Ann Bilyew
Senior vice president of health and group GM of provider services for Internet Brands and WebMD

Ann has more than 20 years of experience in investing in and leading health care companies. She’s responsible for the quality, client retention, growth, and financial performance of market-leading companies such as Krames, EngagedMedia, and others.

Ann previously served as CEO of MDeverywhere, a market-leading health care SAS technology and revenue cycle company, and as a board member and general partner of Advent International, a top private equity firm.

Ann earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kansas.

Dave Ross
General manager, clinical solutions

As CEO with over 28 years of health care industry experience, Dave has been leading The Wellness Network since 2010. Currently, Dave is focused on new growth initiatives, partnerships, and acquisitions with a personal and professional passion for leveraging educational media and information technologies to engage people to improve the patient experience and health outcomes.

Dave spent 21 years with GE Healthcare and NBC in operational leadership and business development roles. Dave launched the Patient Channel as a partnership between GE Healthcare and NBC in 2002, and then combined the teams, platforms and operations of the Patient Channel and the Newborn Channel as VP, Hospital Business for NBC’s Digital Health Networks in 2008. Dave helped GE divest the Wellness Network in 2010, and subsequently oversaw steady organic growth and expansion of The Wellness Network's team and customer base with new products and services.

Prior to becoming a health care executive, Dave helped launch private satellite networks, produced award-winning corporate television videos and broadcasts, worked as a commercial television producer, reporter and photojournalist for NBC and CBS television stations, and operated his own business television production business.

Dave graduated from Marquette University in 1983.

Jeremiah McGuire
Vice president of sales and strategy

Jeremiah leads the clinical solutions sales organization that’s focused on expanding our patient education, engagement, and adherence solutions—including Krames On FHIR® and Krames On-Demand®—into new health systems, hospitals, and other health care provider organizations.

He joins Krames following sales leadership roles with prominent health care technology organizations including SONIFI Health, Netsmart Technologies, and Allscripts, where he successfully leveraged technology solutions and strategic partnerships to advance patient engagement and improve care, communication, and outcomes along the health journey. 

He holds an MBA from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Richard Bootes
President of product strategy and development

As President of Product Strategy and Development, Richard is responsible for driving results through innovation and technology and oversees the Technical Development Team. His career-spanning passion for patient empowerment has led to over 20 years of experience creating industry leading education, communication, and confidence building engagement solutions. Recognized as an industry innovator, he delivered presentations on the benefits of AI in patient healthcare at the 2018 Beryl Patient Experience Conference, the 2018 Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience Summit, and the 2018 North Carolina Technology Association ‘State of Technology’ Conference.

Richard received his BS in Computer Science from Florida International University.