeo’s residents will be able to benefit from technology designed and developed specifically for them.”

In addition to the many resident benefits, staff at Valeo Senior communities will be able to take advantage of K4Community’s enterprise-level controls, data and support. This will help enable streamlined processes through automated morning check-ins, energy and utility management, next generation content creation/publishing and the industry’s first wireless digital signage capabilities. These Smart Community capabilities will empower Valeo teams to provide the best in hospitality and care, while streamlining workflows and driving measurable cost savings.

To learn more about Valeo Senior, please visit: www.valeogroupe.com/us/senior/

 

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About Valeo Groupe Americas
Valeo Groupe Americas is an affiliate of Valeo Groupe, which offers multinational interests in both senior and student niche housing markets. Built on a trail already blazed – with a combined 150 years of success in real estate investment, development and management – Valeo Groupe Americas is disrupting the market landscape as it paves the way for new niche housing brands that drive demand. For more information, please visit www.valeogroupe.com/us/.

 

Company and its patented platform technologies recognized for innovation and excellence at North Carolina’s premier technology awards ceremony

 

Raleigh, N.C. (December 6, 2018) – K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced that is has been named 2018 Internet of Things (IoT) company of the year at the annual NC Tech Awards Gala. The NC Tech Awards, presented by the North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA), recognizes technology companies throughout North Carolina for innovation, excellence and growth.

“Since 1995, the NC Tech Awards has honored excellence and innovation throughout North Carolina, representing the best and brightest,” said Brooks Raiford, president and CEO of NC TECH. “As a winner, K4Connect has distinguished itself as a peer-leader and we are proud to recognize them as a 2018 NC Tech Awards winner.”

K4Connect’s FusionOS technologies are at the core of K4Connect’s unique value. This patented edge-cloud hybrid software platform acts as an enterprise-class “operating system” that, wherever deployed, allows for the integration of the latest in smart devices, software applications, services and stand-alone systems, all built by others, into a single cohesive system. Built on the FusionOS technologies, K4Connect’s flagship solution, K4Community, was created specifically for senior living communities, bringing together the latest in smart home, smart wellness, and smart living technologies for the residents, while creating a truly Smart Community for the operators. Introduced in 2015, K4Community is deployed across senior living communities from coast to coast, providing unique value for more than 13,000 residents and hundreds of staff members. Future K4Connect products, K4Home (for older adults living in their own homes) and K4HomeCare (for care agencies), will take advantage of FusionOS to improve the lives of older adults and those who care for them living in their own homes.

“We are beyond honored to receive the distinguished NC Tech Award in the IoT category,” said Derek Holt, President of K4Connect. “There is no question that the global interest in IoT has skyrocketed in recent years, especially in the smart home and smart wellness categories. However, as honored and proud as we are to be recognized for foundational FusionOS technologies, we are far more excited about how we use those technologies to achieve our mission of serving and empowering older adults. With K4Community, we are bringing a whole new set of smart home, wellness and living technologies to the older adult demographic, which has often been underserved by technology, but that who can likely benefit the most, helping residents to live simpler, healthier and happier lives.”

K4Connect partners, including Dude Solutions and Pendo, were also recognized as NC Tech Award winners.

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To learn more about K4Connect, please visit K4Connect.com

 

Groundbreaking smart technology, K4Community, to be deployed at Pittsburgh’s newest senior community, set to open this spring

 

Raleigh, N.C. and Pittsburgh, Pa. – November 13, 2018 – Vincentian Collaborative System, a CMS five-star rated non-profit health care and human services organization with ministries across Allegheny County, and K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced a strategic partnership to deploy K4Connect’s smart senior living solution, K4Community, at Terrace Place, Vincentian’s new active 55+ community in Pittsburgh’s North Hills.

“Innovation is at the heart of what we do,” said Vincentian President & CEO Nick Vizzoca. “Our system was founded nearly 100 years ago by pioneering Sisters, religious women who followed in the footsteps of St. Vincent de Paul. Today, we honor that legacy by forming strategic partnerships with companies like K4Connect to make our residents’ lives better, safer and more convenient.”

As one of Pittsburgh’s most forward-looking senior care providers, Vincentian offers a continuum of care for more than 2,000 seniors per year across several locations including independent living, personal care, memory care, short-term rehabilitation and skilled nursing. K4Community will be deployed at Terrace Place, Vincentian’s newest active living community where residents can enjoy innovative living in an active, parklike setting.

The addition of K4Community, senior living’s most advanced technology, makes Terrace Place the first smart senior living community headquartered in the Pittsburgh region. Residents will be able to take advantage of the latest in smart technologies including Smart Home, Smart Wellness and Smart Living capabilities and be able to easily access those via phone, tablet and using their voice via K4Community’s recently announced enterprise integrations with Amazon Alexa technology.

