Helping the workforce get ahead of adversity.
There is more to mental health than our worst days. We help organizations with proactive tools focused on upskilling employee mental wellbeing so they can withstand any challenge.
At headversity, we are on a mission to build a resilient, inclusive workforce. We help organizations prevent costly behavioral outcomes by helping their workforce get ahead of adversity.
With a focus on prevention, headversity offers skill-based training to help workforces improve their mental wellbeing by addressing three persistent challenges: mental health, workplace safety and operational excellence. With an industry re-defining preventative assistance platform (PRE.A.P.) that provides proactive and digital mental health upskilling experiences for the entire workforce, we have helped more than 1 million employees around the world upskill resilience, behavioral health and psychological safety.
We are driven by our values
At headversity we are driven by the belief that the key to a happy, productive and psychologically safe workforce is resilience, and that everyone has the capacity to upskill it themselves.
Our solutions are built for the doer. The action-biased. Individuals and teams who understand that the best form of learning is by living and experiencing it, rather than workshops or endlessly consuming content on a screen. We wear our 5-minute daily average training time as a badge of honor. Our solutions demand less time, inspire more action, and seamlessly fit within the workday.
We are a young, agile, innovation-starved company that will work with you to build the best solution that fits your organization, no matter what. Because when it comes to mental health, the old way of doing things doesn’t hold up anymore. We’ve built award-winning programs with our partners based on two simple fundamentals: listening to their problems and adapting with our technology.
Mental health is not a problem. It’s a reality. At headversity we are devoted to shifting the conversation away from illness and towards wellbeing. For too long, the industry has focused exclusively on reactive solutions to address workforce mental health. The root of today’s challenges are much further upstream, and our solutions are uniquely positioned to help organizations meet those challenges head on.
We are committed to uniting ideas and relationships.
Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist and technologist, founding the workplace mental health and resilience platform, headversity. His work at headversity brought together a team of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators to build a training platform that is pacing the industry in preventative mental health solutions, working with leading employers such as Shell, TELUS, and the Denver Broncos. Dr. Todd is also an award-winning documentarian, a Top 40 under 40 recipient with Avenue Magazine, a published researcher, and the host of the popular HR podcast, “Beyond the Checkbox”. Through headversity, Dr. Todd envisions getting the core training skills out of the backlogged mental health system and into employees’ hands.
Dr. Jordan DeCoste is an educator, an entrepreneur and a technologist. His work in education has involved teaching, scholarship and founding EdTech companies. Jordan sees headversity as his greatest contribution to healthy learning and better living.
Fun facts about me: I love family and work. I really like whiskey and cigars.
Kameron has over a decade of accounting, financial analysis, and transaction experience. Prior to founding headversity, Kameron worked on the investment team at Mosaic Capital, a Calgary based private equity firm, which held a portfolio of companies in the infrastructure, construction, oil and gas services, manufacturing & distribution and real estate industries. Prior to that, he worked at EY in their Transaction Advisory Services group, where he provided advisory for both buy side and sell side mandates across a broad number of industries including technology, entertainment, construction, transportation, manufacturing and distribution. Kameron completed his chartered accountant designation (CA) with EY and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in accounting, from the University of Saskatchewan.
Russ guides the product team at headversity, bringing over 20 years of experience as a leader at Ed and Health-Tech companies. Previously, he built digital learning platforms as CTO at PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live, online special education services, and The Princeton Review, the test prep and college admissions company. Before that Russ led engineering at Tutor.com, creating software that has delivered over 20 million live, one-to-one homework help sessions.
Russ holds a B.A. from Duke University and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois.
Dr. Trudi Chalmers is an accomplished behavioral scientist and business leader and is the Vice President of Impact at headversity. Trudi chose to enter the business sector after gaining extensive experience in academia to apply her knowledge of behavioral science in solving business challenges. Trudi has since contributed to the development and growth of numerous technology firms. Trudi’s work at headversity focuses on ensuring that headversity‘s mental health content is grounded in science and positively impacts employers’ and employees’ mental health concerns. Outside of work, Trudi enjoys adventuring outside and exploring the mountains with her husband and two daughters.
Jason is the Senior Vice President, Growth and Partnerships with headversity, and spent the past ten years at the forefront of the health-tech space with his previous post as Director of International Partnerships and Strategic Alliances within the Virgin Group. He is also a MacKay CEO Forum speaker, sales trainer, private investor, and, in a past life, a professional Baseball player. Self-described as a creative connector, health-tech fanatic, servant leader, rad dad (of three daughters) and curious George, he’s built a career off failing forward and learning how to effectively collaborate; internally and externally.
If it’s not obvious by our brand name, I’m all about puns. I’m also an ex-Torontarian and ex-Saskatchewanian that now calls Calgary home. When I’m not doing my thing at headversity, my passion is some combination of watching sports, taking in the odd live music show, watching horror movies, and spending time with my wife and new daughter. Every day I’m energized by doing work that is not only professionally rewarding but is positively impacting the wellbeing of the workforce at large.
