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wayForward (PsyInnovations Inc.)

Making behavioral healthcare accessible to all! wayForward identifies type and severity of mental health problem, and deliver appropriate level of care

Details

Founded: 2015
Employees: 8
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Overview

wayForward (PsyInnovations Inc.) is a B2B digital behavioral health startup based in NY. wayForward screens employees, and based on triage provides appropriate level of mental health care including self-use program or expert clinicians or a combination. We make science-based therapy accessible, helping users manage anxiety, stress, depression and other conditions leveraging our customized self-use programs, and currently cover 1.6m employees.

Management

CEO

Ritvik Singh

Second time entrepreneur. 12+ years experience as trader/manager at Deutsche Bank, Citi, BNP. Led biggest currency portfolios at Deutsche in NY and Singapore. Led development of Mindfulness app with psychology professor at University of Michigan (co-owned by U Michigan and PsyInnovations)

Chief Scientific Officer

Navya Singh

Doctorate in Psychology Columbia University researcher, work experience includes work with severely mentally ill in Bronx, genocide survivors in Rwanda, 9/11 first responders and counseling students as a college counselor. American Psychological Association Scholar Award Winner - 2015

CTO

Stan Miroshnikov

Columbia University CS graduate, Stan brings his passion for technology and extensive experience in building and growing effective teams for small to mid-size tech companies.

Director of Assessments

Amanda Gooding, PhD

Dr. Gooding is Associate Professor at University of California, San Diego. She is licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in neuropsychological assessments of individuals with neurological and psychiatric disorders. She has clinical and research work with UC San Diego and Columbia University

Director Corporate Solutions

Dr Jason Weingarten

Dr Weingarten is a CBT and DBT expert working with adults, adolescents and their parents, families, and couples. He also works with executives domestically and around the world. Jason was an Adjunct Clinical Supervisor in both Columbia University’s and Yeshiva University’s psychology graduate programs.

Director, EAP Business

Tom Shjerven

Tom is a 30 year veteran of the benefits industry with over 25 of those years in the EAP and Behavioral Health industry, having worked with some of the largest and most prominent organizations like Magellan Health, Value Options (acquired by Beacon) and Chestnut Global partners (acquired by Morneau Shepell). Throughout his career he has worked on building strong partnerships and now leads wayForward's partnership with EAPs.

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