About the Founder

Christopher Chaney — Founder, VitalView

I’m Christopher Chaney, a public health professional with a Master of Public Health (MPH) and academic training in exercise science and psychology. My background sits at the intersection of health outcomes, human behavior, and systems-level decision-making.

VitalView wasn’t born out of theory—it came from frustration.

Throughout my academic and professional work, I repeatedly saw the same problem:
public health teams are surrounded by data but starved of clarity. Counties, cities, and organizations collect enormous amounts of information—risk indicators, surveys, service usage, outcomes—but translating that data into something usable often requires time, technical skill, and staffing that many teams simply don’t have.

I watched smart, mission-driven professionals struggle to answer basic questions:

Where are risks actually clustering?
Which communities are falling through the cracks?
How do we explain this clearly to leadership, funders, or the public?

The data existed. The insight didn’t.

My academic background in exercise science and psychology informs how VitalView is built. Data doesn’t create change—people do. Tools only work if they respect how humans process information, make decisions, and communicate under pressure.

VitalView prioritizes:

Simplicity over novelty
Clarity over complexity
Actionability over dashboards for dashboard’s sake

Every design choice is guided by one question:
“Would this help a real team make a better decision, faster?”

The Mission

VitalView exists to support organizations that are doing the hardest work—often with the fewest resources.

The mission is simple but ambitious:

Make community health data understandable, defensible, and actionable—at scale.

This means helping teams:

Spot emerging risks early
Identify inequities before they widen
Communicate findings clearly to funders, policymakers, and communities

Why I Built VitalView

VitalView was created to close that gap.

I built VitalView to be a bridge between raw data and real-world action—a tool that helps organizations move from “we have spreadsheets” to “we know what to do next.”

Most public health platforms are either:

Too technical for everyday use, or
Too shallow to support real decision-making

VitalView is intentionally different. It is designed to:

Accept messy, real-world data
Surface risk patterns, service gaps, and equity signals
Translate analysis into clear visuals and short narratives that leaders can actually use

The goal is not to replace analysts or epidemiologists—but to amplify their impact and make insight accessible to non-technical teams.

Looking Forward

VitalView is built with long-term scalability in mind, without ever compromising trust or relevance. The platform is designed to grow from local pilots to broader adoption, while staying grounded in the realities of community health work.

I’m building VitalView not just as a product, but as infrastructure—something that quietly empowers better decisions across health, policy, and community systems.