Team
Mark Goldenson, Chief Executive Officer
Mark has over a decade of experience in psychology and internet technology. Mark conducted psychophysiology research for four years in the Stanford Department of Psychology, counseled teens for two years on a hotline, volunteered at a neurology clinic for veterans, and mentored teens in entrepreneurship with Build.org. He completed coursework for a degree in Human Biology and a minor in Symbolic Systems and neuroscience from Stanford.
As a product manager at PayPal, Mark developed a wide array of products in security, merchant services, operations, and customer support. Mark also co–founded PlayCafe, a web–based, interactive TV network that ran over 250 shows. PlayCafe raised $930,000 from top-tier investors including First Round Capital.
Mark previously co–founded and was COO of Woosh, a service that created online storefronts for small businesses. Woosh was a finalist in the 1998 Stanford Entrepreneurial Challenge and raised $21 million in funding. Mark also co–founded the Stanford Bazaar, a local online marketplace acquired by Stanford, and founded the Stanford Squash Team, home to the 2005 women's national champion and world champion coach Mark Talbott.
Chris Hughes, Chief Technical Officer
Chris has nearly twenty years of experience in developing health care and internet technology. As Senior Director of Operations in Healthcare Informatics at Philips, Chris oversaw a team of over one hundred in developing clinical applications for hospitals and doctors. Chris was previously Vice President of Operations at Stentor, a leading provider of telemedicine imaging and communication systems.
Chris also founded and was Vice President of Engineering at Trilix Information Systems, a developer of healthcare integration software acquired by eMed Technologies. Chris received a Master's degree in computer science from Stanford.
Julian Cohen, Chief Sales Officer
Julian has over thirty years of executive experience in behavioral health. Julian was Chief Marketing Officer at United Behavioral Health, the largest mental health insurer with 43 million patients, where he grew sales from $14M to over $100M while increasing customer satisfaction.
Julian was also previously Senior CEO of Cigna Behavioral, Senior Vice President of Sales at APS Healthcare, founder of DayOne Life Management, and President of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Institute of Psychiatry. Julian has a bachelor's degree in social work and a master's degree in health and hospital administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
Sarah Seegal, Project Manager
Sarah is interested in increasing the quality and accessibility of mental health services. Her clinical experience includes a practicum at Harvard's McLean Hospital and a research fellowship with the APA. She has also worked in residential treatment facilities and a maximum security prison. Sarah served on the board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Hudson Valley and is safeTalk certified.
Sarah graduated Phi Beta Kappa with General and Departmental Honors in Psychology from Vassar College and was Psi Chi President. While at Vassar she founded The Listening Center, a peer listening service serving 2,450 students. She also worked with the Vassar College Counseling Service to conduct quantitative and qualitative evaluations of its work.
Maisy Samuelson, Product Manager
Maisy was an early product manager for LinkedIn, where she spent four years designing consumer internet products and features that helped LinkedIn grow from 5 million to 45 million members. While at LinkedIn, Maisy co–created Bumper Sticker, which grew to become the #4 application on Facebook. Maisy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford with degrees in Economics and Human Biology.
Brandon leads back-end development by bringing a deep knowledge of the web and merging it with brilliant pragmatism. He's known to get things done quickly and efficiently.
Brandon has worked for Collective Idea in 2006 as a refugee from "Enterprise" Java development. Since drinking the Ruby kool-aid, he has become a widely-read blogger and valuable member of the Ruby and Rails community while contributing to (and beginning) several open source projects.
Daniel has been writing beautiful Ruby on Rails applications since before it was cool, saving himself from a life of PHP development. He founded Collective Idea to build fantastic Rails applications for others.
He's known to talk at length about obscure programming topics, though HTML 5 and Unicode are current favorites. When not programming, he can be found coming up with geeky things around the house.
Brian brings technical vision paired with an entrepreneurial mind to his code. Brian has written software to help organizations manage their information and automate business processes, share travel videos, connect soccer fans around the world, and simulate Mendelian genetics. Brian has a degree in Computer Science from Calvin College and works for Collective Idea. Brian used to have free time, now he has a beautiful baby girl.
A lack of available games drove Keith to learn to code for his TRS-80 as a child. Since then, he's worked on software ranging from 3D graphics toolkits to medical and public health applications to content management. After discovering Ruby and Rails in 2006, he found that he once again enjoyed writing software as much as he did as a child.
He is forever seeking ways to combine his love of software development with his other interests, including microbiology and photography. He lives in Cedar Park, TX, with his beautiful wife and son (who is well on his way to becoming a pint-size geek.)
Brandon Keepers
Daniel Morrison
Brian Ryckbost
Keith Gaddis
Morgan Sammons is Dean of the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. He is a retired Captain in the US Navy, a prescribing psychologist, and one of the first graduates of the Department of Defense’s Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project. Dr. Sammons is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 18, 19, 28, 31, 42, and 55). He is immediate past-President of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, president of APA’s division 55, and immediate past Chair of the California Psychological Association’s Division 5 (Psychopharmacology). He is a former member of the APA’s Policy and Planning board, Committee on Rural Health, and a past president of the Maryland Psychological Association. Dr. Sammons has served on the Council of Representatives of the APA and is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology (Clinical). He is an associate editor of the APA journal Psychological Services and he lectures extensively on issues pertaining to prescriptive authority and the professional practice of psychology. DeeAnna Merz Nagel is a psychotherapist, consultant and international expert regarding online counseling and the impact of technology on mental health. She specializes in text-based counseling and supervision via chat and email. DeeAnna’s expertise extends to assisting individuals and families in understanding the impact of technology in their lives from normalizing the use of technology and social media to overcoming internet and cybersex addictions.
DeeAnna is founder of the Online Therapy Institute, which educates clinicians and organizations about online counseling, clinical supervision, and the impact of technology on mental health. Her presentations and publications include ethical considerations for the mental health practitioner with regard to online counseling, social networking, mixed reality and virtual world environments.
Shahid Shah has been a health care executive, government advisor, and technology thought leader for over fifteen years. He is currently CEO of Netspective, a firm that specializes in healthcare IT with an emphasis on e-health, electronic medical records, data integration, and legacy modernization.
Shahid was previously CTO of Cardinal Health's CTS unit (now CareFusion), CTO of simplifyMD, Chief Systems Architect at American Red Cross, SVP of Healthcare Technology at COMSYS, and technology consultant to both the U.S. Patent Office and the Office of Budget and Management. He writes a popular blog on health IT at Healthcare IT Guy.
Matthew Mengerink is Vice President of Customer Quality, Engineering Services, and Site Operations at PayPal. He has led or guided projects in PayPal's core payments, search, scalability, availability, eBay integration, and internationalization. Before PayPal, Matthew was Vice President of Development at Half.com, a used goods marketplace acquired by eBay for over $300 million. Previously, Matthew was Vice President of Deja.com, acquired by Google and developed into Google Groups.
Outside of work, Matthew spends a lot of his time with his wife and five children. He also actively works on GiveLight, a non-profit that supports orphans around the world.
Wyatt is our team mascot. He brings six years of experience as a siberian husky and enjoys people, running, nuzzling, sleeping, howling, and exploring the world. He is an expert at improving the mental health of others.
The Online Therapy Institute helps clinicians and organizations enrich their knowledge about online counseling, clinical supervision, and the impact of technology on mental health. The Institute works with Breakthrough to train providers in online mediums.Advisors
Dr. Morgan Sammons, Ph.D
DeeAnna Merz Nagel, LPC, DCC
Shahid N. Shah
Matthew Mengerink
Wyatt
Partners
Online Therapy Institute