GetWellNetwork is led by a dynamic group of individuals, each bringing their expertise to build on our strategic vision. Representatives of our senior leadership team include:

Michael O'Neil, Jr.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Michael O’Neil was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 28. After four cycles of chemotherapy, he immediately began building GetWellNetwork. GetWellNetwork works with hospitals to improve performance and outcomes through patient engagement.

Today, GetWellNetwork is recognized by KLAS^® as the leader in the new Interactive Patient Systems category and exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association. GetWellNetwork has also been acknowledged as one of the fastest growing companies in the Washington DC area by Inc. Magazine, Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ and SmartCEO magazine.  

Michael is a member of Mindshare, a forum of CEOs from leading early-stage technology companies in Washington, DC. He serves on the board of directors of the Lisner Home in Washington, DC, a long-term care facility for disadvantaged elderly citizens, and The DAISY Foundation, an organization dedicated to honoring nurses. Michael has been named to the Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneurs in Venture Magazine, and as a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program in Washington, DC. 

Michael has served as an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington, DC.  In addition, Michael is a guest speaker at University of Virginia Law School, the Robert H. Smith Business School - University of Maryland and The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. 

Michael received a B.A. with honors from the University of Notre Dame and a JD/MBA from Georgetown University.

Michele Perry

Chief Operating Officer

Michele Perry joined GetWellNetwork in September 2009 and serves as its Chief Operating Officer. In her role Perry drives the overall product and company growth strategies to ensure GetWellNetwork’s breakthrough Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions best meet the needs of rapidly expanding markets in the digital health arena.

Prior to joining GetWellNetwork, Michele served as Chief Marketing Officer for Sourcefire, (Nasdaq: FIRE) a world leader in cybersecurity solutions. After joining Sourcefire in March 2004 she drove the company’s marketing, branding and product management initiatives, helping to grow the company from $9 million to $76 million in revenue during her tenure, to a market cap of over $550 million.

Prior to Sourcefire, Michele held top marketing and management positions at USinternetworking, Software AG and IBM, as well as operating her own strategic marketing and business development consultancy for fast growing companies, MPB Strategies. At USinternetworking, she led her team in creating a new business category which contributed to the company’s efforts to complete an initial public offering (IPO) and drive first year contracts to $158M.

Michele holds a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School), and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the advisory boards for technology companies including Eloqua and Zenoss and is a member of the UMBC Research Park Board.

Wellford Dillard

Chief Financial Officer

Wellford Dillard joined GetWellNetwork in 2011 as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. With extensive experience in technology, finance and operations, Wellford is responsible for the financial operations of GetWellNetwork including financial planning and analysis, accounting and procurement.

Prior to joining GetWellNetwork, Wellford served as the VP of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at OPOWER, a high-growth, venture-backed SaaS company that is changing the ways in which utilities interact with their customers, helping people reduce their energy consumption and improving customers' experiences with their utility. After joining OPOWER in July 2009 he led the Company's finance, human resources, IT, recruiting and operations teams, helping to drive and support the Company's exponential revenue growth, as well as helping raise $50 million in venture funding during his tenure.

Prior to OPOWER, Wellford was the Chief Financial Officer at Acumen Solutions, a consulting company with offices across the U.S. and in Europe. While at Acumen, Dillard played a critical role in helping develop the strategies, financial framework and internal processes that drove the Company's 3x revenue growth during his tenure.

Previously, Wellford served as the Chief Financial Officer at TMA Resources and also held positions at WWC Capital Group, Ernst & Young's Center for Strategic Transactions and in the Equity Research group at FBR & Co.

Wellford holds an MBA in Finance and Investments from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in Finance from the University of Memphis.

Robin Cavanaugh

Chief Technology Officer

As Chief Technology Officer for GetWellNetwork, Robin leads the team responsible for software development, systems administration, implementation and installation, and research and development. Having brought the GetWellNetwork product from prototype to production, and overseen numerous successful implementations, Robin’s focus is now on the growth of the engineering staff, and the future of the GetWellNetwork solution.

Robin’s experience in technology includes bringing internet and process management technology to several government agencies including Department of Health and Human Services; to providing the technical leadership to a small consulting firm by spearheading the development of a genetic HLA typing database to facilitate matching of tissue samples from donors to those of recipient, creating document imaging and indexing software for grant preparation and submission, and establishing system applications and process design for the Center for Mental Health Services.

