CEREVITY LEADERSHIP · CO-FOUNDER & CTO
Elijah Fernandez, MSW, PMP, CISSP
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, building the technology, operations, and growth infrastructure behind CEREVITY's nationwide network of independent licensed clinicians.
Elijah owns every non-clinical part of CEREVITY: the platform clients use to reach care, the operations behind the clinicians who provide it, the search and content that help the right people find it, and the partnerships with firms that want it for their own leaders. He brings more than twenty years in IT operations and health technology to that work, along with a master's in social work from USC.
Co-Founder & CTO. Technology, operations, growth, and partnerships.
AS FEATURED BY THE EXECUTIVES INSTITUTE
“Automate the work, not the judgment.”
WHAT HE LEADS
Everything around the therapy.
The Client Platform
The website, intake, scheduling, and automated client communication, designed and run in-house so that reaching the right clinician feels simple rather than bureaucratic.
Operations & the Clinician Network
Recruiting, credentialing, and onboarding independent licensed clinicians across states, plus the operational workflows that let a lean team deliver concierge-level care nationwide.
Search, Content & Research
The search and content strategy behind how people discover CEREVITY, across traditional search and AI-driven channels, along with the original research CEREVITY publishes on professionals under pressure.
Firm & Organizational Partnerships
Partnerships with law firms, portfolio companies, hospital systems, and high-growth companies that want discreet, high-caliber therapy to be a benefit their leaders will actually use.
Privacy by Design
A CISSP-trained approach to client confidentiality, with encrypted communication and systems chosen because they protect privacy, treating discretion as a requirement rather than a feature.
A Social Worker's Lens
Graduate training in social work and an undergraduate degree in psychology mean the systems are built by someone who understands what they are for: helping people get care, not processing them through it.
THE PATH HERE
Twenty years of building the systems behind care.
- 2004IT Support SpecialistTechcare Solutions
- 2008IT Systems ManagerWellnessWorks
- 2013Senior IT Project ManagerHealthTech Innovators GmbH
- 2018Director of IT OperationsMindful Health Solutions
- 2024 to nowCo-Founder & CTOCEREVITY
As Director of IT Operations at a national mental health company, Elijah saw how often the back end of mental health care gets in the way of the care itself. CEREVITY is the version he wanted to exist: a concierge network where the technology and operations stay out of sight, and the relationship between client and clinician is the whole experience.
Built so the care is the only part you notice.
Elijah Fernandez, MSW, PMP, CISSP · Co-Founder & CTO, CEREVITY