What happens when a class clown from Monaghan builds one of the most quietly impactful healthtech companies in Europe - and then takes on the U.S. healthcare system?

In this year-end episode of The Shot of Digital Health Therapy, we sat down with Neill Dunwoody 🇺🇦 (aka “Funwoody”), co-founder of SPRYT, to talk about resilience, rejection, healthcare absurdities, and why meeting patients where they already are matters more than building yet another app. From standing in a bin at school ➝ scaling talent at UnitedHealth Group ➝ pivoting a sports app into an AI-driven healthcare orchestration platform, Neil’s story is as honest as it is instructive.

We cover no-shows, NHS, U.S. healthcare economics, founder health, Ukraine, and why humor might be one of the most underrated leadership traits.

🎧 Worth your time if you’re building, scaling, or questioning the system you’re trying to fix.

Fun mentions as always: Rachel Francine, Shaun Dodimead,Optum, NHS, MediDrive, LLC

00:00 Holiday banter, community singing & year-end reflections
02:00 Meet Neil Dunwoody (“Funwoody”)
03:30 Growing up in Monaghan, sport & stand-up comedy
06:30 Humor, resilience, and rejection
08:00 Recruitment, HR, and learning to read people
15:00 Scaling talent at UnitedHealth / Optum
22:00 Blitzscaling, culture breaks & hiring mistakes
31:30 The birth of SPRYT: sports → healthcare pivot
36:00 NHS pilots, WhatsApp, and no-show economics
43:00 U.S. expansion & healthcare fragmentation
48:00 Orchestrating care beyond appointments
53:30 Ukraine, Tech Link Ukraine & purpose
56:00 Founder health, weight loss & personal reset
58:00 Closing advice to younger self