Joe Connolly
FounderFounder at Visana Health
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
FoundedVisana Health
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About
Joe Connolly is Co-Founder and COO of Carewell. He earned an MBA in May 2017 and has owned and operated a medical supply company since August 2015, with experience in contract negotiation, sales, and account management. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Founder at Visana Health
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Visana Health's investors · 6
Clarevia VenturesMadison · $250K – $2.5M checksFlare Capital PartnersBoston · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Frist Cressey VenturesNashville · $500K – $20M checks · since 2025InHealth VenturesLondon · $500K – $3M checksNoro-Moseley PartnersAtlanta · $5M – $20M checks · since 2025Pixel Perfect VenturesWashington DC
Co-founders at Visana Health
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Shelly LanningExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Visana HealthCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)Founding Member & Steering Committee at IMPACT, the Virtual-First Medical Practice Collaboration2021 — 2024
- Boston ScientificSenior R&D Engineer, Disease State & Strategy2017 — 2019Maple Grove, MN
- Boston ScientificR&D Engineer II, Disease State & Strategy2014 — 2017Maple Grove, MN
- Boston ScientificExploratory R&D Intern2013 — 2014Maple Grove, MN
- CovidienProduct Development R&D Intern2012Boulder, Colorado
- MammotomeEngineering Intern2011Cincinnati Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Medical Devices16Biomedical Engineering20Engineering7R&D2Finite Element Analysis1COMSOLStatisticsFDAProduct Development2NEURON1Research and Development (R&D)1Solidworks11
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MatlabMinitabMicrosoft OfficeLabviewNeural StimulationCANSYSLabVIEWSolidWorksMicrosoft PowerPointLanguages English
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- Who is Joe Connolly?
- Joe Connolly is Co-Founder and COO of Carewell. He earned an MBA in May 2017 and has owned and operated a medical supply company since August 2015, with experience in contract negotiation, sales, and account management. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.
- Where does Joe Connolly work?
- Joe Connolly is Founder of Visana Health.
- What companies did Joe Connolly found?
- Joe Connolly founded Visana Health.
- Where did Joe Connolly go to school?
- Joe Connolly studied at Duke University (Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Biomedical Engineering); Clemson University (BS, Bioengineering).
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Clemson University mafia39
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Shared employers
Also worked at Visana Health5
Also worked at Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)5
Also worked at Boston Scientific157
Ben CoughlanInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMudit K. JainInvestor at Treo Ventures, LlcMudit JainFounding General Partner at Treo Ventures, LlcRache SimmonsBreast Cancer Surgeon at FemHealth VenturesChris ShanahanPrincipal at DFJDavid ThompsonGeneral Partner at 415 Capital
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Also worked at Covidien40
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