Daniel DiThomas

Daniel DiThomas

Dan DiThomas serves as chief development officer for RecoveryTrek/Proof, a technology solutions provider and third-party administrator who has been leading the way for more than a decade, by offering industry-leading solutions in conjunction with a full range of products and services related to managing successful substance abuse recovery programs. PROOF ™, a patented, self-administered, testing system, is and innovative solution to the challenge of maintaining an effective drug and alcohol testing program, by providing remote, fully observed, video-recorded collections from start to finish 24/7/365, regardless of where participants live.

Before joining RecoveryTrek, Dan was the VP, of Channels & Product at Rymedi. Rymedi’s Connected Health Platform digitizes and automates patient registration, test administration, public health reporting, and patient notification. The streamlined process was designed to improve patients’ experience by reducing testing times and accelerating their access to test results. Rymedi’s privacy-by-design platform is built on blockchain to maintain stringent security, HIPAA/GDPR compliance, and the highest level of privacy. The Connected Health Platform enabled mass testing with speed, ease, and minimal staff.  As co-founder of i3screen, Dan was the driving force behind many of the premier partnerships and commercial relationships at i3Screen, bringing more than two decades of experience in healthcare, employment screening and product development to his work helping to guide the portfolio of i3Screen solutions that made screening management easier for CRAs, Third Party administrators, and Medical Review Officers (MROs).

Dan has worked with numerous industry sectors and with many of the nation’s best-known companies such as Albertsons, Kroger, Bayer, Target, Home Depot, Comcast, Southwest, and Verizon. Earlier in his career, Dan held senior management positions that merged operations, marketing, product management and business development, which included growing market share, installing sales support, and managing new product development for the $70 million occupational screening division at ChoicePoint and teaching musculoskeletal service line management to hospitals and medical centers as regional director with the Human Motion Institute.

2025 Application

Why are you interested in this organization?
I am a founding member and prior Board member.

Relevant experience:
I served on the DATIA Board for 7.5 years, and NDASA Board for the first 5 years.

Please describe industry-related knowledge, interests, length of time and expertise that you possess which could benefit the National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association:
35th year in the Employment Screening and Drug/Alcohol/Occupational Health testing industry

Please tell us about your committee involvement with NDASA, including which committee(s) you serve on currently and your role(s):
Have previously served as Chair of Membership Committee, and was part of the Govt Affairs committee

Area(s) of expertise/Contribution you feel you can make:
I have 35 years of industry experience working for both small and large corporations. Having held a wide array of positions from being a sample collector, operations director, product manager, client & vendor relations director to senior management and officer of a company has allowed me to interact with all levels of employees at small, medium, large, and Fortune 100 companies. My positions have given me the opportunity to work with all types of vendors and clients in the drug and alcohol testing industry, and provide a broad perspective on what the industry is looking for. My experiences and perspectives allow me to offer a creative voice to the Board of Directors ensuring that the decisions we make are relative to all types of members.

Please list boards and committees on which you serve or have served (business, civic, community, fraternal, political, professional, recreational, religious, social):

  • DATIA
  • NDASA
  • Membership Committee
  • Technology Committee
  • Govt Affairs Committee