Kareo Adds Software Industry Veteran, Bill Conroy, to Board of Directors

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kareo, Inc., the cloud-based medical office software provider for small practices, announced today that software industry veteran Bill Conroy has joined the company's Board of Directors. With over twenty years of experience as an executive at both software giants and expansion stage companies, Mr. Conroy will help shape Kareo's strategy and support the company as it continues its rapid expansion.

"We're thrilled to have Bill join our board and look forward to his help as we continue our rapid growth," said Dan Rodrigues, Founder and CEO of Kareo. "Bill's proven leadership and expertise in scaling leading software businesses will be a huge asset for us."

With extensive experience in leadership positions at both software industry giants and expansion stage software companies, Mr. Conroy is uniquely qualified to support Kareo in its next phase of rapid growth. Mr. Conroy spent more than a decade in various executive leadership positions at Oracle, where Mr. Conroy managed more than 20% of Oracles' revenue.  Following Oracle, Mr. Conroy held key leadership positions at fast growing software companies, including Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President for Tenfold Corporation and President and COO of Click Commerce.       

Most recently, Mr. Conroy served as President, CEO, and Director at Initiate Systems where he achieved over 700 percent revenue growth and successfully orchestrated the sale of the company to IBM in 2010.  After the IBM sale, Mr. Conroy continued his focus on developing high growth companies.  He holds active board positions at Ifbyphone, Prognosis Health Information Systems, Phreesia, AtTask, and now at Kareo. 

"Kareo has a great business model and virtually unlimited potential," said Bill Conroy. "I'm excited to work with a company that combines healthcare and technology in new ways to help doctors improve cash flow and efficiency – and ultimately patient care."

Today, over 15,000 healthcare providers depend on Kareo to power their businesses. Together with Conroy, Kareo is well positioned to continue its rapid growth while providing its intuitive and affordable software supported by the great service its small medical office customers have come to expect. 

About Kareo
Kareo is the only medical office software company dedicated to serving the small practice. Kareo believes that, with the right tools and support, small practices can do big things. Over 15,000 medical professionals trust Kareo to power their business. Quick to set up and easy to use, Kareo's cloud-based software helps doctors get paid faster, keep cash flowing, and see the financial big picture with a comprehensive set of medical billing and practice management tools. For more information on Kareo, visit www.kareo.com.

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