Send us a text Meet Joy Dasgupta 🎙️ Deep-tech entrepreneur. Business transformation veteran. Explainable-AI pioneer. With a career spanning leadership roles at HP and American Express, Joy Dasgupta has spent decades transforming global supply chains and operations. Now, as CEO of Gyan, he’s taking on one of the biggest challenges of our time — making artificial intelligence trustworthy, transparent, and truly enterprise-ready. Gyan is a new kind of AI architecture — built from the groun...

Send us a text Meet Ganesh Nathella 🎙️ With over 25 years of experience in the technology industry—18 of those dedicated to healthcare—Ganesh Nathella brings unmatched expertise in guiding organizations through strategy, growth, and large-scale digital transformation. As Executive Vice President – HLS Business at Persistent Systems, Ganesh counsels leading payers, providers, medical device companies, health tech innovators, intermediaries, and pharmaceutical enterprises. His focus is on lever...

Send us a text Meet Ganesh Padmanabhan 🎙️ From a small town in Southern India to the cricket field, from mechanical engineering to a long career in tech across Asia and Corporate America, and now as a founder — Ganesh Padmanabhan has lived a journey defined by relationships, resilience, and reinvention. Today, he is building the most ambitious project of his lifetime — Autonomize AI. Ganesh believes that healthcare doesn’t lack data — it lacks context, actionability, and velocity. Despite dec...

Send us a text Meet Sonal Patel 🎙️ A certified professional medical auditor, coder, and educator, Sonal Patel is a seasoned healthcare professional who understands the business of medicine and helps organizations transform their coding and compliance practices to optimize revenue and reduce risk. Her expertise spans a wide range of specialties, including general surgery, gastroenterology, cardiology, oncology, neurology, nephrology, pulmonology, bariatrics, pathology, and more. With exception...

Send us a text Meet Jennifer McNamara 🎙️ With 22 years of experience in healthcare compliance and data analysis, Jennifer leads Healthcare Inspired LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to helping medical practices optimize performance, elevate patient care, and achieve strategic goals. Holding multiple credentials — CCS, CPC, CDEO, CRC, CPMA, COSC, CGSC, COPC, CPCI — Jennifer is a recognized expert in navigating the complex world of regulations and coding. Her passion? Empowering healthcare pr...

Send us a text Meet Andy Schoonover 🎙️ After a deeply personal experience exposed the flaws of the U.S. health insurance system, Andy set out to build something better. When his daughter suffered recurring ear infections and a ruptured eardrum, he followed every step “by the book”—only to receive an $8,000 bill later labeled “medically unnecessary.” That frustration became the spark for CrowdHealth, a more compassionate, peer-to-peer way to fund healthcare. Today, CrowdHealth has funded 99...

Send us a text Meet Anand Naik 🎙️ As CEO and Co-founder of Sequretek, Anand is on a mission to simplify security and empower enterprise growth without fear. Sequretek delivers end-to-end cybersecurity through its AI-driven Percept Cloud Security Platform, combining enterprise threat monitoring, incident response, device protection, and identity governance—all in one place. With AI at its core, Sequretek eliminates the need for manual rule-writing, automatically detecting malicious patterns...

Send us a text Meet the man shortening a 17-year problem in healthcare. Welcome to Episode 10 of Healthcare Journeys, where we spotlight leaders transforming the way care is delivered. Today’s guest is Chenniappan Solaiyappan, Senior Director, Product Management & Strategy for Government & Quality Solutions — and a trailblazer in turning healthcare data into real-time, evidence-based action. He scaled ClaimSphere into a national platform touching 30+ million lives across 30+ states...

Send us a text Meet Peter Horadan 🎙️ As CEO of Vouched, Peter is reshaping how organizations think about identity. Vouched makes identity verification simple, secure, and seamless—helping fintech, healthcare, and digital platforms onboard users with confidence. Today, Vouched powers hundreds of banks, fintechs, hospitals, healthcare systems, and leading startups, verifying identities in real-time with a frictionless experience for both developers and consumers. With Peter at the helm, Vouc...