“We’re excited to be partnering with Vincentian, a company that not only provides the best in care for older adults, but also shares our mission of serving and empowering older adults to live more independent, healthier and happier lives,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “During our successful pilot with the Vincentian team earlier this year, we attained a 100 percent adoption rate of smart-home automation features, as well as 100 percent engagement with community content and communications capabilities. This is a true testament to our viewpoint that if technology is truly built for, and with the help of older adults, they use and value it.”

Vincentian resident Tom Zelch was able to experience K4Community during the community’s pilot, and enjoyed how easy it was to use. “Using K4Community was such a positive experience,” said Zelch. “My wife and I enjoyed having so much information readily available, and I can’t wait for more of my friends in the community to be able to use it.”

Staff will benefit from K4Community’s enterprise level data and support, providing streamlined processes through automated morning check-ins, energy and utility savings, next generation content creation and the industry’s first wireless digital signage capabilities. These enterprise level solutions allow teams to operate within a true Smart Community by consolidating workflows, reducing rework, and increasing communication.

 

 

K4Connect’s first product, K4Community, is specifically designed to serve the residents, staff and operators of senior living communities.

 

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 23, 2018 — K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, announced today a $12 million Series B round of funding led by AXA Venture Partners. This latest round brings the funding total to over $22 million and will be used to further develop the Company’s K4Community solution and underlying Fusion platform/OS technologies. K4Connect will also use the proceeds to expand its customer base, which already includes over 13,000 residents across dozens of senior living communities from Florida to California, as well as to accelerate its partnerships across a spectrum of consumer and senior living-specific companies. The funding follows a year of record growth for K4Connect, which tripled its revenues and expanded its team by 40%.

K4Connect’s first product, K4Community, is specifically designed to serve the residents, staff and operators of senior living communities. Integrating the latest in smart home, smart wellness and smart living technologies into a single easy-to-use system, K4Community makes any senior living community a truly Smart Community. K4Community brings together a plethora of advanced device, application and service technologies, making them accessible through both touch and voice technologies. In addition to being a ground-breaking amenity for senior community residents, K4Community also provides community staff and operators with the tools and data to provide the best in care and hospitality, as well as drive a measurable ROI through operational efficiencies and lowered costs.

“We’re honored to have an organization such as AXA Venture Partners lead our latest round of funding. We have been extremely fortunate to have a set of investor advocates who not only wholly support our mission, but also bring significant strategic value,” said F. Scott Moody, Chief Member Advocate, Co-founder and CEO of K4Connect. “Very few companies understand the health and insurance markets, both nationally and globally, as well as AXA. Their support will allow us to not only grow in the United States, but expand internationally as well. We look forward to working with them to expand the market for our first product, K4Community, as well as other planned products.”

Core to K4Connect’s success is its patented Fusion platform/OS, a multi-modal software platform that acts as an enterprise-wide “operating system” that provides a secure and reliable edge-cloud hybrid architecture. Employing an open and modular design, Fusion allows for the integration of virtually any device (home or wellness), service or application into a single cohesive system. In addition to K4Community, future products that will take advantage of the Company’s Fusion technologies include K4Home, designed for older adults living in their own homes, and K4HomeCare, designed for care agencies.  

“The health and well-being of the world’s aging population is a key focus for us,” said Manish Agarwal, a General Partner with AXA Venture Partners. “We’ve looked at a number of impressive technologies designed specifically for older adults over the years, yet K4Connect is the first company we’ve seen that can bring all these disparate technologies together into a single solution, not only for the senior living community operators, but also for the residents and their families. We’re excited about partnering with the K4Connect team, including all their prior investor advocates, to find new ways to bring the Company’s current and future solutions to the one billion people they hope to serve around the world.” 

Joining AXA Venture Partners, the venture fund backed by the world’s second largest financial services company, are Intel Capital, Intel’s strategic investment organization, which led the Series A round, and Sierra Ventures, a premier Silicon Valley-based venture firm, which led K4Connect’s Seed Round of funding. Previous investors that also joined this round include: Stonehenge Growth Equity, Revolution Ventures’ Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Traverse Venture Partners, Better Ventures and RGAX, LLC, a subsidiary of Reinsurance Group of America.

Dr. Agarwal will join K4Connect’s board of directors, working alongside Dr. Ben Yu from Sierra Ventures, Dave Johnsonfrom Intel Capital, Steve Lux from Stonehenge Growth Equity, Terri Novak, the former COO of Kisco Senior Living, and Scott Moody.

