# Rome Portlock

> Rome Portlock is the cofounder and chief technology officer of Incredible Health, the San Francisco hiring marketplace that reverses the usual recruiting ritual by having hospitals approach healthcare professionals. An MIT-trained computer scientist whose career passed through eScription, Amazon's A9, Linden Lab, Eventbrite and AliveCor, Portlock helped turn a failed first startup idea into a company used by 1.5 million U.S. healthcare workers and more than 1,500 employers.

- **Role:** Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer at Incredible Health
- **Organizations:** Incredible Health, Lift League, AliveCor, Eventbrite, Linden Lab, A9, eScription, NFX
- **Education:** BS in Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Cofounded Incredible Health and built its technology organization from the company's 2017 launch., Helped design a recruiting marketplace in which healthcare employers approach professionals, reversing the conventional application flow., Helped grow Incredible Health to 1.5 million U.S. healthcare workers and more than 1,500 healthcare employers, according to the company.

## Career timeline

- **2002-2006** — Worked as Software Engineer III at eScription.
- **2006-2007** — Worked as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon's A9.
- **2007-2011** — Served as Senior Software Engineer at Linden Lab, creator of Second Life.
- **2011-2012** — Worked as Senior Software Engineer at Eventbrite.
- **2012-2015** — Joined AliveCor as Principal Platform Engineer, where he met future cofounder Iman Abuzeid.
- **2015** — Portlock and Abuzeid began Lift League, customer-retention software for smaller healthcare businesses.
- **2017-01** — With roughly six weeks before NFX Demo Day, the founders pivoted from Lift League and built Incredible Health.
- **2017-03** — Incredible Health entered contract discussions with HCA Healthcare soon after launch and raised a $2.4 million seed round led by Obvious Ventures.
- **2019-09** — Incredible Health raised a $15 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.
- **2022-08** — The company raised an $80 million Series B at a $1.65 billion valuation.
- **2026** — Incredible Health reported 1.5 million U.S. healthcare workers and more than 1,500 healthcare employers on its platform, with AI voice agents added to its hiring products.

## Achievements

- Cofounded Incredible Health and built its technology organization from the company's 2017 launch.
- Helped design a recruiting marketplace in which healthcare employers approach professionals, reversing the conventional application flow.
- Helped grow Incredible Health to 1.5 million U.S. healthcare workers and more than 1,500 healthcare employers, according to the company.
- Helped lead the company through an $80 million Series B in 2022 at a $1.65 billion valuation.
- Built a software-engineering career spanning speech technology, search, virtual worlds, events and mobile health before founding Incredible Health.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Incredible Health continued to identify Portlock as cofounder and CTO and reported a platform serving 1.5 million U.S. healthcare workers and more than 1,500 employers.
- **2026-08** — The company promoted its two purpose-built AI voice agents, Lyn for employers and Gale for healthcare professionals, as additions to its marketplace.
- **2026-02** — Portlock engaged with the company's seventh annual State of Nursing Report, which drew on a survey of 2,240 nurses and platform data from 1.5 million professionals.

## Links

- Website: https://www.incrediblehealth.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romeportlock/

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Last updated: 2026-09-26