Ideon Employee Spotlight

At Ideon, we’re proud to have such a talented, diverse team leading the charge for a better and more connected health insurance and employee benefits industry. Our ongoing Employee Spotlight series showcases the people behind our product and unveils what life is like at Ideon. This month we’re featuringTara Anguish, our Sr. Director, PMO!

Name: Tara Anguish
Department: Client Operations
Title: Sr. Director, PMO
Location: Upstate, NY

Work

How long have you worked at Ideon?

Almost 3.5 years.

Tell us about your day-to-day.

In addition to leading our PMO team, I get the opportunity to work with our clients, primarily for our enrollment and EOI products. This involves supporting our sales team as they finalize contracts, meeting new clients and setting them up for an amazing implementation with our team, advising clients as they make operational decisions, and bringing them live with our enrollment and EOI products. This last part is my favorite because we get to showcase the value Ideon brings in real-time!

How have you grown professionally while on our team?

Here at Ideon, I’ve been able to grow, particularly as a leader. I’m supported but given the autonomy to use my experience and expertise to make decisions, including making process and efficiency changes.

What excites you about the future of Ideon?

I’m excited to meet and work with more and more companies as they join our portfolio and see for themselves the value that Ideon brings. The health and benefits industry—particularly the enrollments and EOI realms—doesn’t have to be as difficult as it is now, and the team at Ideon can help. It’s exciting to be working with people and products that serve an industry in need with expertise.

What do you like about Ideon’s company culture?

Our leadership is thoughtful and cares about the personal development of each person on the team—so much so that this is one of the few cultures I’ve seen exude psychological safety. We support each other but also challenge each other in a really healthy way. We’re allowed to fail but encouraged to be stretched, learn, and grow. We’re all dedicated to making improvements in an industry that needs it—and that impacts us all. We feel connected to our mission every day.

Life

Favorite activity when you’re not working? 

Spending time with my family, which includes my husband and 3 kiddos. They are involved in lots of sports which makes life outside of work busy and full. They are growing into great humans!

Favorite place you’ve traveled?

Salamanca, Spain—I was lucky enough to partake in a full immersion study abroad summer program.

Interesting fact about yourself?

Less than 1% of the world’s population has heterochromia, and I’m one of them (left eye is blue, right eye is brown). This didn’t get passed down to any of my kiddos – perhaps my potential grandchildren???