Full Bio

James Stanford co-founded Tarpon Health with his former McKinsey colleague and friend Ben Reigle after attending an RCM Leaders Forum in 2022. At that Forum, a group of the nation’s leading revenue cycle executives expressed their urgent need to take back control of their automation initiatives by building infrastructure and expertise within their organizations.

James heads up the finance function for the company as an Executive Board Director. He is also Fitzroy Health’s representative on Tarpon’s Board of Directors. James is a Managing Director of Fitzroy Health, a venture firm he co-founded in 2015 that builds new tech-enabled companies to serve healthcare organizations. He is the founder of 6 companies and sits on the boards of Tarpon Health, Salute Safety, and DosedDaily. He is also an Executive-in-Residence for Mass General Brigham in Boston. Prior to Fitzroy, James was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, Client Service Director for Objective Health, and a Director at The Advisory Board Company.

Outside of professional endeavors, James is a board member of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and enjoys tennis, cycling, theater, and travel.