Over 200 years of combined experience to address insurers’ changing needs.
Our management team has over 200 years of combined experience in the health insurance industry and has led Connecture on the path of accelerating growth that includes evolving the InsureAdvantage suite to address the changing needs of health plans of all sizes.
Doug Schneider
Chief Executive Officer
Doug has over 20 years experience in the healthcare information technology industry. Throughout his career Doug has led successful and high performing management teams which have in turn delivered business growth and new market innovation. He has experience across the healthcare industry; with health plans, government agencies, employers, and providers; and directly managing marketing, product development, sales and client services functions.
Doug was with the healthcare business of Thomson Reuters for sixteen years, most recently as EVP Innovation where he was responsible for product management and delivery, healthcare analytics, and new market innovation.
As CEO of Connecture, Doug has responsibility for the continued growth and success of the business including expansion into new market opportunities such as public and private exchanges.
Dan Maynard
President
Dan has 20 years of experience in the health insurance technology industry. Throughout his career, he has built and led several companies, including CCISoft and iSolutions. In 1999, Dan formed Riverwood Solutions where he served as President and CEO through the merger with Connecture in 2004.
As President of Connecture, Dan guides sales, product development, client and hosting service operations and directs the strategy and innovation for Connecture's payer business, including expanding the InsureAdvantage suite of products into new market opportunities. His passion for the company and the InsureAdvantage suite of products is longstanding, and that passion for excellence is apparent throughout his management team.
James Purko
Chief Financial Officer
James and his team are responsible for all aspects of accounting and finance, including financial reporting, forecasting, client profitability analysis, treasury management, and tax planning. James’ guidance with respect to the company’s financial status, results, and outlook provides critical input toward the company’s resource allocation and investment decisions. Prior to Connecture, James was the CFO of HK Systems, Inc., where he held executive responsibility for the Finance and IT functions of the Company.
David Sockel
Chief Revenue Officer
David has over 20 years of experience in operations, sales, and strategy for Fortune 500 and top-tier consulting firms, including 15 years in the healthcare technology industry. He brings valuable insight into health insurance company operations and processing challenges, which helps him understand business needs that are at the center of technology innovations. Prior to Connecture, David was Senior Manager at Ernst & Young's Health Care Strategy Group focusing on the health insurance sector. As Chief Revenue Officer at Connecture, David oversees the sales process for the InsureAdvantage, StateAdvantage, and BrokerAdvantage product lines.
Mark Granville
Senior Vice President and General Manager, InsureAdvantage
Mark has 30+ years of experience in the software and healthcare technology industries. Prior to joining Connecture he was Senior Vice President, Analytic Consulting, for Truven Health Analytics, formerly the healthcare business of Thomas Reuters, where he also served as Senior Vice President, Client Experience, providing client services executive leadership. Mark also served as Chief Technology Officer at Mercury MD, a rapidly growing healthcare technology company; Director of Business Intelligence for SAS Institute, the world's largest private software company; Chief Operating Officer with Buildnet, and held a variety of positions with Solomon Software.
As Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mark oversees the strategic business development of Connecture's InsureAdvantage platform and delivery of professional services. His technical and client service expertise provides insight and direction to all areas of Connecture's Sales, Services and Product organizations to ensure Connecture's clients receive excellent products and customer service.
Curt Schumacher
Senior Vice President of Product Development
Curt has more than 20 years of experience working with insurance information systems. The breadth of his experience on the vendor side and also at an employee benefits insurance carrier gives him a unique perspective, which helps him understand both the technical and business challenges health plans face. Curt is responsible for Connecture’s product research and development and sales engineering, and his team works closely with professional services on new client implementations.
Bob Barry
Senior Vice President of Product and Market Strategy
At Connecture, Bob is responsible for identifying market needs that InsureAdvantage solutions can serve. He began working in the insurance technology industry in 1998 and has over 26 years of experience in the health and life insurance industry. He understands the challenges health plans face, particularly in automating their sales processes as well as reaching out to brokers, prospects, and members to complete business online, and has been helping provide solutions for over 10 years.
Kevin McClain
Senior Vice President of Operations
Kevin has more than 16 years of leadership experience in IT professional services management and over 6 years in the health insurance industry. Prior to Connecture, Kevin was a senior manager at Accenture and managed implementations of large-scale enterprise software solutions for many Fortune 500 companies. Kevin oversees Connecture implementation and customer support teams along with hosting services, who monitor and maintain Connecture's production solutions for our clients.