Prior to joining GetWellNetwork, iXL, Inc./Scient, a software consulting firm, Robin provided professional services to several Fortune 500 companies, including Monsanto, Dupont, and GE. He was promoted to Vice President of Engineering leading 50+ engineers.

Robin holds DEC in Pure and Applied Sciences from John Abott College, Canada.

David Wright

Chief Outcomes Officer

David Wright brings more than 20 years of experience in healthcare and hospital leadership to GetWellNetwork and our client hospitals. Prior to joining the organization, David spent 13 years as the lead marketing, strategy and business development executive for the Inova Health System, one of the top integrated and largest health systems on the eastern seaboard.

David’s role is centered on assisting our clients achieve their desired outcomes. He often serves in a consultative capacity to our clients, combining his experience and knowledge of hospital strategy and operations with the capabilities of the GetWellNetwork system to ensure that each hospital is receiving maximum value from the interactive platform.

Greater Washington universities recognize Wright as an outstanding preceptor and adjunct faculty member. Wright has received numerous awards for communications, advertising, public relations, health care strategy and marketing excellence including the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) national marketing excellence award. Dave currently serves on the board of directors of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the world's largest nurse credentialing organization.

David has a B.S. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Masters degree in public health with an emphasis in health care administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Michael Schram

Vice President, Sales

Michael Schram joined GetWellNetwork in November of 2006, bringing over 20 years of sales and sales management experience to the organization. Mike is responsible for leading the company’s sales efforts.

Prior to GetWellNetwork, Mike worked in the Cardiac Rhythm and Disease Management division for Medtronic, Inc., a world leader in medical devices. Mike also ran sales for the Midwest Region for Parametric Technology Corporation, a billion dollar engineering and manufacturing software company based in Needham, Massachusetts. Additionally, Schram spent several years with Mountain View, California-based Ariba, the leader in Web-based spend management solutions; and Endeca, Incorporated, a leader in search engine technology.

Mike graduated from Oklahoma State University with a B.S. degree in Marketing and holds an MBA, with honors distinction.

Tony Cook

Vice President, Marketing

Tony Cook, a veteran high-tech marketing executive, joined GetWellNetwork in December 2009 to lead the marketing effort to help hospitals leverage GetWellNetwork’s solutions to achieve important health care priorities such as patient satisfaction and engagement.

Tony was most recently the vice president of Americas Marketing at Tandberg where he was responsible for driving brand awareness and demand for sales and channel partners. He helped drive sales through innovative marketing programs resulting in 20% revenue growth for the Americas division during his tenure. Cook also held executive marketing positions at Unisys Federal, Digital Paper, Metavante and Quadramed. While at Software AG he played a key role in the company’s IPO on the NYSE.

Tony holds a B.S. in Marketing from The Ohio State University.

Paula Hamm

Vice President, Client Services

Paula Hamm joined GetWellNetwork in April 2010 and serves as Vice President of Client Services. Paula leads the effort to maintain high levels of client satisfaction, deliver new client specific interactive patient care solutions, and ensure clients successfully achieve their patient and hospital outcomes. Her team delivers client service solutions that help client hospitals to achieve their Interactive Patient Care goals through a methodology developed at GetWellNetwork called the Interactive Patient Care Blueprint for Success.

Before joining the team at GetWellNetwork, Paula was most recently a Vice President at Symantec Corporation where she led business operations improvement processes. Prior to that role Paula managed enterprise education and support service lines, built a global services product management team and spearheaded integration planning strategies. Previously, Paula held leadership positions in development and technical sales at EDS and Software AG. Paula holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Dayton, and an M.S. in Management from University of Maryland.

Jeff Fallon

Vice President, Business Development & National Accounts

Jeff Fallon joined GetWellNetwork in May 2011 as the Vice President of Business Development & National Accounts. In this role, Jeff works to expand the reach of GetWellNetwork through national accounts and by forging new distribution and strategic partnerships to grow and expand interactive care plans in ripe market segments.

Fallon brings more than 20 years of healthcare sales and business development experience, and joins the GetWellNetwork team after twelve years at Johnson & Johnson, having most recently served as the Director of Customer Development. In that role, he launched new strategic relationships with large healthcare delivery networks for the large medical device, diagnostic and pharmaceutical icon.

Fallon earned a B.A. from Duquesne University, an executive MBA at the University of Pittsburgh, Katz School of Business and completed a health economics fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School. He is also a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Strategic Account Management Association.