"Our Mission is that no American should go bankrupt because of healthcare costs."
“We believe the best way to do that is to empower millions of advisors, brokers, and providers with tools to help guide beneficiaries in making key decisions about health insurance.”
- Joseph Schneier, CEO
What is Trusty.care?
Trusty is a streamlined, unbiased, all-in-one platform designed for health insurance professionals that automates the complex processes of finding health insurance plan options for beneficiaries and managing the administrative burdens that come with it.
Why We Help
In the US, 10,000 people turn 65 every day. By 2030, the (aging) majority of the US population will need some form of managed care, and 80% of seniors and their caregivers will need a broker to help them finalize their care decisions in a way that saves costs and reduces risks.
Who We Help
We help health insurance professionals to support their clients with essential insurance decisions. We’re proud to be a nationally recognized leading InsurTech company working to ensure no beneficiary goes through bankruptcy because of healthcare costs.
How We Help
Trusty.care powers the entire sales process through a unified, digital platform and is the first comprehensive solution for Individual, Medicare, and Ancillary markets. By presenting the information in an easy-to-understand way, insurance professionals and their clients can find ways to navigate the complexities of the healthcare system more efficiently.
Our Team
Meet the amazing team behind Trusty.care
Joseph Schneier
CEO & Co-founder
Joseph is a serial entrepreneur who, with his co-founder, founded and exited two companies in the educational technology space. Joseph worked with behavioral research scientists productizing their research with technology-based solutions for patient behavioral change, focusing on HIV drug adherence, health literacy, and addiction. In 2013, he co-founded Cognotion — a company solving the talent shortage of healthcare workers. In 2020, with James Firman, the former CEO of the National Council on Aging, Joseph founded Bellage, a company empowering older adults in healthy choices. Joseph has spoken at TedMed, Lake Nona, JP Morgan Healthcare. He is a mentor at New York University, Wharton, Cornell, Techstars, and is a Columbia University Fellow. He sits on the board of many well-respected LGBTQ support organizations including The Sam and Devorah Foundation for Transgender youth, Superbia Credit Union, and the board of Stonewall Community Development Corporation. He is a member of the LGBTQ+ Biden Council and LGBTQ+ District Attorney Queens Council.
Gerard Carey
CTO & Co-founder
Gerry is a veteran product leader and technologist with ten years of experience powering the “brains” of health tech and e-learning solutions. He’s applied his machine-learning expertise across the healthcare space — from infectious disease intervention, front-line worker training to impacting behavior change in hard-to-reach populations. Gerry and his co-founder, Joseph Schneier, also built companies in the educational technology space including Cognotion — a company solving the talent shortage of healthcare workers.
Julie Kennedy
CAO
Julie is a serial entrepreneur with 25 years in early stage/growth leadership, specializing in working with dynamic companies to catalyze their growth. Julie is a board member of an insurance company and multiple education organizations.
Bonnie Cheney
COO
Bonnie has a strong background in data analytics and data models. She's created and executed effective marketing strategies and has been involved in the implementation of IT systems and software. She also managed finance and HR processes with a focus on team building and collaboration between departments. There isn't much Bonnie hasn't done when it comes to operations - and she truly enjoys all of it!
Allison Benz
Customer Success Manager
Allison earned her Bachelor’s degree at Western Kentucky University in Design & Merchandising. She worked as a leader in the retail pharmacy industry for 15 years and served on the Board of Directors for Vette City Roller Derby, Inc, creating a roller derby league with LLC status. She’s currently retired from competitive play, but still enjoys skating for fun.
Clayton Bowen
Director, Customer Success
Clayton is an experienced leader with expertise in customer satisfaction, cost reduction strategies, operational planning and improvements, and regulatory compliance. With over 15 years of experience, he knows how to tap into his uncompromising work ethic and vision to understand and act on a customer's needs and expectations resulting in consistently record-high customer satisfaction rankings.
Jessica Page
Director, Customer Support
Jessica has been part of customer support in a healthcare setting for over ten years. She is a diverse thinker possessing analytical skills and root cause analysis to resolve complex issues. As a former Certified Pharmacy Technician, she brings solid knowledge of medication and process flows to the Trusty.care team. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and is also a Licensed Practical Nurse. Outside of work she loves challenging athletics!
Tianna Sanchez
Customer Success Manager
Tianna has over ten years of experience in account management within the Healthcare IT industry. As a support professional, she has proven success in building and furthering client relationships and satisfaction using a consultative and personable approach. She lives in Colorado with her husband and loves to ride the Rocky Mountains on their Harley Davidson, especially in the fall when all the leaves are changing colors.
Byron Hopma
Sales Consultant
Byron has spent the majority of his career in insurance sales, focusing on group insurance and Medicare over the years. In that time, he has seen the ups and downs of the system. Because of that, he's able to navigate his clients through it and meet their needs in order to succeed. Outside of work, he has been married to his wife Johanna for 52 years and has three children and six grandchildren.
