Tonya Harmon

Tonya Harmon has over 25 years of experience in executive leadership roles focused on technology and business development support in the health and human service industry. She brings to OPEN MINDS’ clients a diverse background in tech strategy, development and implementation of new service lines, and marketing and business development planning and management. Prior to joining OPEN MINDS, Ms. Harmon served as the chief executive officer of CareDirector USA, LLC. This Dublin, Ireland-based organization specializes in care management technologies for managed care and service provider organizations. As CEO, she lead the U.S. launch off the organization’s product. In her leadership role, she was responsible for market and product analysis, capturing new state, local government and provider business, and building the company’s product roadmap for the U.S. market. During her tenure at CareDirector USA, she managed the company’s sales and implementation teams, and was responsible for sales to several key state accounts. Before working with CareDirector, Ms. Harmon was the founder and chief executive officer of Harmony Information Systems. The company focused on enterprise management technologies for a broad array of health and human service organizations. Ms. Harmon was responsible for designing and developing the organization’s web-based and mobile technology products, and secured a patent for the design of Harmony’s web based case management and financial management solution. During her tenure as chief executive officer, she raised over $40 million in financing; won the 2005 Microsoft Most Innovative Product of the Year for case management system; won the 2008 Deloitte Fast 50 award for one of the fastest growing companies in Virginia, and won the 2007 Future 50 Award in 2007 for one of the top 50 companies in the metro DC area. Before founding Harmony Information Systems, Ms. Harmon served as the information technology director of The Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board, one of the nation’s largest service providers for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In this role, she managed the technology systems for 36 locations and over 700 users. Ms. Harmon received her Bachelor of Social Science Degree from the University of Western Ontario and her Master of Information Systems candidate from George Washington University.