Our Team

Team

Who we are

We’re a team of purpose-driven people from many different disciplines who have come together to help older adults and their families find the right senior living community. We simplify the search for senior living by combining the power of technology & data with the human touch that only the most dedicated senior living experts can provide. All because we believe that quality of life improves when you’ve found your community.

In 1962 Hans Bretschneider opened the first “purpose built” senior living facility in Mill Valley, California. Rooted in the revolutionary belief that the right environment could extend years of productivity, engagement and happiness for older adults, Hans went on to open ten senior living communities in Northern California.

Almost fifty years later, his grandson Arthur would carry on in the family tradition; from dishwasher to care aide to marketing specialist, Arthur would wear many hats in the family business. From this vantage point, he developed a deep empathy for families in the search for quality assisted living, and also saw an outdated model for finding the “right” community.

In 2008, Arthur founded Seniorly with business school classmate Sushanth Ramakrishna and friend Kunal Shah, both experts in technology and engineering. Together, their vision was to revolutionize the search for senior living. They wanted to address the confusing process of discovery for families, to unify a fragmented marketplace of providers, and to remove gates to the most important information and resources that families need to make important decisions. In short, they wanted to shape how we search for - and find - the perfect senior living environment.

So they set out to build the first “purpose-built” online marketplace for families looking for senior living solutions. Today, with the largest online senior living directory, Seniorly provides easy access to information, FREE personalized support for families, and the freedom for families to search the waytheywant.

Seniorly is headquartered in San Francisco, a place where technology, innovation, diversity, and passion come together. With talent from Bangalore to London and across the U.S., the team takes pride in a diversity of professional expertise and personal culture. Each member of the Seniorly team has a personal connection and commitment to our mission. Together, they have created a simple and personalized solution proven to help parents and loved ones in this stage of their lives to find a new home to love.