Our Leadership Team

Working together to address the global challenge of senior care.

Meet the leaders who are transforming healthcare IT
and driving our industry forward.

Dave Wessinger

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Dave Wessinger is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PointClickCare. For more than 20 years, Dave has worked to transform the senior care technology industry and tackle complex challenges across the healthcare continuum.

In 2000, Dave co-founded PointClickCare with his brother Mike, pioneering healthcare’s digital transformation and driving improved outcomes for seniors and care teams through technology. Today, PointClickCare boasts  one of Canada’s most admired corporate cultures and employs over 1,500 employees who currently serve over 26,000 care providers, establishing PointClickCare as the largest cloud-based healthcare platform in North America.

Dave has earned recognition for the foresight and innovation that helps thousands reimagine the way technology can be used to communicate, collaborate, and improve care across the healthcare continuum. Instrumental in garnering recognition for PointClickCare as one of Deloitte’s best-managed companies for eight consecutive years, Dave also aided in earning PointClickCare a spot on Forbes Top Cloud 100 List for two consecutive years.

Orysia Semotiuk

Chief People Officer & General Counsel

As Chief People Officer, Orysia leads the development and execution of PointClickCare’s employee experience and engagement strategy to attract, develop, and retain its technology and other top talent.

As General Counsel, Orysia also oversees all legal, compliance, and corporate secretarial matters at PointClickCare.

With over 20 years of experience representing and advising companies across industries, Orysia’s background includes practicing law at two of Canada’s largest law firms: McCarthy Tetrault LLP as a partner and Stikeman Elliott LLP as an associate.

At both firms, she specialized in mergers and acquisitions, corporate, commercial, and securities law. She also worked at BlackBerry Limited as Senior Legal Counsel, advising on public company matters.

Orysia holds a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School, a Master of Laws from Queen’s University, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from University of Manitoba.

James Yersh, FCPA, FCA

Chief Financial Officer

James has over two decades of experience holding senior executive-level roles across finance, administration, and go-to-market functions at SaaS-oriented and technology companies. In previous roles, James executed both the duties of chief financial officer and held further responsibility as chief administrative officer.

As part of this expansive scope, James drove growth and accountability through financial planning, key performance indicators, and data-driven, cross-functional performance reviews. He also worked closely with product, technology, and other go-to-market leaders to unify plans that accelerated company growth.

Prior to joining PointClickCare, James served in a variety of roles at companies including Mitel, eSentire, KORE Wireless, BlackBerry, Cognos Incorporated, and Deloitte. Notably, while at BlackBerry, Yersh supported the organization in its transition to a software-based product suite as a public company.

Kari Hall

Chief Strategy Officer

Joining PointClickCare as Chief Strategy Officer in 2021, Kari oversees strategy, corporate development, partnerships, and Incubation businesses. With her extensive tenure in healthcare technology, Kari is focused on identifying unique insights and market dynamics that inform the corporate strategy and value creation potential.

Kari brings nearly 20 years of experience, serving most recently as Vice President of Product Marketing at Cerner. In this role, Kari led a team of over 50 product marketers across Cerner’s global business, actively anticipating future market dynamics and continuously refreshing the marketing strategy and build/buy/partner decisions. Prior to Cerner, Kari spent 10 years at ResMed across various roles including strategy, M&A, marketing, finance, operations, and customer success. Most recently, she led Portfolio Strategy and Business Development for ResMed’s SaaS business focused on the post-acute care market. Her depth and breadth of commercial experience is instrumental in regularly assessing the strategy and execution to ensure appropriate priorities, resourcing, accountability. Prior to ResMed, Kari spent 10 years on Wall Street in various roles from equity research, portfolio management, and investment banking, always with a focus on the healthcare industry.

Annie McBride

Chief Marketing Officer

Annie is a tenured marketing executive and product leader with over 20 years of experience in digital agency, marketing and strategy, consumer brand management, medical device, and healthcare informatics and SaaS product management. She has experience with mergers and acquisitions across global markets with established brands such as ResMed, Zimmer, Crest Spinbrush and Trojan.

Annie most recently served as VP North America Marketing of the Sleep and Respiratory Care business at ResMed Inc., where she worked to deliver on the $2B North America revenue portfolio including healthcare technology, data integrations, patient applications, interfaces, and connected devices. Prior to joining ResMed in 2012, Annie leveraged her digital marketing agency experience and MBA to hone her strength and passion in product management across consumer and medical industries in global markets.

Results-oriented and passionate about improving health outcomes and experiences through people and technology, Annie’s commercial strategy development combined with years of product life cycle management informs her approach to profitable, competitive, and creative programs and partnerships aimed to exceed corporate and financial objectives. She is vehement about improving the ways healthcare is delivered through innovative technology, about women in leadership, and in diversity of thought.

B.J. Boyle

Chief Product Officer

As Chief Product Officer, B.J plays a vital role in both the development and long-term vision of PointClickCare’s products, overseeing the company’s product management and product operations functions for Senior Care and Acute & Payer business units.

B.J. brings passion, experience, and innovation to the role of Chief Product Officer, with more than 20 years of experience and expertise in Healthcare Technology and Product Management. He is positioned to lead the future of PointClickCare product strategy to serve clients across the healthcare continuum and make a difference in the lives of the patients and residents they serve.