Ranked as the 8th Largest Single Campus CCRC in the Nation, Westminster Plans to Deploy the K4Community Solution to Assisted and Independent Living Apartments

 

Raleigh, N.C. and Richmond, Va. – September 11, 2018 – K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates connected-life solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced the expansion of its customer network, welcoming Westminster Canterbury Richmond.  Westminster is one of the largest non-profit single-campus senior living communities in the U.S. as ranked by the LeadingAge Ziegler.

Further enhancing Westminster Canterbury Richmond’s award-winning hospitality, care and culture of innovation, K4Connect will implement K4Community in more than 800 independent and assisted senior living residences throughout the 50-acre campus. Residents will now be able to enjoy responsive living environments including lighting and HVAC in their new smart apartments, as well as communicate with loved ones and other community members, and stay up to date with the latest events, dining, and community news – all through an easy to use application designed specifically for older adults.

“At Westminster Canterbury, we are committed to providing superior services that improve the lives of those we serve every day and empower our residents to live life well,” said John Burns, President and CEO of Westminster Canterbury Richmond. “When we learned about K4Community and how it could positively impact the longevity economy, there was no doubt in our minds that we would deploy it throughout our community. It adds real value to our residents and staff.”

K4Community integrates the latest in smart home automation, connected health and wellness products, as well as social engagement services, to enhance the lives of senior community residents. For operators and staff, K4Community provides in-depth community management and analytics tools that enable them to streamline workflows, improve communication and reduce rework, ultimately helping to deliver the very best in care and hospitality.

“We’re super excited to partner with Westminster Canterbury Richmond as they continue to provide award-winning service and care to their residents,” commented F. Scott Moody, Co-founder and CEO of K4Connect. “There is no doubt the two organizations share a common mission to serve and I have no doubt that with the help of technology, residents will enjoy more independent lives, as well as deeper connections with family, friends and other residents.”

In addition to the smart home automation and communication features, Westminster Canterbury Richmond will be deploying the K4Community Content Management Module (CMM), K4Connect’s new content creation, management and publishing platform that simplifies the way senior living community staff creates, manages and shares content. The CMM dramatically improves resident access to real-time events and information through digital signage and in-room TV.  This provides more engagement opportunities for residents and streamlines staff processes, allowing for “build once, publish everywhere” capabilities, and reducing the cost of using multiple systems.

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To learn more about K4Connect and K4Community, visit www.k4connect.com

To learn more about Westminster Canterbury Richmond, visit www.wcrichmond.org

 

 

Newest release of K4Connect’s flagship solution, K4Community, includes innovative smart health and wellness technologies along with new time-saving integrations for staff

 

K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates technology solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced a number of enhancements to its flagship solution, K4Community. The latest updates to this state-of-the-art solution expand on previous versions with a special focus on streamlining staff workflows and reducing rework.

Built specifically for the senior living industry, K4Community is a single system that serves the needs of residents, their families and friends, staff, and community operators. Leveraging K4Connect’s patented K4LifePlatform, K4Community, brings together all aspects of a senior living community – from menus and event calendars, to smart home automation, community management and analytics – into a singular application that can be accessed via mobile device, tablets or desktop computers.

K4Community 2.1 is the company’s third major release of 2018, highlighting the value of an open platform. Advanced product integrations and new user enhancements including:

Create and Publish in a Single Application

Gone are the days of switching between various tools to create community assets (calendars, menus, flyers, etc.), duplicating data entry through multiple tools, or having out of sync information across all your content systems (web, print, digital tv, etc.). With K4Community 2.1, community staff are able to create, print and digitally share community content and assets across multiple systems including digital signage, resident TV’s, print, smart phones, laptops and tablets using a single solution designed specifically for senior living. This solution introduces the power of branded templates to speedup creation and improves consistency, and powerful scheduling technology which allows creators to ‘set it and forget it.’ K4Community’s new Content Creation and Publishing tool introduces a whole new way of creating and publishing content: one that is fun, creative, flexible and collaborative.

Save Time With Automated Morning Check In

The latest version of K4Community allows senior living teams to automate the morning check in process, augmenting a timely, error prone, and manual process while providing increased independence for older adults in senior living communities. K4Community’s Automated Morning Check-in provides a passive morning check-in functionality leveraging smart home technology.

Smart Scales and Blood Pressure Cuffs Enhance Resident Wellness

Building on K4Community’s fitness and sleep tracking solutions, Version 2.1 expands the connected wellness capabilities to include smart blood pressure cuffs and smart scales. These new products along with existing solutions provide the industry’s most comprehensive, integrated connected wellness solution allowing residents to stay active while managing their health.

“We’re excited to introduce the latest version of K4Community, and to continue our mission of providing our nation’s older adults with technology built specifically for them,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “The recent advancements of K4Community will not only empower older adults to live more independent and healthier lives, but will enable senior living communities to provide state-of-the-art care to their residents while lowering costs.”

