Careers: Interviews
A Chat with Neil Friedman: Serial Entrepreneur; Co-founder and COO of BodiMetrics; Founder, Garden of Hope

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Neil Friedman.

Neil Friedman co-founded and became the COO of BodiMetrics in 2015. Today BodiMetrics is a medical device manufacturer who is leading the way in Remote patient Marketing.

In August 2024 BodiMetrics will bring the "First Change in Monitoring Blood Pressure- Continuous Blood Pressure". In 2005, Neil formed the "Cookie Congregation" and addressed the problem of obesity in the African American community in their churches.

In 2002, Neil sold a technology for the customization and individualization of hair coloring products. This technology was sold to the Aveda Corporation.

In 2001, Neil founded Garden of Hope, a cause-related marketing company which raised several hundred thousand dollars in support for the "City of Hope Breast Cancer Research".

In 1997, Neil co-founded AgIon Technologies, LLC. Neil served as Vice Chairman of AgIon until 2002 when it was sold to Paladin Venture Capital. From 1994 - 1997 Neil founded and was chairman of Top Green International Ltd, which operated over 2400 franchises of TCBY, in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China.

In 1979, Neil founded Segue, Ltd., a private label manufacturer and importer of women's apparel. Neil served as Chairman and CEO of Segue until 1995, Segue was sold to the Hampshire Group, Ltd (NASDAQ: HAMP). From 1971 to 1978, Neil was VP of Arpeja of California (was listed on NASDAQ) a women's apparel firm.

Neil Friedman studied business at the University of Cincinnati. Neil Friedman is married has two daughters and has four grandchildren.