About Us
The way we see it, it’s time for a new way to empower people to get and stay healthy: By helping them afford healthcare.
Why? Because cost is often a major barrier to care:
51%
51% of U.S. adults say they put off or skipped some sort of health care in the past year because of cost
37%
37% of patients said they currently carry medical debt
4 in 10
4 in 10 employees have less than $500 in savings for medical bills in case of emergency
50%
50% indicate that finances are major stress and they are distracted at work
1 in 4
1 in 4 report difficulty affording deductible
Our simple solution removes the financial barriers to getting healthcare.
TempoPay helps people access the care they need, and then set up a flexible, personalized payment plan that works with the rhythm of their life. Because there’s no interest, fees, or credit check, there’s no reason to defer care.
Employers and health plans that partner with TempoPay can keep pace with employees and members, and make sure they have everything they need to stay physically and financially healthy.
Our mission
To empower people to find and access healthcare earlier, without concerns about affordability.
Empowerment
We empower customers to make decisions that are good for their health with a platform that combines control and customization.
Security
We give members the financial security of knowing they can handle out-of-pocket healthcare costs, protecting them from debt or unexpected emergencies.
Flexibility
Member wellbeing is important to TempoPay. TempoPay is committed to helping members navigate the uncertainty of the healthcare journey.
Reliability
Transparency defines everything we do. We serve our customers with honesty and guarantee clarity around our products, services, and pricing.
Our team
Tim Danison
Co-founder and CEO
Tim has focused his 30+ year career bringing innovative companies and solutions to market at the intersection of financial technology, healthcare, and enterprise software. Tim was most recently the Chief Product Officer and board member at Navia Benefit Solutions, responsible for product management, marketing, and M&A integration. Tim was a member of the founding team at WageWorks at its inception in 2000 and held multiple executive positions in product management and development, M&A integration, account management, and sales over the initial years of the company's growth. Tim has also held CEO positions at an early-stage healthcare payment solution and at a HR/Legal compliance platform. He spent his early career at Oracle and Sun Microsystems.
Erika Davison-Aviles
Co-Founder and Head of Product
Erika brings over 20 years' experience in financial services, banking, government, and private sector employee benefits administration to TempoPay to lead our product management strategy and development. Erika is an accomplished leader and her comprehensive benefits knowledge and product strategy background drive her passion to develop products people love. Erika most recently helped launch Elevate; a modern consumer direct benefits platform. Prior to Elevate, she spent 11 years leading product at WageWorks building a product suite to directly meet dynamic market needs and increasing benefit adoption with 160% growth in HSA accounts.
Augusto Ruiz-Eldredge
Head of Financial Operations
Augusto is a senior executive with tenured expertise in FINTECH. With two decades of leadership in finance, operations, customer service, and product development, Augusto has built companies from the ground up and developed unique products to serve unrepresented segments of customers in different markets. Augusto most recently helped launch EquiPay, serving hundreds of underserved merchants with equitable and affordable payment solutions. Before EquiPay, Augusto spent 15 years helping the unbanked and underbanked in the cross-border payments space by providing accessible remittances and ancillary services that elevated customers' lives. Augusto holds an MBA in Finance and Financial Management Services from Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School.
Dave Milani
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Dave brings a unique blended background to TempoPay. Having earned his MS in Human Resources Management from Boston University, Dave spent the first half of his career leading human capital teams for employers including the evaluation and purchase of benefits plans and wellness programs. Dissatisfied with what was being offered to support overall health, well-being and medical cost reduction, Dave followed his passion to Plus One, a provider of integrated well-being services to large employers. Following the acquisition of Plus One by Optum, Dave ultimately led that business unit for several years, transforming it to a true population health solution and more than doubling the size of the business while maintaining client retention rates in excess of 95%. For TempoPay, Dave manages strategic partnerships and employer relationships to bring TempoPay's unique solution and benefits to as many populations and lives as possible.
Joshua Goldstein
Co-founder and Chief of Staff
Josh joins TempoPay with 10+ years of healthcare consulting experience, most recently with Accenture. Josh has defined the strategy for and implemented digital healthcare solutions for several fortune 100 companies. Josh received his MBA from NYU Stern and currently lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his financé and puppy.
Brian Rumple
Director of Engineering
Brian has 15 years of Fintech experience bringing products to market in both small and large organizations. At FIS he focused on core banking payments targeting top tier banks for both high volume ACH payments and high value wire payments. At GreenLight Financial and Altro he helped build financial card products that are being used to build financial literacy for kids and young adults.
Hattie Ninteau
Marketing Manager
Hattie is a seasoned marketing leader with creative strategy and employee communications expertise. With a successful track record of driving impact her collaboration, leadership, and operational skills have been instrumental in building scalable systems with meaningful outcomes for organizations of all sizes including Optum, Whole Foods Market, and the YMCA.
Danielle Rusella
Board Chair, Redesign Health
Danielle Russella is a 25+ year healthcare veteran with deep domain experience in commercial and government markets, client portfolio growth, business transformation, and creating high-performing client facing teams. She’s built several companies from the ground up with a focus on global sales and enterprise distribution, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and all facets of go-to-market. Danielle led several companies through extraordinary growth, was a founding Board Director of the National Telehealth Provider Network, and had extensive roles in several companies that went public, including Amwell’s recent IPO (NYSE:AMWL). Today Danielle is a Venture Chair at Redesign Health where she lends her experience and expertise to Redesign Operating Companies. In this role she partners alongside founding CEOs to develop, build and scale their businesses.
Shawn Mobley
TempoPay Advisor
Shawn Mobley has over 25 years in healthcare, most recently as Chief Growth Officer, UnitedHealthcare National Markets. He has historically focused on business strategy, product innovation and growth/retention leadership in the commercial and medicare markets.