Positive Development
Specialist Medical Practices · Pediatric Care
$72.2Mtotal raised · 4 rounds on record
6open roles
$135kmedian advertised pay
$22Mlatest round · Venture round · Jan 2025 · 22 mo ago
Overview
Discover Positive Development’s family-centered, play-based approach to autism care, empowering children to thrive through safe connections and tailored support. Covered by major insurers.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 6 open roles at Positive Development. Positive Development is headquartered in Washington, United States. It was founded in 2020. It has raised $72.2M in 4 funding rounds. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $22M, announced in 2025. The median pay stated in its open roles is $120k, across 6 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 6Its careers board, read on Nov 12, 2026
- Headquarters
- Washington, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
- Founded
- 2020Alion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
- Employees
- 50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $72.2MSum of 4 equity rounds Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $22M · Jan 7, 2025SEC Form D filing · sec.gov
- Median advertised pay
- $120kPay stated in 6 open postings
Funding and backers
Total raised
$72.2M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$22M
Venture round · Jan 2025 · 22 mo ago
Team
180
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · May 2025
Hiring now
6
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
AlleyCorp, aMoon
The money's age
Due for its next round
22 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
22/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 9
New executive Positive Development Names Greg Fuller as Chief Operating Officer · businesswire.com
Jun 11
Board appointment Positive Development Appoints Dr. Alisa Bahl and Jon Pardew to Board of Directors · businesswire
2025
Team shrank to 180 was 711 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Jan 7, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $22M · SEC Form D
Jul 9, 2024
New executive Positive Development Expands Leadership Team with Hiring of New Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Financial Officer · businesswire.com
May 24, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $10M · SEC Form D
Oct 26, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $37.3M · SEC Form D
Apr 17, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $2.9M · SEC Form D
2020
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jan 2025 | $22M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2024 | $10M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Oct 2022 | $37.3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2020 | $2.9M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Positive Development, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Mike SuitersExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
AlleyCorp 
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$135k
Typical range
$115k – $200k
Open positions
6
2
Jobs
Staff
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 2 | $118k | $115k – $120k |
Highest paying role
Licensed Physical Therapist (Part Time)
$200k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Positive Development
By role, level and city, against the market · 6 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
29/100
Slowing
Open positions
6
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
21 days
faster than 58% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
11/12/2026
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
HR
50% ▼
Operations
25% ▼
Healthcare
25% ▲
People
Mike Suiters
Executive Officer, Director
Mark Pacala
Director
Brenton Fargnoli
Director
John Banta
Director
Roy Beveridge
Director
Daniel Gebremedhin
Director
Adam Seabrook
Director
Nick Whitehead
Director
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Santa Barbara
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Washington
United States
HQ
Santa Barbara
United States
Regional office
6 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $146k Avg Salary
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