K4Community 2.1 is currently being deployed to thousands of senior living residents and their families across the United States.

Kuldip Pabla brings decades of Silicon Valley experience to bolster Company’s technology leadership in serving older adults and those living with disabilities.

 

K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates connected-life solutions for older adults and those living with disabilities, announced today that Kuldip Pabla has joined the company as the Senior Vice President of Engineering. In his role, Pabla will oversee the continued development of K4Community, the Company’s solution designed specifically for and with the residents and staff of senior living communities worldwide, as well as future solutions planned for the home.

“We’re thrilled to have Kuldip join our team at K4Connect. His extensive experience – specifically in applied AI, voice, IoT, and edge computing – will help us further enhance our technology and improve the lives of all those we serve. In his role, Kuldip will be charged with technologically leading us to the next phase of our vision as we move from the idea of using technology to enable a ‘connected-life’ to harnessing the latest technologies to foster more of a ‘responsive-life’,” said F. Scott Moody, K4Connect co-founder, CEO, and Chief Client Advocate.

Pabla brings more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry, working with both startups and global companies alike. Most recently, Pabla served as the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cooldimi, an applied AI startup focused on building an intelligent systems platform. Prior to Cooldimi, Pabla was the Head of Innovations and Cloud Platform Engineering at CloudCar, a connected car PaaS startup. In addition, Pabla previously served as the Senior Director of Innovations and Engineering at Samsung’s Cloud Services Innovation Lab and as part of the managed cloud solutions team at Yahoo!. He started his career at Sun Microsystems and Sun Labs holding numerous engineering and management positions. Pabla is also the author of over 50 patents covering a breadth of technology innovations.

“The technology that the team at K4Connect has created is truly impressive. I’m looking forward to leveraging my expertise to help the Company add to its extensive portfolio of patents and innovations,” said Pabla. “I’m thrilled to be joining such a committed and talented team that is truly focused on serving populations that have been so often unserved when it comes to the latest in technology.”

Pabla holds a BS in Physics and an MS in Computer Science from Gujarat University. He also completed the Engineering Leadership Professional Program from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

In addition to bringing K4Community’s smart home, connected wellness and social communications capabilities to residents, Avamere will also be implementing K4Connect’s new Content Management and Digital Signage Module.

 

Raleigh, N.C. and Wilsonville, OR – June 26, 2018 – The Avamere Family of Companies, a leader in senior living and post-acute care services, and K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced a new technology partnership. The companies will work together to bring K4Community, K4Connect’s flagship senior living solution, to The Avamere Family of Companies.

“We’re continually looking for partners that will enhance the elite care we provide to each individual we serve. Collaborating with K4Connect allows us to bring the latest technology to our residents and staff, today and into the future, further building upon our proven track record of innovation,” said Ryan Haller, Vice President of Growth and Development for The Avamere Family of Companies. “We’re truly excited to get this partnership up and running.”

“K4Connect is committed to serving those underserved by technology – older adults and those living with a disability. Partnering with forward-thinking organizations such as Avamere is core to our mission to serve and empower these populations,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “We have seen our technology improve the lives of the people who use it firsthand. We’re thrilled to be working together with a thought leader like Avamere to integrate our technology into their communities and bring our technology to the Pacific Northwest.”

K4Community integrates the latest in smart home automation, connected health and wellness products, social engagement tools, and on demand services to enhance the lives of senior community residents. Residents are able to manage multiple aspects of their lives – including their smart living environments, connections with loved ones and other community members, stay up to date with the latest events, dining, and community news and their health via connected wellness products and applications – all through a native (smartphone, tablet and desktop) application designed specifically for older adults. For operators and staff, K4Community provides in-depth management and analytics tools that further enable them to deliver the very best in service and hospitality. By streamlining workflows, improving communication, reducing printing costs, and alleviating rework, K4Community allows communities to optimize and enhance their business processes.

In addition to bringing K4Community’s smart home, connected wellness and social communications capabilities to residents, Avamere will also be implementing K4Connect’s new Content Management and Digital Signage Module (CMM). The content creation, management and publishing platform, allows community staff to easily create, manage, and share content using a singular system. The CMM greatly improves resident access to real-time information and simplifies publishing for community staff.

For more information on K4Connect, please visit K4Connect.com

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About Avamere Family of Companies:
Founded in 1995, Avamere began with a single community in Hillsboro, Oregon. Today Avamere employs over 7,300 people in 15 states. The company is comprised of Avamere Living, which operates independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and transitional care facilities; Signature Hospice, Home Health, Home Care, which specialized in home-based services and primary and palliative care; and Infinity Rehab, which provides contract rehabilitation and outpatient therapy. www.Avamere.com