Made for nurses, by nurses.
UNA was established by professionals with decades of healthcare staffing experience who understand the challenges clinicians face and the operational needs of healthcare organizations.
What is UNA?
UNA is a suite of comprehensive mobile-first solutions for hospital networks, staffing agencies, and healthcare professionals. Better connect with candidates, improve applicant engagement, optimize compliance workflows, and set a new higher standard for your career or the clinicians in your organization.
2,000+
Hospital Networks
50k+
Clinicians Served
20 yrs
Industry Experience
Our history of success
The UNA Team has deep roots in the healthcare staffing and acute care delivery systems. Our strategy and entrepreneurial spirit are driven by a desire to elevate the process for both talented clinicians and exemplary organizations.
Our vision for the future
UNA's vision is simple — create technology that does two things:
- 1Improve on-boarding, productivity, and talent retention for hospitals and healthcare staffing companies.
- 2Empower healthcare professionals to take control of their careers by optimizing credentialling, recruitment, and accessibility.
We understand that talent drives the market — UNA is positioned to embrace that change.
Leadership Team
Ron Gonzalez, MS BSN
Founder / CEORon is a nurse entrepreneur who started his career as a Med-Surg RN on Long Island, NY. He became a nurse manager soon thereafter, leaving the systems and operations of Healthcare Staffing. In 2004, Ron founded and launched NurseTesting.com, which later became Prophecy Healthcare. He successfully sold Prophecy to APS/Relias in 2015. Ron Co-Founded JobRobotix in 2016 (with a successful exit in 2022), and subsequently launched UNA Health in 2020. Ron has almost 20 years experience building & scaling innovative, next-generation technology for healthcare markets.
Leslie Jeffries, MSN BSN RN
Senior VP of OperationsLeslie is a registered nurse with clinical background in ICU, Telemetry, and nursing management. Her executive experience is multi-faceted, including VMS operations in healthcare staffing, pre-employment testing at Prophecy Healthcare, assessment-driven learning for physicians and nurses, consulting for healthcare staffing companies working towards Joint Commission certification and operations at UNA Health. Outside of UNA, she volunteers as a basketball coach, pianist, and several boards of directors for various non-profit organizations.
Parag Tribhuwankar
Chief Information Officer (CIO)Parag Tribhuwankar leads the company’s enterprise technology strategy, digital transformation, and operational excellence initiatives. He focuses on aligning business objectives with scalable and secure technology solutions that improve efficiency and organizational performance. With a strong emphasis on governance, process optimization, and cross-functional collaboration, he drives modernization initiatives across the organization. His leadership supports the development of resilient systems, streamlined operations, and technology-enabled business growth. Parag is committed to building sustainable digital ecosystems that enhance customer experience, strengthen operational stability, and support long-term strategic goals.
Hiten Ahirrao
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)Hiten Ahirrao leads the company’s technology vision, engineering strategy, and innovation initiatives. He specializes in building scalable platforms, modernizing enterprise architectures, and driving AI-powered transformation across products and services. With experience across healthcare, enterprise, fintech, and cloud-native solutions, he focuses on creating high-performing engineering ecosystems and future-ready technology platforms. He actively drives initiatives around automation, DevOps, AI-assisted development, and engineering excellence. Hiten is passionate about solving complex business challenges through technology while fostering a culture of innovation, agility, ownership, and continuous learning within engineering teams.
Our commitment to excellence
UNA formed the Strategic and Innovation Steering Committee (SISCo) with a mission to spearhead innovations in clinical recruitment.
It is SISCo's core objective to:
- Develop cutting-edge tools that redefine and standardize clinical hiring.
- Elevate standards for candidate engagement and compliance.
- Set foundational clinical competencies for roles spanning Nursing, Allied Health, and Providers.
In addition to the core UNA leadership, SISCo is proud to include these distinguished members.
Dr. Rob Kittinger
Ph.D. Industrial-Organizational Psychology
With a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Dr. Kittinger has an extensive background in organizations such as Amazon, Sandia National Labs, and the U.S. Navy. His work primarily involves advanced technology, statistics, and high-stakes testing.
T.J. Waggoner
Psychology & Organizational Behavior
Educated in psychology and organizational behavior, T.J. is the CEO and co-founder of Waggoner Diagnostics. He has played an instrumental role in improving color vision in occupational health and consults extensively with federal agencies.
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