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Rudra Pandey, PhD, Executive Chairman
Rudra, a native of Nepal, works closely with the Deerwalk team in US and Nepal. Through Rudra’s hands-on
direction over the operations and technology teams, they are able to provide high quality and cost effective
services and solutions. Prior to Deerwalk, Rudra was the Chief Operating officer of Verisk Health where he led
all operations and research and development activities and was responsible for providing leadership to the
company’s offshore development center with over 300 software engineers.
Verisk Health was established following the acquisition of D2Hawkeye by Verisk Analytics (VRSK). Rudra was
one of the founders and Chief Technology Officer of D2Hawkeye, which provided data analytics and
decision-support tools to the healthcare industry.
Early in his career, Rudra worked as a business systems engineer and a database architect. He has extensive
consulting experience, having worked for several prestigious financial institutions and large healthcare
organizations. At Bank of America (formerly Fleet Bank), he played an integral leadership role in a major
business systems reengineering initiative, which enabled Fleet to successfully integrate their many strategic
acquisitions.
Rudra holds a bachelors degree in electronics engineering from Mehran University in Pakistan and a Ph.D. in
economics from Northeastern University in Boston.
Jeff Gasser, CPA, President
Jeff leads the business development, health care consulting, and strategy for Deerwalk. Prior to Deerwalk,
Jeff was the President of Gasser Consulting, Inc, which provided consulting services to physician practices
and entrepreneurial stage health care enterprises.
In addition, he was a co-founder of D2Hawkeye, Inc. with Rudra where he was the Chief Development
Officer. Prior to that, he was the co-founder of three companies, and has over 30 years of diversified experience in the health care industry.
He graduated from the University of Tampa and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Bill Higgins, Chief Operating Officer
Bill Higgins leads the finance and operations for Deerwalk as the Chief Operating Officer. Bill is an experienced health care executive with over 20 years experience. He has experience at the executive level in
many healthcare businesses including HMOs, hospital systems, managed care organizations, and physician
groups. As its first COO, he was instrumental in the nurturing of D2Hawkeye. Bill has an MBA from University of Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Jeff Rick, Chief Technology Officer
With over 15 years in the software industry, Jeff, a talented software engineer and architect, is also a skilled
leader with a demonstrated track record of motivating his teams to deliver high-quality and cost-effective
services and solutions. Prior to joining Deerwalk, Jeff was the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of
Rezzonate where he was responsible for the technology vision and led the development effort.
Earlier in his career, Jeff provided hands-on leadership of engineering groups at Cisco Systems, WebEx
Communications, and Intranets.com. These groups specialized in delivering web based applications for
businesses of all sizes.
Jeff holds a bachelors degree in computer science from Tufts University.
Jo Anne Hunt, ARNP CCM, SVP of Clinical Development
Jo Anne Hunt, a highly respected industry veteran in the area of health care product development, leads
Deerwalk’s clinical efforts as the SVP of Clinical Development. Ms. Hunt, a registered nurse, has extensive
experience in the areas of clinical product design and development. She worked at D2Hawkeye for more
than four years as head of clinical product development and also worked as clinical lead of product
development activities for Casenet. Prior to that, Jo Anne worked as a nurse practitioner in various clinical
settings and as a clinical data expert in Principal Financial Group. Jo Anne has a Masters in Nursing from
University of Iowa.
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