DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UpHealth, Inc. (“UpHealth” or the “Company”), a global digital health company delivering technology platforms, infrastructure, and services to modernize healthcare delivery and management, today announced the appointment of Michael Rolla as Chief Revenue Officer. Rolla joins UpHealth’s senior leadership team and will be responsible for executing the Company’s growth strategy and managing all sales and client facing teams.
“Our mission at UpHealth is to deliver digital-first health infrastructure and services that will dramatically transform how we care for individuals and manage health by integrating information, coordinating clinical and community-based teams, and using advanced analytics and protocols to guide care,” said Ramesh Balakrishnan, Chief Executive Officer, UpHealth. “Bringing Mike on is part of our strategy to expand the products and services existing clients use across the platform, while also expanding through new partnerships.”
Mr. Rolla brings a wealth of experience with healthcare providers and in managed care as well as a track record of success accelerating revenue growth. He has worked in digital health and medical technology for over 20 years, most recently at Teladoc Health where he was Senior Vice President of Commercial Sales. Prior to Teladoc, he was at Becton Dickinson where he served in a variety of sales leadership roles including as Director of U.S. Sales & Clinical Operations.
“UpHealth is pioneering technologies and services that are the future of healthcare,” said Michael Rolla, Chief Revenue Officer. “This is an incredible opportunity and next step for me. I look forward to working with a very talented and dedicated team to realize the huge opportunities ahead of us to help clients deliver care and manage health with new, digitally enabled models.”
About UpHealth Inc.
UpHealth is a global digital health company with operations in over ten countries. UpHealth delivers digital-first technology, infrastructure, and services to dramatically improve how we deliver care and manage health for individuals and populations. The Company’s clients include governments, health plans, healthcare providers, and community-based organizations. UpHealth enables its clients to improve access, enhance quality, and achieve better outcomes more cost effectively with digital health infrastructure, interoperability tools, advanced analytics and coordinated workflows, connecting and expanding the care continuum to create digitally enabled care communities serving patients wherever they are, whenever they need it, and in any language they speak. Join us in the dialogue to improve healthcare at the #HealthcareReshaped hashtag on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
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