John Eads
WonWay Health Managing Partner | Building ARR at Healthcare Tech Startups | Founder, Investor, Revenue Builder for Healthcare SAAS, AI, and Staffing | | Formerly athenahealth and Incredible Health | Startup Builder
- Role
- Growth Advisor at Connectrn
- Location
- Memphis, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Eads
Accomplished healthcare executive with 25+ years of experience building and scaling successful companies. Proven track record of driving ARR growth, building high-performing sales organizations, and leading companies through critical growth phases, including IPOs and successful exits.At athenahealth, I was VP of Sales and VP of Partnerships, growing the company from a small startup to a successful IPO, building the Sales Organization and the Partnerships Team responsible for outstanding ARR growth.I successfully scaled high-growth startups, including Incredible Health, driving YoY ARR increases growth and rapid expansion which led Incredible Health to a $1.6 Billion valuation and \"Unicorn\" status.Founded and led Plexus Healthcare Strategies, providing strategic guidance to early-stage healthcare companies on sales, go-to-market strategies, and building ARR to fund growth.In the years prior to athenahealth, I was a founder and Senior VP at SuccessEHS (acquired by Greenway), a founder, board member and Senior VP of Salcris Systems (acquired by Reynolds and Reynolds), and served as President of CMS, the electronic health records division of Matria Healthcare (acquired by Alere).
Experience
Growth Advisor
Apr 2025 — Present · US
As Growth Advisor to connectRN, I help build strategic partnerships and go-to-market initiatives that empower healthcare organizations with flexible, tech-enabled staffing solutions. My focus is on expanding market reach, improving clinician engagement, and building sustainable workforce models.* Spearheaded the launch of a national partnership with WonWay Health, delivering on-demand staffing to health systems.* Advise on growth strategy, business development, and innovation in healthcare delivery.* Transforming care through resilient, adaptive workforce solutions.Curious about how flexible staffing can impact your organization? Let’s connect.
Skills
- Healthcare Information Technology
- Hipaa
- Strategic Partnerships
- Revenue Cycle
- Revenue Cycle Management
- Health Information Exchange
- Practice Management
- Strategic Planning
- Emr
- Healthcare Consulting
- Medical Billing
- Ehr
- Medicare
- Healthcare
- Cloud Computing
- Physicians
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