Prior to joining PointClickCare, B.J. served as Chief Strategy and Product Officer at Matrix Solutions, Director of Solution Strategy and Development for Oracle Cerner Corporation, and Director of Product Management for Resource Systems. B.J. holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from University of Mount Union, a Master of Business Administration from Point Park University, and an Executive Certificate in Healthcare Leadership from University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Ben Zaniello, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer

A practicing Infectious Disease physician, Ben is also a technologist at heart, focused on healthcare innovation for Population Health and the transition to value-based care for all patients. His passion for care transformation comes from firsthand experience. Most recently Ben worked at Providence St. Joseph Health, as their Chief Medical Information Officer in Population Health. He ran his division’s vendor selection and was responsible for the technical infrastructure that supports Providence’s risk-based contracts, including their landmark direct to employer contracts with Boeing and Intel. He also led projects on consumer experience optimization, EMR integration/data exchange with Providence’s strategic partners, and digital innovation projects with Providence’s Venture investment fund.

Prior to Providence, Dr. Zaniello did NIH-funded translational research in population health at the University of Washington while consulting in healthcare technology. Previously, he worked at the early Java start-up Marimba as well as the enterprise software company Trilogy in Austin, Texas, where he helped build their Healthcare and Financial Services practice. Dr. Zaniello continues to practice in medicine, focusing on Utah’s high-risk populations. His undergraduate work was at Stanford (in Architecture, German, and Computer Science) but he returned home to his native Kentucky for medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He did his Internal Medicine residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center and Infectious Disease fellowship at the University of Washington where he also received his Master’s in Public Health.

Bill McQuiade, Chief Product Officer for PointClickCare

Bill McQuaide

Chief Technical Officer

As the Chief Technical Officer, Bill is accountable for leading the Engineering, SaaS Operations and Advanced Technology functions within PointClickCare. Under his leadership, his team is highly focused on building the company’s long-term technical vision including, its re-platforming initiatives and robust product roadmaps.

Bill is highly motivated by understanding customer problems and building valued technology solutions that improve business and patient outcomes.

As a seasoned executive leader with a proven track record of developing and implementing successful strategies, products, and services in high-growth technology companies, Bill’s experience with enterprise software products makes him an important and strategic member of the PointClickCare senior team.

Travis Palmquist

Senior Vice President & General Manager,
Senior Care

Travis leads the LTPAC market business strategy, delivering on bookings, revenue conversion, vision alignment, and segment expansion. During his PointClickCare tenure, Travis has harnessed his deep-seated industry knowledge to drive success as the General Manager of senior living, as well as in his role leading the industry market team.

Passionate about serving vulnerable populations, Travis has worked closely with the nation’s largest and most advanced senior living providers for over 25 years. Prior to joining PointClickCare, Travis served as an Executive Director, Director of Operations, and Divisional Director of business development of a national provider of senior care services. He then translated his understanding of post-acute facility operations to sales and executive leadership roles within healthcare technology.

His unique background unites the nuances of post-acute facility operation with an evidential understanding of how technology can better the lives of individuals across the healthcare continuum.

Brian Drozdowicz

Senior Vice President and General Manager of
Acute & Payer

With more than 20 years of extensive experience across the healthcare technology industry, Brian has a proven track record of successfully scaling and transforming businesses through focused efforts including, organic and inorganic strategic growth initiatives, product management, and portfolio planning.

As the leader of PointClickCare’s A&P business unit, Brian is responsible for the development and continued success of Health System, Health Plan and Convener markets, and for driving value in PointClickCare’s connected care network. Under his leadership and leveraging his technical expertise combined with his passion for product strategy, this business will empower providers with solutions that offer critical, actionable insights that lead to better patient care and outcomes.

Brian recently served as the Head of Integrated Care for Bayer Pharmaceuticals where he built and led a world-class team, developed, and grew a portfolio of digital health companies, and drove successful expansion into new markets. Prior to joining Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Brian has held senior leadership roles at Bottomline Technologies, Siemens Healthineers, Verisk Health, Caradigm, and Picis. Across roles, Brian has led the expansion of these organizations through launching new products to new markets, M&A strategy, and integration, within payer, provider, and pharmaceutical verticals.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University.

Bill Charnetski

Executive Vice President of Health System Solutions &
Government Affairs

Bill drives the health‐tech ecosystem’s expansion while improving patient outcomes and system productivity. Bill believes in the power of integrated care coordination and digitized ecosystems of care to enhance the patient journey and improve transitions along the continuum.

Prior to joining PointClickCare, Bill served as Chief Health Innovation Strategist for the Government of Ontario, Canada. He drove behavioral change in the provincial health system to improve its innovation receptor capabilities and used the government’s massive health investment as an economic driver to scale Ontario-based health tech companies. Bill also worked with AstraZeneca, one of the world’s largest innovative biopharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, most recently, he led global government affairs and public policy out of London, UK. In Canada for AZ, he led integrated health solutions, pricing, market access, reimbursement, communications, strategic stakeholder engagement, and legal affairs. He was also a corporate and privacy law partner at one of Canada’s leading law firms.