WATERTOWN, Mass., Nov. 01, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHN), a leading provider of network-enabled services and mobile applications for healthcare providers nationwide, today announced the appointment of Diane Holman as Chief People Officer (CPO), effective December 5, 2016. She will report directly to Jonathan Bush, athenahealth’s founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Ms. Holman will advise the senior leadership team as it works to scale athenahealth’s fast-paced growth while maintaining and strengthening culture, employee engagement, and career development. As CPO, she will guide all aspects of human resources for the company, including Human Resources business partnering, talent management, total rewards, Human Resources Information Systems, athenaUniversity, and facilities across all locations. Ms. Holman will play a lead role in convening athenaCentral’s operations, focusing on delivering innovation and efficiency consistent with the company’s values and ethos.
“Our culture and employee engagement are fundamental components to what makes our company special and high-performing,” said Jonathan Bush, CEO of athenahealth. “We created the CPO role specifically to strengthen this important core competency. Strength in this area of our business allows us to thrive in everything else we do and we believe will assist to propel our growth. Diane’s extensive background and experience building, maintaining and leading talent and corporate culture strategies at very large companies is the perfect complement to my unbridled founder-CEO energy. I’m thrilled for her partnership, perspective, and the impact she’ll make.”
“I’m thrilled to be joining a company that recognizes culture and its people as a competitive advantage and core growth-driver,” said Ms. Holman. “I look forward to working with the entire athenahealth team to build on the existing corporate culture for athenistas in every office around the world.”
Ms. Holman has held senior human resources leadership positions in a number of large, geographically diverse technology and financial services companies. She joins athenahealth from TE Connectivity where she was the Vice President of Global Talent Management, leading a team that was responsible for global succession planning, leadership development, learning, performance management, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness. Previously, she served as the Senior Vice President and Head of Group Talent Management for Capgemini in Paris. Ms. Holman has held leadership and management positions at Wolters Kluwer, Raytheon, General Electric, and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. She was also an adjunct professor in graduate management studies at Western New England University. Ms. Holman sits on the University of Pennsylvania CLO Advisory Board and the i4cp Chief Talent Officer Board, which she co-founded.
About athenahealth, Inc.
athenahealth is a leading provider of network-enabled services for electronic health records (EHR), revenue cycle management and medical billing, patient engagement, care coordination, and population health management, as well as Epocrates and other point-of-care mobile apps. We connect care and drive meaningful, measurable results for more than 85,000 health care providers nationwide. For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com.