April 2, 2016

Our Team

Jon Russell

President & Chief Executive Officer

jon-russellJon co-founded ActiCare Health in April 2015.  Jon combines his intense passion for innovation with extensive experience in the design and operation of remote patient monitoring solutions to lead ActiCare Health into uncharted territory.  His goal, and the goal of the company, is to support a revolution in healthcare delivery through the proper combination of cutting-edge technology with in-person service.

Prior to founding ActiCare Health, Jon served as a senior executive at Alere, Inc. for more than 10 years, focused on global business infrastructure and business turnarounds. Jon was President of Alere Home Monitoring, a remote patient monitoring company, from 2011 to 2015, during which time he led the company through a sustained period of unprecedented growth and profitability.  Jon concurrently served as Vice President of Finance at Alere, Inc. from 2006 through 2015 and, in that capacity, shared responsibility for investor communications with the Chief Executive Officer.  Jon’s earlier career included senior operational and finance positions in both North America and Europe with Precision Castparts Corporation, Vertex Interactive and Genicom Corporation, with an emphasis on post-acquisition integrations and corporate turnarounds.  Jon began his career at Ernst & Young LLP and holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University as well as an MBA from Northeastern University.


Clint Brown

Chief Commercial Officer

clint-brownClint leads ActiCare Health’s commercial strategy and organizational development. He is responsible for marketing and sales strategies, and he works closely with his operations colleagues to support service line development and customer service. Clint works with an intense focus on our customers, the patients we’re privileged to serve, our business partners and the integrated commercial success of ActiCare Health.

Clint combines a diverse technical knowledge of healthcare with strong business development skills to ensure ActiCare Health and its customers are fully and collaboratively aligned to meet shared goals and objectives. He has more than 15 years of experience in healthcare working and innovating in areas such as surgery, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics and, most importantly, driving revolutions in remote patient monitoring systems. Clint believes technologies pave the way for the future of health care as more patients are empowered to engage in their care journey and experience.


Diane Alves

Vice President, Operations

diane-alvesDiane is deeply involved in all aspects of ActiCare Health’s operations, including collaborative coordination with Information Technology and our Clinical team. Diane also oversees functions related to Human Resources. Diane is driven by a core belief that artfully coordinating expertise in various functional areas delivers the best possible patient and provider outcomes. She works tirelessly to ensure the ActiCare Health remote patient monitoring system is operating properly and exceeding our customers’ expectations.

Diane is an accomplished and professional operations and project director with diverse and progressive experience in the healthcare industry. Her focus prior to ActiCare Health was on supporting and expanding an Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility with projects related to improving the customer experience (patient and clinician), patient health outcomes and operations efficiencies through system implementations and workflow management. These experiences built the foundation for her dynamic role at ActiCare Health.


Brent Siler

Chief Technology Officer

brent-siler-sharpBrent leads ActiCare Health’s technology unit encompassing all areas of the company where technology plays a vital role in providing our best-in-class service. From the development of in-house hardware solutions to innovative software development to support patients and healthcare providers, Brent focuses on systems working together in harmony to deliver positive outcomes and experiences for patients we serve.

Brent has a broad set of experiences acquired over 20 years as an IT leader in pharmacy distribution, medical device manufacturing, renal laboratory, and remote patient monitoring, thus supporting his mission to utilize contemporary technologies to deliver visionary services for healthcare consumers and providers. He has a keen eye on emerging technologies as he incorporates skills in strategic and tactical IT to build the ActiCare Health network. Brent focuses special attention on patient safety, innovation and information security achieved through system structure and reliability. Prior to his distinguished career in Information Technology, Brent spent a decade in the United States Marine Corps.   He holds an undergraduate degree from the Bryant University and an MS in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco.


Dawn West

Chief Financial Officer

CFODawn has 25+ years of diverse finance and accounting experience in healthcare, manufacturing, real estate, nonprofit, and oil & gas industries.  She has worked with sophisticated corporate and tax structures developed for asset protection and profitability both in the domestic and international arenas.  Dawn led merger and acquisition activities, fund raising, ERP and SOC compliance activities for several entities.  She optimizes technology in finance to allow for exponential growth and productivity for the ActiCare Health team. 

Dawn is passionate about patient engagement and believes remote technology-powered monitoring creates improved outcomes for both the patient and the hospital.  She holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration in accounting with a minor in banking and finance from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.


Dave Trepanier

Vice President, Distribution & Business Process Reengineering

Dave oversees the design and implementation of ActiCare Health’s customer service and back-office work flows. Working in conjunction with the Operations and Information Technology teams, he ensures that our processes and systems are aligned in ways that allows our Customer Service Associates and Patient Care Coordinators to focus on patients’ needs rather than data entry.

Dave has extensive contact center and distribution experience within the medical device and pharmaceuticals industries. Over the past decade, he has led key initiatives aimed at increasing customer support and service levels, including the development of distribution networks, shared service centers, and patient-facing contact centers for one of the world’s largest diagnostic and home monitoring companies. Dave is passionate about creating positive customer experiences and has a unique ability for integrating the latest technology with innovative work practices to put patient interactions in sharp focus. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire and an MBA from Rutgers University.


Gregory Rooth

Vice President, Sales

Greg leads ActiCare Health’s sales efforts, overseeing the expansion of our advanced service platform with progressive transplant and mechanical circulatory support customers across the United States. He works closely with all hospital staff to promote and implement our service.

Greg holds nearly two decades of healthcare sales and service experience, working with physicians, nurses and patients in post-surgical clinical settings. He is passionate about bringing life-changing, state-of-the-art technology to healthcare stakeholders, and operates on the principle that an unwavering commitment to service and exceptional customer experiences are the keys to building meaningful partner relationships.

Prior to supporting patients and their healthcare providers, Greg served in the United States Marine Corps, where he was deployed around the world as a member of Security Force Battalion Pacific FAST Company and the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment.

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