About Us
MANAGEMENT TEAM & INVESTORS
The company’s founding team members and researchers have launched and managed a number of high-growth new ventures in both private and public companies. The businesses have been in health care, education, technology, finance and in HR.
As founding CEO, Shub has grown WiserTogether from its early conception stage into an enterprise. Under his leadership, WiserTogether has scaled its infrastructure, talent and expanded its offerings. Prior to founding WiserTogether, Shub led the Benefits Roundtable, an advisory network of senior-most benefits executives at some of the largest organizations in the US. An economist by training, Shub has worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, CSFB, and the Asian Development Bank. He is a published researcher and author. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and math from Clark University as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University.
Praveen Mooganur is responsible for sales, client service, marketing, partnerships, and administrative functions of the company. Prior to joining WiserTogether, Praveen was Managing Director of sales and client management at the Corporate Executive Board. Previously, he held various positions at Tata Motors, India. Born in Bangalore, India, he has a Master of Nuclear Physics degree from the Bangalore University, India, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the School of Business, The George Washington University. Praveen lives in Virginia with his wife, Vineeta, and their son, Nehru.
Chad is responsible for growing WiserTogether’s client base and for developing, directing and executing the firm’s strategy as it pertains to client engagement and product consumption. Previous to joining WiserTogether in June of 2010, Chad spent 10 years with the Corporate Executive Board in a variety of roles – each tied to sales and client management across an array of functional terrains. Chad has also spent time working with The Washington Post Company in their Marketing group.
Chad has an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and an undegraduate degree in Marketing & International Business from Penn State University.
Jordan joined WiserTogether to work on business development and operations. Prior to that Jordan worked at the Corporate Executive Board where he led product innovation and alliance activities for a subsidiary business Toolbox.com, a knowledge sharing community with 1.4 million members. He also held various positions in the company’s Corporate Strategy and Development group working on various CEO-led initiatives. He has an undergraduate degree from University of Virginia.
Kiersten, a new mother, joined WiserTogether as a research lead. She was most recently the Associate News Editor of TCTMD.com and Medical Writer and Editor in the Publications Department of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. She has also worked for CareerMD.com, a website for physicians, where she wrote specialty-specific marketing and educational materials, and has also served as assistant editor for the journal Archive for History of Exact Sciences. Kiersten received a doctorate in philosophy, for which she wrote about concepts of pathology in the historical neurosciences. She holds a BS in biology from Bucknell University and her PhD is from the University of Chicago.
Khurram joined WiserTogether from the Corporate Executive Board where he led new product launches and product design teams. There he held a number of positions and was most recently with their corporate strategy and development group. Prior to that, Khurram worked at Prudential Financial as a research analyst. He is currently completing his MBA at Georgetown University and has a bachelor’s degree from Claremont McKenna College.
Prior to joining WiserTogether, Katherine worked as a Research Analyst at the Corporate Executive Board. She researched and wrote studies for human resources executives at multinational companies. Katherine earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Davidson College.
WiserTogether’s investors have all built, managed and successfully sold businesses in the fields of health care, consumer, media, management consulting and human resources.
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MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
The company’s medical advisory board provides the WiserTogether team with content guidance and review. Our data collection related questionnaires and surveys are vetted and reviewed by our medical advisory team.
Dr. Lauria serves as a medical content advisor to WiserTogether. She is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as attending staff at the Dartmouth University Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. Dr. Lauria is Board Certified in maternal fetal medicine and obstetrics & gynecology. Her research and work focus on process improvement in obstetrics leading to improved outcomes through education and collaboration as well as on risk stratification and resource utilization during cesarean procedures (especially VBAC). She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) and serves as the Vice-Chair of its New Hampshire section.
