Danny has over 18 years of multi-faceted financial leadership in accounting, finance, and infrastructure development. Before joining Akeso Medical as the Chief Financial Officer, he was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of a Management Services Organization leading the accounting, finance, and strategic functions of an integrated multidisciplinary group of medical clinics and ambulatory surgery centers. He was responsible for the restructuring and infrastructure buildout growing the organization to over 30 locations through both acquisitions and organic growth. 

Previously, Danny served as the Senior Vice President of Finance for one of the country’s largest specialty diagnostic laboratories. He was instrumental in building the finance, accounting, and operational functions that raised over $2 billion in capital. Prior to his time in the laboratory space, Danny was a Director with KPMG, LLP on the Healthcare Transaction Services team, primarily advising private equity clients on both sell-side and buy-side transactions. With target acquisitions ranging from $10 million to $2 billion, Danny assisted clients on more than $10 billion in executed transactions.  Preceding his advisory experience, Danny worked in public accounting with Katz, Sapper, and Miller in Indianapolis where he earned his Certified Public Accountant license before earning the same in California.

Danny received a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Finance and Accounting from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. He also studied Economics of European Integration and Intercultural Communication at the University of Maastricht. He currently sits on the board of directors of several non-for-profit organizations including Boys and Girls Club of Vista and La Costa 35 Athletic Club.

Shankar Rao has provided technology oversight at leading healthcare companies for over 30 years. His experience in healthcare technology has been diverse from providers to payors to product companies and from start-up to Fortune 100 companies in a variety of roles. 

Most recently, he completed 13 years at UnitedHealth Group/Optum in a variety of technology leadership positions, including divisional Chief Information Officer, Health Information Exchange business unit General Manager and Vice President, SaaS product development and  delivery.

Shankar received a Bachelor of Technology from the University of Madras, India and an MBA from Peter F. Drucker School of Management, Claremont, California.

Hannah brings over 20 years of healthcare operations leadership experience to our team.  Before joining Akeso, she was most recently the Vice President of Operations for Concentra Urgent Care in the Pacific Region, responsible for the day-to-day operations of over 100+ clinics in California and Hawaii.  In this role Hannah successfully lead the operational efforts in transitioning and integrating the centers in California when Concentra acquired U.S. HealthWorks while leading her team in executing key strategic initiatives using a multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach and leveraging employee engagement.

Hannah began her career in occupational medicine when she joined U.S. HealthWorks in 2007, beginning as a Center Manager/Training Manager before progressing to Regional Director of Operations and then Regional Vice President of Operations in the West Region.  Passionate about providing the best possible care to patients while improving the overall patient experience and clinical outcomes, Hannah is responsible for the daily operations of all Akeso clinics.

Hannah received her Doctorate in Chiropractic from Southern California University of Health Sciences and her Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences from Chapman University.

Stephanie brings over 15 years of operations leadership experience combined with eight years of specialized human resources focused leadership to our team. Prior to joining Akeso, she successfully led the US human resources division at 85°C Bakery Café where she was responsible for 1800+ employees for this international company. In this role, she coordinated all administrative departments, was responsible for all training & development, compliance, safety management and OSHA related requirements, as well as overseeing talent acquisition and employee engagement programs.

Stephanie also has many years of operational experience for national restaurant chain Mimi’s Café. Since shifting her career to healthcare, she developed a reputation for bridging the gap between team members and corporate staff, with a strong emphasis on employee retention. Stephanie will be completing her SHRM-CP this fall.

As Akeso’s Workers' Comp Program Manager, Jessica is responsible for streamlining RFA and Referral processes to improve turnaround time and communications with providers, patients, employers, and insurance companies. She also works with local ancillary facilities to develop partnerships to keep medical treatment on track as well as mediating peer-to-peer treatment plan reviews with Akeso providers, claims examiners, risk managers, and employers to assist in positive RFA outcomes.

Prior to joining Akeso, Jessica was the Utilization Review Supervisor at MEDEX, where she streamlined processes for improving review time, created standard operating procedures to ensure URAC compliance, incorporated new California work comp labor laws/statues and worked with the Medical Director and legal counsel to review legislative changes. Prior to that, she was a Telephonic Nurse Case Manager at MEDEX, managing on average the care of over 65 high-profile/complicated patients such as psych and litigated cases.

Jessica received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. She worked for a major Southern California bank and the Westfield Corp. until shifting her career to nursing in 2013, graduating from the American Career College of Nursing. She spent the next four years working as a Licensed Vocational Nurse with rotations in ER, ICU, Telemetry, wound care, and geriatric care.