You have to show an alien your favorite place, where do you take them?
The World Bunnock Championship in Macklin, Saskatchewan. And then answer all of their burning questions.
As an experience HR professional she made the move to Calgary over a decade ago. Passionate about building and developing the HR function within small and start-up companies, she has a track record of success in helping companies grow their people operations function. Working closely with leadership teams, she helps strategize ways to maximize team performance, while also striving to create the best possible experience for the workforce. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her growing family – soon to be two boys – exploring the mountains through camping and snowboarding. Additionally, she enjoys visiting her home province on the east coast to spend time on the ocean with loved ones.
I live in Calgary, AB with my partner and our cat and dog. Outside of work I like most of the typical Albertan outdoorsy activities – Hiking, snowboarding, and beer league sports. I’m also trying to learn some guitar and wood carving skills. Most people at work call me “Reb” or “R-Dubbs”. As Chief of Staff, I am the principal support to our VP of Growth and CEO. I work cross-functionally with all departments to improve process and planning, support our org strategy, and manage our objectives.
What’s your best dance move?
Avoids dancing at all costs.
After high school I enrolled in the US Navy. I lived 3 1/2 years in Naples Italy. there I started road biking and it has been a hobby since.
International travel and any live sporting event are hobbies as well. Biking, travel and sports allows me to see and interact with people in various settings and experience a glimpse of their lives.
Father of four grown (and employed) young adults. The youngest has called me papa Joe since I remember. I prefer that nick name over grandpa but then once the first grandchild was born in early 2022 I quickly decided she can call me whatever she wants.
What animal would you most like to have a conversation with? What would they say?
Bear – not sure what they would say – is why I want to talk with them
I have three legal names, Tommy, Ka Kun, and Estevao. My hobbies are kicking ass and taking names. Joking aside I am avid gamer, huge basketball fan, working out, and comics (I am just an overgrown kid). No nick name, but how I got the name Tommy have a funny story behind it. Fanatical about my bulldog platinum 😉
What’s your best dance move?
100 rep bench press at 135 lbs 😉
Donna Hoffman, SVP Strategic Partnerships, leads headversity‘s partnership expansion into the US market. With a background in corporate sales and leadership, Donna has over 24 years experience working across the employee benefits industry. Having worked for the largest insurance and employee benefits providers in North America, she’s helped companies large and small solve for gaps in their employee benefits, wellbeing and culture strategies. She holds a BA from the University of North Alabama and is an Advisory Board Member of the Disability Management Employer Coalition. Donna lives in Atlanta, GA, with her husband and two daughters. When not working or driving her daughters to and from activities, Donna spends her time leading conversations with other working women and moms of middle school girls on breaking the mean girl cycle, relational aggression, and empowering Kindness, Empathy and Authenticity.
Andrea Boyle is the head of client success at headversity, leading the client success managers across headversity‘s global partners.
We are very fortunate to work with people not only committed to personal and professional excellence, but who are inspired to make a difference. Changing the game in workforce mental health means working with people unafraid of pushing boundaries and embracing the unknown. Thanks to our incredible people, this is possible.
Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist and technologist, founding the workplace mental health and resilience platform, headversity. His work at headversity brought together a team of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators to build a training platform that is pacing the industry in preventative mental health solutions, working with leading employers such as Shell, TELUS, and the Denver Broncos. Dr. Todd is also an award-winning documentarian, a Top 40 under 40 recipient with Avenue Magazine, a published researcher, and the host of the popular HR podcast, “Beyond the Checkbox”. Through headversity, Dr. Todd envisions getting the core training skills out of the backlogged mental health system and into employees’ hands.
Dr. Jordan DeCoste is an educator, an entrepreneur and a technologist. His work in education has involved teaching, scholarship and founding EdTech companies. Jordan sees headversity as his greatest contribution to healthy learning and better living.
Fun facts about me: I love family and work. I really like whiskey and cigars.
Kameron has over a decade of accounting, financial analysis, and transaction experience. Prior to founding headversity, Kameron worked on the investment team at Mosaic Capital, a Calgary based private equity firm, which held a portfolio of companies in the infrastructure, construction, oil and gas services, manufacturing & distribution and real estate industries. Prior to that, he worked at EY in their Transaction Advisory Services group, where he provided advisory for both buy side and sell side mandates across a broad number of industries including technology, entertainment, construction, transportation, manufacturing and distribution. Kameron completed his chartered accountant designation (CA) with EY and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in accounting, from the University of Saskatchewan.
Russ guides the product team at headversity, bringing over 20 years of experience as a leader at Ed and Health-Tech companies. Previously, he built digital learning platforms as CTO at PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live, online special education services, and The Princeton Review, the test prep and college admissions company. Before that Russ led engineering at Tutor.com, creating software that has delivered over 20 million live, one-to-one homework help sessions.
Russ holds a B.A. from Duke University and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois.
