Sean Rotermund
Founder, President & CEO

Sean is the founder of Clarity and oversees the executive management team. His tenure in marketing, strategic development, new product & technology applications development, coupled with his passion and success in sales with new business generation, are the foundation for Clarity's growth and position in the market place as an industry leader.

Sean's talents include the ability to identify unique needs of organizations, streamline new client implementations, expand Clarity's product offering, and launch various technology initiatives to support the dynamic needs of Clarity's clients. Sean has a keen sense of the distinctive differences among small and large clients, and has a demonstrated ability for serving both groups equally well. Clarity's ability to create client response-based applications are a result of Sean's dedication to providing the best possible client experience and managing those relationships with care and professionalism.

Sean holds a Bachelor of Sciences from Bentley University.

Stephen Mongelli
Chief Marketing Officer

Steve joined Clarity in January of 2008, after a decade inside the national healthcare and insurance business marketplace. At Clarity, Steve manages the teams responsible for sales, marketing, and client service. With his extensive Marketing and Operations background, Steve brings a vast, valued set of solutions to the Clarity operation. His successes with new product development, marketing strategies for membership enrollment and retention, have been instrumental in bringing Clarity to the industry-leader role it has today.

Steve spearheads numerous initiatives, developing successful print on demand programs, streamlining marketing communications and ultimately, an enhanced member experience. Net results of Steve's ambition and talent include positive retention rates, while providing state of the art, cost-effective solutions to replace inefficient legacy documentation methods.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Richmond.

Brian Higgins
Chief Technology Officer

Brian joined Clarity in November of 2007. He manages a team responsible for design, development
and maintenance of information systems including system architecture, client facing applications, web-development and database management. For two decades, Brian has demonstrated success in assembling and motivating talented technical teams, employing advanced technologies, and creating extremely successful application platforms. Under Brian's direction, the Clarity application platform was designed from the bottom up to be easily maintainable, configurable and scalable.

Prior to Clarity, Brian held high level positions in the print on demand solutions and insurance market places. Brian's career responsibilities include development of system architecture, managing a team of developers for both data-base and web-based applications as well as playing a key role in new product development in a very fast-paced environment. Brian has also worked as a Systems Architect and provided technical direction to large teams on the appropriate use of advanced technologies such as object oriented programming, web development, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Most notably, while employed by Aetna, Brian designed, coded and led the team that created MedQuery™. MedQuery™ was Aetna's flagship application that used expert systems technology to optimize medical utilization. MedQuery™ was awarded a patent (5,517,405) in 1996 and Brian was listed as an inventor.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Sciences from Southern Connecticut State University.

Dan Schlaff
Chief Operating Officer

Dan joined the Clarity team in November 2011 with over two decades of proven leadership experience. As Chief Operating Officer, Dan's vision, analytical and interpersonal skills, facilitates the continued support and development of Clarity's Directors and leadership teams. Dan provides direction and guidance on strategies, making decisions and goal attainment for each group (Finance, Information Technology, Project Management, Client Service and Internal Operations). His core strength in team building and designing scalable long term business strategies are proven to heighten client care during periods of consistent growth. His collaborative approach, one of the tenants of Clarity's culture, consistently optimizes business objectives and refines goals to promote client-centric efficiencies. Dan's combined strengths and experience are instrumental in keeping Clarity relevant and a leader in the marketplace.

Dan previously served as COO at Ventus Networks, a technology company providing intelligent infrastructure and secure financial frameworks to the telecommunications and financial sectors. Prior Dan served in the US Navy, retiring as Assistant Chief of Staff, Submarine Logistics, Northeast.

Dan is a graduate of the New School University, with a BS in Human Resource Management. He is also trained in Lean Six Sigma and holds an executive certification in Project Management.

Kathy Dolan
Director, Project Management Office

Kathy joined the Clarity team in July, 2011. As Director of Project Management Office, Kathy leads a team of business analysts, quality assurance specialists and the implementation efforts surrounding those roles. Additionally, she is responsible for governance, performance & schedule management and the intra-communications of the business unit initiatives.

Prior to joining Clarity, Kathy was a Project Manager in the Global Technology Solutions Group at The McGraw-Hill Companies. Her role focused on managing and executing efforts to standardize on a digital publishing and enterprise content management toolset. The results allowed more efficient content creation methods, work-flow processes and product development & delivery opportunities.

Kathy is a graduate of Columbia University – School of Engineering and Applied Science where she earned a BS in Engineering and Management Systems. She is also a graduate of Providence College and holds a BS in Engineering and Physics Systems.

Dave Fournier
Director, Information Technology

Dave has been with Clarity since June 2007 and is one of the original architects of the Clarity System. He manages a team responsible for the maintenance of Clarity's information systems as well and the design and development of new technologies to support Clarity's strategic initiatives. In addition, Dave is also responsible for internal system training as well as streamlining the development process to speed innovations to market.

For more than 15 years, Dave has been an integral part of successful development teams in both the insurance and pharmaceutical spaces. Dave has a long track record of building user friendly, flexible, and highly configurable systems that provide unique solutions to technical problems.

Dave has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Connecticut.

Rose Levy
Director, Client Service

Rose has been a valued member of the Clarity team since 2009. During her tenure with Clarity,
Rose's excellence in client service and implementation earned the promotion to Director, Client Service in March 2011. In this capacity, she leads a team of highly committed client relationship specialists (CRS team) who strategically manage all client accounts.

Rose's organizational and communication methods, product knowledge and ability to
cross-manage, enables her to be the liaison between the business analysts, implementation
activities and the CRS team.

Rose strives to build trust and successful long term partnerships with our clients.

Patricia Pensa
Director, Finance

Patricia joined the Clarity team in January 2012. As the Director of Finance, Patricia provides financial leadership to Clarity and is responsible for the financial reporting and analysis, internal controls, budgeting, forecasting and auditing requirements. Her previous roles have included both Public and Private Accounting experience. This diversification provides her with a leading edge in her field and serves as an asset to Clarity.

Patricia’s prior experience includes the position of Assistant Controller with a Real Estate Investment Firm managing the accounting and auditing for a portfolio of assets and as Assistant Controller to a retail gasoline and distribution company.

Patricia has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Central Connecticut State University