Our Leadership Team
Meet our experienced C-suite and executive leadership: a team with over 250 years of combined industry experience.
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Derek A. Bang, CPA, CGMA
CEO
As CEO of Kodiak Solutions, Derek fosters a growth mindset and innovation throughout the company.
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Dan Gautschi, MHA
COO
As COO of Kodiak Solutions, Dan leads business operations and directly oversees the sales, marketing, IT, product engineering, and HR functions.
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John Donaldson
CFO
John is an accomplished growth leader, having served as CFO and driven the successful growth of five private equity-backed businesses.
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Ken Ruiz
Chief Revenue Officer
Ken brings more than 20 years of experience providing value to healthcare organizations through financial, revenue cycle, and risk solutions.
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Colleen O. Hall, MBA
SVP, Revenue Cycle
Colleen has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, with 15 spent providing consulting services to academic medical centers and more.
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Dan Yunker, MBA
SVP, Risk and Compliance
Dan brings more than 30 years of experience providing solutions to and serving in the healthcare provider industry.
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Julia Prospero
Interim General Counsel
Julia comes to her role at Kodiak with 15 years of healthcare experience, displaying expertise in contract negotiations, regulatory compliance, contract management, and optimizing business opportunities.
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Nicole Reinhart, MBA
Chief Marketing Officer
Nicole brings a wealth of healthcare and marketing experience to her role as Chief Marketing Officer at Kodiak Solutions.
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Melissa Dill
Chief Privacy Officer
Melissa has deep healthcare expertise with more than 37 years of healthcare leadership, technology, operations, and consulting experience.
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Steve Hallisey
Chief Information Security Officer
With 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, he is instrumental in devising and executing robust strategies that shield the enterprise from the dynamic cyberthreat landscape.
These executives combine deep subject matter expertise, technology, and tech-enabled services to transform healthcare, financial services, and other industries.
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Megan Beasley
VP, Revenue Cycle
Megan brings more than 15 years of healthcare industry experience providing operational, financial, and revenue cycle advisory services to hospitals, health systems, and physician practices.
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Eric Boggs
VP, Revenue Cycle
Eric is a growth leader at Kodiak, where he harnesses his deep expertise in technology and revenue cycle management.
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Eric Busch
VP, Finance and Reimbursement
Eric has more than 20 years of experience providing strategic, financial, and reimbursement advisory services to health systems and physician practices.
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Tracey Coyne
VP, Finance and Reimbursement
Tracey brings more than 20 years of healthcare finance operations experience to her role at Kodiak, including more than 10 years with a Big Four firm. Previously, she served as a partner in the healthcare services group at Crowe LLP.
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Jamshid Ebadi
VP, Unclaimed Property
Jamshid has more than 20 years of business consulting experience, with a primary focus on assisting customers with their unclaimed property needs.
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Andrew Holloway
VP, Finance and Reimbursement
Based in Indianapolis, Andrew has more than 20 years of experience in technology consulting, specializing in healthcare finance and accounting.
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Ryan Herr
VP, Finance and Reimbursement
Ryan has 12-plus years of professional experience in finance and accounting-based consulting services.
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Eric Jolly
VP, Risk and Compliance
Eric has more than 20 years of internal and external auditing, consulting, accounting, and hospital management experience, which has provided him with unique insights into financing, revenue cycle, and patient care matters.
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Bryan Rector
VP, Finance and Reimbursement
Bryan brings 20 years of experience in healthcare finance and reimbursement, product management, and net revenue consulting to his role at Kodiak.
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Shameka Smith
VP, Risk and Compliance
Shameka has more than 25 years of professional internal audit and consulting experience, including 13 years in healthcare.
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Jay Sutton
VP Finance and Reimbursement
Jay brings more than 20 years of professional experience in healthcare finance and regulatory consulting to his role at Kodiak.
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Michael Unger
VP, Unclaimed Property
Michael has assisted complex, multinational companies with a variety of unclaimed property matters, specializing in annual compliance, exemption analysis and liability reduction, state voluntary disclosures, and audit defense representation.