Dr. Trudi Chalmers is an accomplished behavioral scientist and business leader and is the Vice President of Impact at headversity. Trudi chose to enter the business sector after gaining extensive experience in academia to apply her knowledge of behavioral science in solving business challenges. Trudi has since contributed to the development and growth of numerous technology firms. Trudi’s work at headversity focuses on ensuring that headversity‘s mental health content is grounded in science and positively impacts employers’ and employees’ mental health concerns. Outside of work, Trudi enjoys adventuring outside and exploring the mountains with her husband and two daughters.
Jason is the Senior Vice President, Growth and Partnerships with headversity, and spent the past ten years at the forefront of the health-tech space with his previous post as Director of International Partnerships and Strategic Alliances within the Virgin Group. He is also a MacKay CEO Forum speaker, sales trainer, private investor, and, in a past life, a professional Baseball player. Self-described as a creative connector, health-tech fanatic, servant leader, rad dad (of three daughters) and curious George, he’s built a career off failing forward and learning how to effectively collaborate; internally and externally.
If it’s not obvious by our brand name, I’m all about puns. I’m also an ex-Torontarian and ex-Saskatchewanian that now calls Calgary home. When I’m not doing my thing at headversity, my passion is some combination of watching sports, taking in the odd live music show, watching horror movies, and spending time with my wife and new daughter. Every day I’m energized by doing work that is not only professionally rewarding but is positively impacting the wellbeing of the workforce at large.
You have to show an alien your favorite place, where do you take them?
The World Bunnock Championship in Macklin, Saskatchewan. And then answer all of their burning questions.
As an experience HR professional she made the move to Calgary over a decade ago. Passionate about building and developing the HR function within small and start-up companies, she has a track record of success in helping companies grow their people operations function. Working closely with leadership teams, she helps strategize ways to maximize team performance, while also striving to create the best possible experience for the workforce. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her growing family – soon to be two boys – exploring the mountains through camping and snowboarding. Additionally, she enjoys visiting her home province on the east coast to spend time on the ocean with loved ones.
I live in Calgary, AB with my partner and our cat and dog. Outside of work I like most of the typical Albertan outdoorsy activities – Hiking, snowboarding, and beer league sports. I’m also trying to learn some guitar and wood carving skills. Most people at work call me “Reb” or “R-Dubbs”. As Chief of Staff, I am the principal support to our VP of Growth and CEO. I work cross-functionally with all departments to improve process and planning, support our org strategy, and manage our objectives.
What’s your best dance move?
Avoids dancing at all costs.
After high school I enrolled in the US Navy. I lived 3 1/2 years in Naples Italy. there I started road biking and it has been a hobby since.
International travel and any live sporting event are hobbies as well. Biking, travel and sports allows me to see and interact with people in various settings and experience a glimpse of their lives.
Father of four grown (and employed) young adults. The youngest has called me papa Joe since I remember. I prefer that nick name over grandpa but then once the first grandchild was born in early 2022 I quickly decided she can call me whatever she wants.
What animal would you most like to have a conversation with? What would they say?
Bear – not sure what they would say – is why I want to talk with them
I have three legal names, Tommy, Ka Kun, and Estevao. My hobbies are kicking ass and taking names. Joking aside I am avid gamer, huge basketball fan, working out, and comics (I am just an overgrown kid). No nick name, but how I got the name Tommy have a funny story behind it. Fanatical about my bulldog platinum 😉
What’s your best dance move?
100 rep bench press at 135 lbs 😉
Donna Hoffman, SVP Strategic Partnerships, leads headversity‘s partnership expansion into the US market. With a background in corporate sales and leadership, Donna has over 24 years experience working across the employee benefits industry. Having worked for the largest insurance and employee benefits providers in North America, she’s helped companies large and small solve for gaps in their employee benefits, wellbeing and culture strategies. She holds a BA from the University of North Alabama and is an Advisory Board Member of the Disability Management Employer Coalition. Donna lives in Atlanta, GA, with her husband and two daughters. When not working or driving her daughters to and from activities, Donna spends her time leading conversations with other working women and moms of middle school girls on breaking the mean girl cycle, relational aggression, and empowering Kindness, Empathy and Authenticity.
Andrea Boyle is the head of client success at headversity, leading the client success managers across headversity‘s global partners.
“We know mental health is a growing challenge across the workforce that’s been made even more challenging these past few years. Finding ways to more proactively support our employees’ mental wellbeing was a core focus, and we felt like headversity’s unique, skill-based approach to training was a great fit for the Pistons organization.”
Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Detroit Pistons
We take great pride in providing the best of the best, in-the-field expertise to our learners. The partnerships bring exclusive training content, with Andre and Mike’s insights featured in micro-lessons such as mindfulness, growth mindset, safe culture, and many more.
We take great pride in providing the best of the best, in-the-field expertise to our learners. The partnerships bring exclusive training content, with Andre and Mike’s insights featured in micro-lessons such as mindfulness, growth mindset, safe culture, and many more.
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