Industry Veteran Returns to athenahealth, Bringing Extensive Healthcare IT Acumen to Executive Leadership Team
athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled services for ambulatory and hospital customers nationwide, announced today that Bill Conway has been appointed Chief Sales Officer. In his new role, Mr. Conway will work closely with the athenahealth executive leadership team on strategic execution to help accelerate the Company’s vision of transforming the healthcare industry.
Mr. Conway is a healthcare IT industry veteran. He previously served on the athenahealth leadership team for 13 years, and is returning to the Company from his most recent position as General Manager of Provider Solutions at American Well.
“Bill is a proven leader who believes in our ability to innovate and deliver a superior customer experience, and we are excited to welcome him back to the team,” said Bob Segert, Chairman and CEO of athenahealth, Inc. “athenahealth is a mission-driven company, poised to drive positive change in the healthcare industry. We look forward to benefitting from Bill’s expertise and experience as we help our customers achieve better clinical outcomes and improve patient care.”
“athenahealth has always been laser-focused on making care delivery easier on physicians, and I believe the Company is in a prime position to deliver further clinical and financial benefits to customers,” said Bill Conway, Chief Sales Officer at athenahealth, Inc. “I look forward to working with the team to continue to grow our collective network of more than 160,000 providers and 117 million patients. ”
Mr. Conway formerly served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services at athenahealth. Earlier in his career, he was Regional Vice President of Sales at Allscripts and worked in a variety of Sales and Product Development roles at IDX Systems Corporation.