Sara Kane
Director of Customer Experience & Marketing
Sara has over 20 years serving the healthcare and education marketing industries, specializing in branding identity and managing design studios. With a focus on reaching core audiences through a combination of customer-led research and design all the way through production, she loves building brands from the ground up and always aims to bring a creative eye to the Customer Journey. Outside of work, she is a visual artist and has exhibited her art all over the globe.
Jacob Schneier
Director of Sales
Jacob is a results-driven sales and IT professional with over 20 years of experience focused on: team building, management, and coaching. He is accomplished at building solid relationships, managing large business accounts, providing personalized one-on-one support for every client, and motivating the sales teams to crush their quotas. As a world traveler, Jacob has happily lived in faraway places like the jungles of Africa and Indonesia. Currently, he resides (happily) in the urban jungle of Nashville, TN.
Gustavius Smith
Head of Sales
Part of the original Trusty.care team, Gustavius brings his background as a social justice filmmaker and journalist to his position. It's experience that cultivated his innate ability to listen and understand the needs of those around him. Passionate about improving the financial and healthcare outcomes for seniors, he helps insurance brokers by providing the technology they need to automate their workflows so they can offer more personal attention to their clients.
Joon Bae
Systems Analysts
Joon has over 20 years of experience in technology consulting, software development, and management. As a leader in the software as a service (SaaS) industry, he has trained and mentored a large variety of employees with skills ranging from coding to development. This includes code camp graduates and DOD software developers who he worked with on development, integration, and process. He excels in outside thinking and strange dreams.
Tal Bogomolny
UI/UX Lead
Tal is Trusty.care's UI/UX lead and product designer, as well as an occasional web and video designer. As lead UI/UX designer, her responsibilities include gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements, and managing navigation components. Tal brings agility and a collaborative spirit to the team. She is excited about creating functional and appealing designs that address our clients' needs. In her free time, she's designing a video game.
Alexey Chernyuk
Senior Software Engineer
Alexey is an experienced software engineer and a whizz at designing, architecting, and implementing software infrastructures and applications for growing platforms. His responsibilities include developing and deploying Trusty.care's effective and efficient APIs and microservices to help the company expand its offerings and platform capabilities at a critical juncture in its growth. Outside of work, Alexey likes fixing cars and going surfing.
Murray Gudesblat
Systems Architect
Murray has successfully built and launched main products for two SaaS companies, one of which was FMOO's ARCA, acquired by Tusty.care and now known as Trusty Back Office Pro. He was critical to this product's development success, from data schema to build/deployment strategies for mass rollout and scaling. Murray has successfully trained and led different development teams to production. Fun fact: this engineer has a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.
Pallavi Jaiswal
Head of Product
Pallavi is a strategic product manager and data analytics professional with over ten years of experience delivering digital healthcare products at leading organizations, including Mayo Clinic, United Healthcare, Optum, and Verisk Health. She strongly believes in Trusty.care's mission and the growing consensus that providing reliable data will significantly impact healthcare and how insurance can be delivered in the US market.
Dheeraja Kaja
Scrum Master
Dheeraja has over 11 years of IT experience as an agile project manager in charge of organizing and directing the completion of projects. She's a North Dakota State University graduate with a Master's Degree in Engineering & Management. Her skills offer an invaluable contribution to the exciting technological advances that happen every day at Trusty.care. She travels to Alaska frequently for hiking, wildness adventures, and the aurora borealis.
Dan Kroszner
Software Engineer
Dan has over ten years of experience as a web developer. In previous roles, he was looked to for providing leadership, marketing materials, and customer service, which has helped keep his focus on the customer experience regarding development and improvement of the Trusty.care products. His web development background has been critical in building the interface, functions, and navigation usability.
Eric Loucks
Engineering
Eric has an academic background in mathematics and serves him well in his current role as a software engineer. He joined Trusty.care with a variety of professional experiences mainly revolving around automated manufacturing technology. With strong analytical and problem-solving skills, he always brings a measured approach and attention to detail to his work. When he is not working, Eric is welding, running, or rock climbing.
Denise Sison
Data Scientist
Denise is a non-practicing molecular biologist with extensive experience in infectious disease epidemiology and healthcare outcomes research. She is responsible for leveraging the required data and supporting the analytical needs of Trusty.care in order to develop solutions that power the complete range of software products. Originally from Manila, Philippines, she grew up in a culinary household and lived in a house with three kitchens.
Ty Thompson
Software Engineer
Ty has experience in software development and IT support, which fuels his passion for developing software that aims to help and delight the Trusty.care customer. His background in resolving a wide assortment of technical issues bridges the gap between support and development. As a staff engineer at Trusty.care, he's part of the team of developers responsible for long-range planning and collaboration of current and future products.
Come Work
With Us
Building solutions to dismantle the unique roadblocks standing in the way of Americans getting the health insurance resources they need to live with dignity, less stress, and with their financial resources intact is no easy task. It’s going to take recruiting a diverse and energetic group of developers, QA managers, and tech sales/support people.
If you’re looking to be part of a passionate team that cares about affordable access to healthcare and gets excited about developing technology and building solutions that will help, we want to talk to you.
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