From Window Magazine: 'Help is on the Way'

For Andrew Cull (’01, Political Science), post-graduate classes at Western proved the perfect breeding ground for his dream business – a rapidly growing company that dispatches medical services to remote corners of the globe.

But not in the way you might expect.

Cull, faithful to his alma mater, doesn’t like to admit he was bored during Organic Chemistry courses, part of a pre-med program he embarked upon after earning a WWU Political Science degree in 2001.

But he was beginning to realize he wasn’t cut out for medical school. And, having ample time – and an empty notebook – Cull began sketching out a dream company that would mix his two loves: recreation in wild places and emergency medicine.

A decade later, the company Cull launched as a Western student is called Remote Medical International, and it’s booming. Growth at the company is running 300 to 400 percent per year.

And Cull, its 32-year-old CEO, continues to be amazed at just how much his current company, now with 75 employees, looks like the one he sketched out in O-Chem class.

RMI offers one-stop shopping for remote medical training, equipment and logistics for clients ranging from individuals to governments and global corporations.

A smaller client might be a family setting off to circle the globe on a small sailboat. RMI would train family members before the trip, stock the boat’s medical supplies, and then provide full emergency medical services at sea via a 24-hour communications link – and help with evacuations if it comes to that.

Read the rest of the story on the website for Window Magazine.