Our leadership team
Our “One Team” focus to digitally transform healthcare delivery and access starts at the top. Our co-founders are pioneers of virtual healthcare and experienced entrepreneurs with a proven track record of successfully founding, growing and leading multiple companies. Our senior leadership team consists of some of the brightest minds in the industry, bringing together an extensive operational experience in healthcare, technology and services.
Ido Schoenberg, M.D.
Ido Schoenberg serves as the Chairman and CEO of Amwell and oversees the company’s corporate strategy. Since co-founding the company in 2006, with Roy Schoenberg, Ido has led its strategic direction, growing Amwell to become one of the largest digital care enablement companies in the world. Ido has a lengthy track record of successfully leading technology companies in the healthcare field. In 1996, together with Phyllis Gotlib, he co-founded iMDSoft, a provider of enterprise software that automates hospital critical care units. He grew the company into a market leader with a large multi-national install base in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. In 2001, Ido joined CareKey Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and took the company through its acquisition by the TriZetto group. Ido served as TriZetto’s Chief Business Strategy Officer until his departure in the summer of 2006. Ido received his MD from the Sackler School of Medicine.
Ido Schoenberg, M.D.
Ido Schoenberg serves as the Chairman and CEO of Amwell and oversees the company’s corporate strategy. Since co-founding the company in 2006, with Roy Schoenberg, Ido has led its strategic direction, growing Amwell to become one of the largest digital care enablement companies in the world. Ido has a lengthy track record of successfully leading technology companies in the healthcare field. In 1996, together with Phyllis Gotlib, he co-founded iMDSoft, a provider of enterprise software that automates hospital critical care units. He grew the company into a market leader with a large multi-national install base in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. In 2001, Ido joined CareKey Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and took the company through its acquisition by the TriZetto group. Ido served as TriZetto’s Chief Business Strategy Officer until his departure in the summer of 2006. Ido received his MD from the Sackler School of Medicine.
Meet our leaders
Phyllis Gotlib
President, Amwell International Phyllis Gotlib
Phyllis Gotlib leads Amwell’s international operations. Prior to joining Amwell, Phyllis was Executive Partner at Flare Capital. She also served as co-founder and CEO of iMDsoft, a disruptive clinical information technology company that created innovative, market-leading solutions to streamline and optimize hospitals’ high-acuity care. Phyllis led iMDsoft from inception through its exponential international growth and ultimately to its acquisition by TPG Growth in 2012. Prior to iMDsoft, she founded PS Gluck, a lucrative diamond trade company which she managed for many years with her partner in the Israeli Diamond Exchange (IDE). After her departure from PS Gluck, Phyllis joined Tactic Capital Markets (TCM), a boutique investment firm, as a managing partner. At TCM, Phyllis began to focus on healthcare investments. In addition to her business ventures, Phyllis is an active philanthropist and social activist. She holds leadership roles on various not for profit organizations including Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization (ZDVO) and the Israel American Council (IAC). Phyllis works closely with Flare Capital’s entrepreneurs, providing deep healthcare technology insights and experience to support portfolio companies to become market leaders.
Mark Hirschhorn
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer Mark Hirschhorn
Mark Hirschhorn is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Amwell and oversees the financial aspects of the company, enterprise-wide optimization and capital allocation activities. Hirschhorn is a seasoned leader in the healthcare technology sector, bringing over three decades of expertise in financial and strategic operations. He joined Amwell from TapestryHealth where he served as CEO and formerly on its Board of Directors. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Teladoc Health, contributing as CFO and COO, and helping to successfully grow the company while establishing virtual care as a trusted healthcare delivery arm. He also played a pivotal role in the growth and strategic repositioning of Talkspace as its president and COO. Mark has also held CFO positions at several companies across technology, telecommunications, and life sciences companies.
Mark is on the Board of NextCare, one of the nation’s largest providers of urgent care. He holds a B.A and MBA from Rutgers University.
Dr. Cynthia Horner
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Cynthia Horner
Amber Howe
Chief People Officer Amber Howe
Amber Howe is the Chief People Officer at Amwell, where she is responsible for leading and driving people strategies to support the organization’s business priorities. Amber also oversees Amwell’s human resources department, where her team supports all aspects of HR including talent and organizational development, training, culture, recruiting, and total rewards. Prior to joining Amwell, Amber was EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer at Beacon Health Options, where she served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, leading HR transformation efforts and supporting people strategy. Prior to Beacon Health Options, Amber held senior HR leadership roles at Santander Bank, TD Bank and Citizens Bank. Her significant accomplishments extend beyond traditional HR competencies, and include achievements in areas of employee performance, training, retention, culture strength and recruiting. Amber received her Bachelors in Social Work from Calvin University, and her Masters of Public Administration from Grand Valley State University.
Dan Zamansky
Chief Product and Technology Officer Dan Zamansky
Dan Zamansky is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Amwell. Previously, Dan spent 11 years at Amazon in a number of leadership roles in product management, engineering and technology. Dan founded and led AWS Health AI, Amazon’s cloud AI initiative in healthcare and life sciences, overseeing the effort to democratize access to cutting edge AI technology to healthcare customers via Amazon Web Services. Dan also served as Head of Product for Amazon ElastiCache, a cloud in-memory data store, and as General Manager of core platform services at Amazon Advertising. Prior to Amazon, Dan held business and technical positions across healthcare and telecommunications industries. Dan holds an MBA specializing in Healthcare from UNC Chapel Hill, and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.