HealthEquity Announces New Sales and Marketing Leadership

DRAPER, Utah, March 28, 2017 -- HealthEquity, Inc. (NASDAQ:HQY) (“HealthEquity” or the “Company”), the largest HSA non-bank custodian, today announced the addition to its executive team of Bill Otten as Executive Vice President of Sales and Gary Robinson as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

Mr. Otten draws on more than 30 years of experience in building and leading world-class sales and delivery teams in the human capital management and technology industries. Most recently he was division vice president of sales for the Value Added Services of ADP, a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management solutions, and served in various other sales leadership roles with ADP over the last 14 years. Prior to joining ADP, he was a co-founder and CFO of Interlink Capital, Inc. and held various sales leadership roles at Enterprise Fleet Services. He holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins and a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Missouri State University.

“Bill Otten is a straight-on sales leader and coach, with a tremendous record of developing talent,” said Jon Kessler, President and CEO of HealthEquity. “Bill's process orientation and diverse field sales experience in organizations with renowned sales systems fit perfectly with our plans to scale the sales organization.”

Mr. Robinson brings to HealthEquity a wealth of sales, marketing and product development experience. Most recently, Mr. Robinson was executive vice president of sales and business development for HealthTap, Inc., a mobile application that engages doctors, patients and data to enhance diagnostic capabilities, treatment and cost savings. Prior to joining HealthTap, he was a founder and managing director of Sapient Health Services, LLC and senior vice president of sales at WageWorks,  Mr. Robinson holds an MBA, Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Stanford University.

“Gary Robinson is a proven winner in the business of healthcare consumerism,” commented Mr. Kessler. “There is simply no better person to help us tell HealthEquity's positive and powerful story to consumers, partners and clients.” 

“Bill and Gary are smart, experienced, hard-charging and polished go-to-market leaders,” said Mr. Kessler. “We are now strongly positioned to add to the Company's record of market-leading growth."                                                                   

About HealthEquity

Founded in 2002, HealthEquity is one of the nation's largest dedicated health savings custodians. The company's innovative technology platform and tax-advantaged accounts help members build health savings, while controlling health care costs. HealthEquity services more than 2.7 million health savings accounts for 87 health plan partners and employees at more than 34,000 companies across the United States.

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