In 2009, Vita Inclinata founder Caleb Carr was practicing as a search and rescue volunteer in high school. During a routine training mission, his friend and mentor, Don, went into cardiac arrest next to him. A helicopter arrived to transport Don to the hospital, but couldn’t insert its rescue litter due to gusty winds, rotor wash, and the mountainous terrain. After multiple attempts, the helicopter was forced to turn back without Don. He died as a result. Carr learned that this was a too-common problem that caused the loss of many lives. He enrolled in medical school at the University of Colorado- Denver with the goal of saving lives. There, a professor listened to his story and challenged Carr to solve the hoisting problem.
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Taking on that challenge, Carr founded Vita Inclinata (which translates to “Inclined Life”) that developed proprietary technology to stabilize hoist operations without the need for someone on the ground with a tagline. Vita’s new lifesaving technology motivates Christensen. He says, “Our goal is to maximize the capabilities of helicopters with our improved technology that we hope will be
It’s really easy to get behind Vita Inclinata’s mission. Getting our safer and better system into the field with our repeatable training to make everyone safer and more efficient is meaningful.”
accepted as the standard for hoisting. It’s really easy to get behind Vita Inclinata’s mission. Getting our safer and better system into the field with our repeatable training to make everyone safer and more efficient is meaningful. And at this point in my career, doing something meaningful is far more important than doing something solely for the sake of making money.”
To be clear, Christensen didn’t jump directly from selling headphones to Vita Inclinata. In between, he moved up several steps in his search for meaningfulness. Immediately prior to coming to Vita Inclinata, Christensen was Chief Commercial Officer at Oribi Composites, which developed lightweight thermoplastic materials that Vita uses in its manufacturing. Still, Christensen jumped at the opportunity to further Vita’s mission to save lives. “When the opportunity to work here at Vita in the aerospace industry happened, I threw my hand up; it’s been a great few months so far.”
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