Send us a text Meet Veer Gidwaney — our guest on the 9th episode of Healthcare Journeys. Veer is the CEO & Founder of Ansel Health, a bold new approach to supplemental health coverage designed to ensure health hardships don’t become financial burdens. Ansel covers over 13,000 conditions, paying benefits when people need it most. Before Ansel, Veer built and scaled two venture-backed companies acquired by Fortune 500 firms: Maxwell Health, an HR and benefits platform acquired by Sun Lif...

Send us a text Meet David Meyer — a truly seasoned healthcare executive, health-tech founder, and managed care government business operator with over 20 years of industry experience, and current Founder & CEO of Cogent Advisors and Meyer Kim Group. David plays dual leadership roles, guiding organizations across both payer and provider ecosystems: Cogent Advisors: Focused on operations, product design, strategy, sales and marketing, and revenue and quality consulting Meyer Kim Gro...

Send us a text Meet Danielle Bagnell who is the founder of MCDE. Risk Adjustment Educator. Provider Whisperer. And the voice behind Episode 7 of Healthcare Journeys by S2M Health. Danielle isn’t just teaching medical coding— She’s transforming how healthcare organizations approach education, documentation, and value-based care outcomes. From building Risk Adjustment Academies to training physicians nationwide, Danielle brings unmatched clarity to one of healthcare’s most complex corners. I...

Send us a text Meet RJ Kedziora — a visionary at the intersection of technology and healthcare. As co-founder of Estenda Solutions, RJ has spent over 30 years building innovative, cost-effective software and AI solutions that have transformed patient outcomes across the industry. From winning the HIMSS Davies Award to receiving the Health 2.0 Outstanding Leadership Award, his work has left an undeniable mark on healthcare innovation. With a B.S. in Computer Science from Duquesne University...

Send us a text Meet Ryan Dodson—an expert in Risk Adjustment who knows that accurate documentation isn’t just about numbers; it’s about better patient care. With 20+ years in management and operations and 15 years in the Risk Adjustment space, Ryan has helped multiple medical groups optimize their RAF scores, ensuring they receive the proper reimbursement while improving patient outcomes. His track record speaks for itself—he led a 10,000-member group to a 43% RAF score increase in two year...

Send us a text Meet Jacie Jeffery: A Champion for Quality Healthcare & Patient Advocacy Healthcare isn’t just about treatments—it’s about trust, access, and delivering care that truly makes a difference. Jacie Jeffery, Quality Manager at Hometown Health, has dedicated her career to ensuring evidence-based healthcare is accessible to all. Her passion lies in helping people heal through education and a healthy lifestyle, empowering individuals to take charge of their well-being. With a d...

Send us a text Meet Johnathon Koski, a healthcare advocate with a deeply personal connection to the industry. Having lost three family members to pancreatic cancer by the age of 16, Johnathon witnessed firsthand the challenges and inefficiencies within the healthcare system. Driven by a passion to improve healthcare, he embarked on a career journey that has spanned speech-language pathology, healthcare operations, policy, and management. With a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administratio...

Send us a text Meet Joseph Schneier, a seasoned entrepreneur and social impact leader, dedicated to improving the lives of older adults. As the founder and CEO of Circle, he's pioneering innovative solutions to address the complex challenges faced by this growing population. With a rich history of building successful companies and conducting impactful research, Joseph brings a wealth of experience to the table. His previous ventures have focused on early childhood literacy, language learnin...

Send us a text Meet Dr Ekaette Joseph-Isang, a visionary leader in healthcare transformation. With a proven track record in building scalable systems and a deep expertise in value-based care, population health, risk adjustment, and provider enablement, Dr E is driving positive change in the industry. Exclusively, only on Healthcare Journeys! Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a true expert in the field of healthcare innovation!