About Us

About EngagementHealth^®

Comprehensive Health Promotion for Your Company

EngagementHealth^® was formed by Corporate Executives, Senior Medical Clinicians and Expert Healthcare Technologists to bring comprehensive - incentive based - disease prevention, health promotion and condition management programs to all size employers and group medical plan providers. EngagementHealth^® grew out of the experiences of redesigning a health plan for a Fortune 200 company with:

More then 100 plants and offices;
Rural and urban locations;
90,000+ participants.

The result of the programs were outstanding. Some of the metrics included:

80+% program participation rate;
10s of millions of dollars in healthcare expense reduction;
A decrease in worker's compensation and disability expenses;
An averaged annual weight loss of more than 8 pounds for program participants;
More than 50,000 phone calls by employees and spouses to health counselors.

EngagementHealth^® refined and expanded upon this highly successful model and built a technology infrastructure to deliver an innovative funded healthcare service to your company.

Executive Biographies

Ted Theophilos - Chief Executive Officer

Ted Theophilos is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EngagementHealth^®. Ted has held executive level positions with some of the most respected public companies in the United States, including RR Donnelley & Sons Company, E*Trade Financial Group, Palm, Inc., True North Communications/Foote Cone & Belding and The A.C. Nielsen Company. In these corporate roles he has been responsible for various administrative and business functions. Ted began his professional career at the international law firm, Sidley & Austin where he became a partner and practiced for more than 16 years. Ted is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University.

Linda Skoog-Sluman MD - Medical Director

Linda Skoog-Sluman M.D. is a board certified medical oncologist. Linda´s focus as the Medical Director of EngagementHealth^® will be design health promotion programs, supervising its Health Counselors, and interfacing with medical community. Linda graduated from the University of Illinois, College of Medicine in 1990, completed her internal medicine residency at Maricopa County Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona and followed by a fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Chicago. Linda is published in several peer reviewed periodicals including the Annals of Oncology. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Paul Sollitto - Chief Financial Officer

Paul Sollitto is the CFO and Benefits subject matter expert for EngagementHealth^®. Paul has held senior HR positions in both the private and public sector. Working in executive level positions he has been responsible for the overall design and administration of the health and retirement plans for some of the largest group plans including those of RR Donnelley & Sons Company, the State of Illinois and True North Communications. Sollitto has over thirty years experience in the Benefits, Compensation and Human Resources area. He started his Benefits “journey” as a group insurance underwriter at CNA/Insurance. Sollitto earned his bachelor´s degree in Business from Marquette University and his MBA from Northwestern University with a specialization in Finance.

David Ryland - Chief Operating Officer

David Ryland is the Chief Operating Officer for EngagementHealth^®. David has spent the last 14 years developing software solutions for the healthcare industry. His responsibilities have ranged from design and development, to sales and implementation. In 1993 he was co-founder of Askesis Development Group, Inc. where he was COO. Askesis was sold to a healthcare conglomerate in 2002. In 2004 he co-founded and became CEO of Streamline Behavioral Healthcare Solutions, LLC. Streamline has provided innovative software solutions to behavioral healthcare payers and providers and their patients. David is a graduate of Northwestern University (B.A.).

Pat Hamalis - Director of Health Counseling

Pat Hamalis serves in the role of Director of Health Counseling for EngagementHealth^®. Pat brings 16 years of nursing, research and health promotion experience. Her professional roles have included eleven years as a Family Nurse Practitioner, five years as a Critical Care Nurse. During this period Pat was active in both the areas of research and teaching. Most recently, Pat was the Director at the Women´s Care Center at Elmhurst College where she also served as a clinical supervisor to graduate nursing students from Loyola University. Pat is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago where she received her PhD in Nursing. In addition, Pat received her MS in Nursing from Boston College, her BS in Nursing from Loma Linda University and her BS from Mount St. Mary´s College.

Advisory Board

Javed Husain

Javed Husain´s focus is on software design and information technology. Javed has over 15 years of experience in software design and development. Javed is the founder of Streamline Healthcare Solutions, LLC where he oversaw the development of HIPAA compliant integrated clinical and billing systems for the behavioral healthcare market. Javed was also one of the founders of Askesis Development Group Inc. At Askesis, Javed led the development of multiple software products for the behavioral healthcare market. Javed started his career working at The Revere Group consulting for clients such as A. C. Nielsen and Office1 Superstores. Javed has a Bachelor of Technology in Production Engineering and Management from National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India and a Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Florida.

Andrew Panega

Andy Panega is responsible for Client Implementation at EngagementHealth^®. As such, he will be working in depth with employers and plan sponsors who subscribe to EngagementHealth^® services. Andy has held executive Human Resource positions with various Fortune 500 companies in his career, including RR Donnelley in Chicago IL and Detroit MI, General Mills in Minneapolis MN and Buffalo NY, Dun & Bradstreet in Tampa FL, and Kelly Services in Detroit MI. As EVP, Chief Human Resource Officer with RR Donnelley, Andy was responsible for overseeing all Human Resource-related activities for R.R. Donnelley´s 63,000 employees throughout the world. A native of Chicago, Andy graduated from Western Illinois University with an MBA in Finance and a Bachelor´s degree in Human Resources. Additionally, Andy taught Strategic Management and Labor Relations undergraduate programs at Western Illinois University.