OUR STORY & MISSION

Reimagining healthcare education through gamified learning.

Healthcare professionals spend their careers learning, but too much professional education still relies on passive review, short-term memorization, and tools educators wish they had the time to make better.

We built Ollivate to fill that gap with a game-based platform that makes serious healthcare education more engaging, more effective, and even fun.

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Meet the Team ↓

How It Started

From classroom to healthcare learning platform

1. The problem

Healthcare learners are overwhelmed.

Too much professional education still depends on passive review, cramming, and short-term memorization.

2. The spark

One question changed everything.

After seeing spaced repetition, improve learning in class, one of Josh’s doctoral students asked: “What if we combined several learning strategies into one tool?”

What if we combined these learning strategies into one tool?

Josh, April, and the Ollivate team working on the app

3. The vision

A better learning experience needed the right team.

Josh and April saw the same gap from different sides of education, and Tyler helped turn the idea into something real.

4. The first build

More game than digital textbook.

The early app brought daily practice, smart review, and small moments of progress into a learning experience people actually wanted to return to.

5. A lifelong learning companion

What began as a better way to study is growing into a platform for healthcare learning across programs, cohorts, credentials, and professional communities — built to support learners and educators throughout their professional careers.

Backed by Research.
Built for Success.

Ollivate combines proven study methods with game mechanics to help learners stay consistent, retain more, and build confidence over time.

Spaced Repetition

Reinfoce knowledge at the right time to maximize information retention.

Interleaving

Mix topics and question types to strengthen your critical thinking.

Nurse using the Ollivate app during a short study break

Game-Based Motivation

Streaks, XP, challenges, and rewards to keep you motivated.

Socialization

Compete with your peers to stay accountable and engaged.

Meet the Ollivate Team. The minds behind the magic.

It takes a world-class team to build a world-class learning platform.

Dr. Joshua Olson

Co-Founder, CEO

Josh is a practicing CRNA and educator who saw firsthand how outdated study tools were failing busy healthcare learners. His clinical and academic experience shaped Ollivate’s foundation.

April Olson

Co-Founder & COO

April brings the learner-first voice behind Ollivate. As an educator and learning experience designer, she helped shape the app to feel clear, encouraging, and like the "go-to" friend in your study group.

Tyler Mays

Founding Software Engineer

Tyler builds the technology behind Ollivate. As Founding Software Engineer, he leads the platform architecture, infrastructure, and product development that turn the team’s ideas into reliable tools for learners and educators.

Eric Lattin

Director of Finance

Eds Leonisa

Social Media

Michelle Lazo

Learner Support

Isaiah

Customer Service

Chris Deaño

Marketing

Advisors

Delbert Cope

CTO, Volantio

Hilary Doe

CEO, MoveDetroit

Eric O’Connor

CIO, AANA

Justin Mast

CEO,
Electric Plant Company

Lonelli Gonzalez

Enterprise GTM Leader

Meet Olli, your loyal learning companion.

Olli is the heart of the Ollivate experience: part mascot, part motivator, part reminder that learning can be fun.

He brings a little joy to the hard parts, cheers on the small wins, and here to help you with your ongoing learning.

Meet Olli

Partners & Recognition

When the right partners align on a shared vision.

Ollivate began with a clear educational gap and a vision for what healthcare learning could feel like instead. Support from aligned partners helped move that vision closer to reality.