# Doug Morse-Schindler

> Doug Morse-Schindler is the president and co-founder of HealthJoy, a health-benefits navigation company he helped steer from an individual-insurance product into an employer-focused platform. A Vanderbilt Spanish graduate and former Raymond James M&A associate, he later ran operations and finance at OpenInstall through its acquisition by AVG Technologies. His operating story is defined by a difficult 2016 pivot, a first employer sale that took six months, and a belief that distribution and member trust matter as much as technology.

- **Role:** President and Co-Founder at HealthJoy
- **Organizations:** HealthJoy, AVG Technologies, OpenInstall, Raymond James & Associates, Chicago Association of Health Underwriters
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, Vanderbilt University
- **Known for:** Co-founded HealthJoy and helped scale it from an individual-market service into an employer benefits platform now serving more than 1,800 companies and over 1.25 million members., Helped lead OpenInstall's operations and finance and was involved in its sale to AVG Technologies., Built HealthJoy's broker and employer distribution approach after the company's 2016 pivot.

## Career timeline

- **2002-2006** — Studied Spanish at Vanderbilt University, earning a Bachelor of Arts.
- **After 2006** — Worked as an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Raymond James & Associates, advising public and private clients on more than 50 buy-side and sell-side transactions.
- **Before 2012** — Joined OpenInstall as a founding team member and led operations and finance.
- **2012** — Helped OpenInstall through its sale to AVG Technologies, then served as a senior director at AVG.
- **2014** — Co-founded HealthJoy with Justin Holland, initially serving consumers shopping for and using individual insurance plans.
- **2016** — Helped lead HealthJoy through a difficult pivot from the individual-insurance market toward employer-sponsored benefits.
- **2017** — Launched HealthJoy's first employer client on January 1 after a six-month sales process; later traveled with the company's first salesperson to learn broker distribution.
- **2019** — HealthJoy raised a $12.5 million Series B after reporting 610 percent year-over-year growth and about 200,000 users.
- **2020** — HealthJoy raised a $30 million Series C.
- **2022** — HealthJoy raised a $60 million Series D, bringing reported total funding to more than $108 million.
- **2023** — Received the Teladoc Health Forum Transformational Leadership Award.
- **2024** — Marked HealthJoy's tenth anniversary and publicly reflected on the company's origins, pivot and distribution strategy.

## Achievements

- Co-founded HealthJoy and helped scale it from an individual-market service into an employer benefits platform now serving more than 1,800 companies and over 1.25 million members.
- Helped lead OpenInstall's operations and finance and was involved in its sale to AVG Technologies.
- Built HealthJoy's broker and employer distribution approach after the company's 2016 pivot.
- Helped HealthJoy raise successive Series B, C and D rounds, including a $60 million Series D in 2022.
- Received the 2023 Teladoc Health Forum Transformational Leadership Award.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Shared HealthJoy's 2025 Member Health Goals report, based on responses from more than 133,000 employees, and emphasized personalized benefits navigation and engagement.
- **2024-06** — Joined co-founder Justin Holland for HealthJoy's tenth-anniversary retrospective and discussed the company's origin, 2016 pivot, first employer sale and future focus on personalization.
- **2023-08** — Received the Transformational Leadership Award at Teladoc Health Forum 2023.

## Links

- Website: https://www.healthjoy.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougmorseschindler
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/healthjoycom
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthjoydotcom/

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Last updated: 2026-09-27