The Echo Group is a leader in developing and supporting electronic health records (EHR) and billing software specifically designed for behavioral health and human service organizations. Echo’s exclusive Visual Health Record (VHR) is the first of its kind EHR. The VHR offers an ease of access to information that is unmatched and tells a compelling story that allows deeper insight and a better quality of care.
“The additions of Joe Stewart and Bob Bundy, along with other team members, is an important strategic step in maintaining Echo’s market leadership,” said Echo Chairman George Epstein. “They will also support Echo’s Mission to make our customers the most clinically effective and financially strong behavioral health organizations in America. We’re positioned for an exciting finish to 2014 and anticipating 2015 like no other in Echo’s 34-year history.”
Joseph Stewart, Chief Operating Officer — Joe’s appointment as COO is the culmination of over 30 years of leadership experience in healthcare, insurance, and government with companies proving enterprise software.
Most recently, Joe served as General Manager of the Healthcare Business Unit at OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a $1 billon global enterprise content management software company. As GM, Joe managed all software sales, business development, marketing, service, support, engineering and education related to the company’s healthcare products and services. His 14-year career at OpenText was marked by repeated overachievement for his teams largely as a consequence of focus on customer satisfaction.
Joe also served in the US Army Reserve for 25 years retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, having last served as a Brigade Commander.
Joe earned a Master of Business Administration from Norwich University and his Bachelor of Science in Applied Mechanics from the University of California, San Diego.
Bob Bundy, Vice President, Software Product Development — Bob is an information technology executive with 30 years of experience developing and leading business units, sales, and technical teams.
Bob has extensive experience in designing, building, and managing solutions for the medical industry including responsibility for all business and clinical applications for a major medical center. In addition, he was the Vice President of Product for Computer Automation Systems, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of enterprise management and plan delivery software systems for special needs students. Bob was also the president of a national medical billing company where he led teams that introduced leading edge solutions such as scanning and mobile applications to the clinical documentation process.
Bob brings a proven track record of technical and process change to Echo. His mission is to drive continued innovation into the Echo product line and deliver state-of-the-art solutions to our customer base.
Bob earned his Bachelor of Science in Business CIS from Arizona State University.
Christopher Williams, Marketing Director — With over 20 years of strategic communications experience, Chris’ diverse career has moved from higher ed. and high tech to performing arts, and professional sports. Most recently Chris was Vice President, Strategic Communications at Cookson Strategies in Manchester, NH. Chris earned a Master of Arts in journalism from Michigan State University.
ABOUT THE ECHO GROUP – Since 1980, The Echo Group has been developing enterprise software applications that are used nationwide to address the needs of Behavioral Health organizations. Echo offers a suite of applications for Administrative, Clinical Electronic Health Records and Billing functions as well as software for Managed Care entities. Solutions are available as self-hosted or Software as a Service (SaaS) deployments. Echo also provides comprehensive services to support customers including Revenue Cycle Management, Information Technology support and Fiscal and Clinical Process Workflow Analysis. The Echo Group is headquartered in Conway, New Hampshire, and also has offices in Ohio and California.
Contact:
Christopher M. Williams
Marketing Director
chris.williams@echoman.com
603-447-8600