June 11, 2025 – Disruptors Dr. Imamu Tomlinson and Kickstarter CPTO Mahesh Guruswamy

Dr. Imamu Tomlinson -CEO of Vituity and Author of Less Than One Percent: How Disruptors Defy the Odds

As an award winning CEO of a multi-billion dollar healthcare company, Dr. Imamu Tomlinson MD, MBA knows all about what it takes to succeed against all odds. With his unique narrative and analytic bent, he highlights how often times we misjudge the qualities necessary to succeed. Tomlinson’s passion is to inspire others to exceed their own expectations. Dr. Tomlinson is CEO of Vituity, a physician-owned and led multispecialty healthcare partnership. Vituity has a network of 6,000 clinicians who provide care at more than 690 practice locations. Prior to joining Vituity, Dr. Tomlinson was the Chief of Staff for the Adventist Health Central Valley Network, where he continues to practice as an emergency physician. He holds a medical degree from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA in Health Care Management from California Coast University.





Mahesh Guruswamy – CPTO of Kickstarter and Author of How to Deliver Bad News and Get Away with It: A Manager’s Guide

Mahesh Guruswamy is a seasoned product development executive who has been in the software development space for over twenty years and has managed teams of varying sizes for over a decade. He is currently the chief product and technology officer at Kickstarter. Before that, he ran product development teams at Mosaic, Kajabi, and Smartsheet. Mahesh caught the writing bug from his favorite author, Stephen King. He started out writing short stories and eventually discovered that long-form writing was a great medium to share information with product development teams, resulting in his book How to Deliver Bad News and Get Away with It: A Manager’s Guide Greenleaf Book Group (January 14, 2025). Mahesh is passionate about mentoring others, especially folks who are interested in becoming a people manager and newer managers who are just getting going.