“Julie has an impressive track record of growing businesses at the early stages and turning them into industry game changers,” said Michael Laskoff, AbilTo’s founder and CEO. “Throughout her career, Julie has helped companies embrace new thinking that has brought about strategically and financially valuable innovation.”
“After 12 rewarding years at IBM, I look forward to using my skills and experience to help people who’ve experienced a life changing medical event by enabling them to make meaningful, behav-ioral changes in their lives,” said Donahue.”AbilTo’s platform positively impacts a patient’s medical health while reducing financial burdens for health plans and plan sponsors.”
Julie Donahue is an experienced leader who drives revenue growth in both entrepreneurial and enterprise settings. Over the course of her career, Julie served in a number of senior roles in IBM’s financial, global strategy, security, and health care service areas in the U.S., Mexico, China and most recently Canada. Julie also served as senior vice president of Mainspring (purchased by IBM), led two start-ups and worked at Dun & Bradstreet and Cullinet Software. She has a BS in Economics from University of Pennsylvania.
AbilTo recently announced that it closed a $6 million Series B financing round led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Sandbox Industries. Tom Hawes, Sandbox Industries managing director, joined the company’s board of directors. .406 Ventures, which led AbilTo’s Series A just in May 2013, also participated in the round.
About AbilTo
AbilTo (“able to”) works with health plans and employers to help individuals overcome emotional challenges brought on by medical events and life transitions. The company’s eight-week, evi-dence-based behavior change programs use a proven, best practice approach to help participants make measurable, lasting improvements in physical and mental health, leading to fewer unneces-sary medical visits and reduced health care expenditures. All services are delivered remotely and securely using a video link or telephone. AbilTo is a privately held company based in New York, NY. For more information, please visit www.abilto.com.
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