Duane brings more than 25 years of consulting experience helping organizations in various stages of maturity and stability spanning from fast growth expansion to distressed environments. He leads AArete’s Health: Payer industry practice line by advising health plans, MCOs, administrators and other healthcare services organizations on a variety of performance improvement and operational initiatives. Duane holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The Ohio State University.

Katie brings more than 12 years of consulting experience specific to strategic profitability improvement efforts and procurement and operational improvement services including vendor management, SLA creation, procurement process redesign, organizational review and contract management. Katie holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Saint Mary’s College and is also a Certified Public Accountant. Katie sits on the Board of Directors of Amandla Charter School in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and is an Executive Sponsor of AArete’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) to further support talent acquisition, development and retention of future female leaders.

Maulik is based out of AArete’s London office and leads AArete’s Digital and Data Services as well as International Business. Overall, Maulik comes with over 15 years of experience in Operational and Management Consulting across multiple industries working with Ernst & Young, Protiviti Consulting and Huron Consulting. He has experience leading large consulting engagements for clients delivering measurable bottom line improvement, digitally enabled process efficiencies and organizational change, through fact-based data intensive analysis combined with domain expertise. Maulik holds a Master of Business Administration degree from S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), a Bachelor in Accounting and Finance from Mumbai University, and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Six Sigma Green Belt. He is a published author and quoted industry expert in Managed Healthcare Executive, Chain Drug Review, ThinkAdvisor, American Pharmacists Association and Chain Store Age.

Prior to joining AArete, Maria began her career at Arthur Andersen where she provided audit and consulting services to privately-held companies in a variety of industries including the transportation, professional services and non-profit sectors. She subsequently served as the CFO for a provider of global brand management solutions. With nearly twenty years of consulting experience, Maria is a leader in AArete’s Healthcare Payment Intelligence™ practice with a focus on configuration and overpayment analytics, including Healthcare Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA) and other payment integrity issues. She works closely with leading insurance payers to design and implement comprehensive solutions that are customized to align with each client’s unique business requirements resulting in the early detection, recovery and prevention of overpayments in healthcare claims. She couples her depth of business knowledge with her expertise in healthcare to create innovative solutions that are tailored to meet the challenges healthcare payers currently face. Maria holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Iowa, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and belongs to the Illinois CPA Society. Additionally, Maria serves as President Elect of the University of Iowa Professional Accounting Council, is an Executive Sponsor of AArete’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) and is also a member of the Women Business Leaders (WBL) of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation.

Prior to joining AArete, Paul began his career at Huron Consulting Group where he worked on corporate disputes and fraud investigations. With nearly 10 years of consulting experience across a variety of industries including extensive experience with healthcare payers, working with several large national payers, regional payers, and integrated health systems. He specializes in using data analytics to drive strategic decisions and operational improvements that result in significant bottom line improvement with minimal disruption to an organization. Paul directed and oversaw five engagements with state Medicaid Health Plans of 20M+ member payer that resulted in over $200M of savings and led an engagement with 4M+ member national Medicaid payer that achieved $25M of annual recurring savings through identification and implementation of unit cost, utilization management, and configuration opportunities. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business with concentrations in Business Economics & Public Policy and Finance and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Kevin specializes in data analytics and mining, business process improvement, strategic sourcing solutions and leading strategic profitability improvement initiatives. His broad range of healthcare experience, including both the Provider and Payer side, makes him an integral member of AArete’s analytics team. Kevin has worked with large managed care organizations (MCOs) and hospitals to deliver cost savings results and operational and strategic business insight. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and was recognized as a Consulting Magazine “2019 Rising Stars of the Profession – Consulting’s 35 under the age of 35” award winner.

John has over 30+ years of cross–industry consulting and operations improvement experience. His continues to provide profit improvement services to a range of companies including healthcare providers, healthcare payers, technology, retail, and other. His work includes strategic profitability improvement, revenue cycle improvements, gross margin improvements, process redesign, and technology implementation services. John has a particular focus on organizational change management supporting his clients in developing strategies for advancing their business to meet new business and regulatory challenges. He is a known innovator and driver of change that produces results by communicating to all levels of the organization. John has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management Information Systems from Pace University, is a member of HFMA and is a published author in Managed Healthcare Executive, CFO and Financial Executives.

Paul has an extensive track record of developing new and innovative approaches to complex clinical, IT, operational and market opportunities as a leader of AArete’s healthcare strategy and operations service lines. He has served in various roles as a business developer, senior executive, CTO and industry thought leader. He has extensive experience in and broad knowledge of clinical and business informatics and technology enablers and provides proven and successful approaches to clients in the healthcare provider and payer sectors. His recent focus has been on sustainable reduction of cost-of-care and advising health systems on the enablers required for bearing risk and improving outcomes on populations. Paul has Bachelors and Masters degrees from The University of Texas.

Dane has nearly 10 years of experience across a variety of industries including healthcare pharmaceuticals, healthcare payers, education and diversified industrial. He specializes in using data analytics to identify operational efficiencies leading to strategic profitability improvement. He has applied these skills as a lead in AArete’s pharmacy practice, assisting payers in designing their pharmacy programs, optimizing existing controls and negotiating with 3rd party vendors. In his career, he has negotiated $100M+ in vendor cost reduction and delivered an additional $100M in operational efficiency improvements. Dane holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and is a published author in Chain Drug Review.

Brian Moy advises health plans, Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and other health service organizations in driving implementable solutions to solve complex issues and delivering measurable results that positively impact the bottom line. He provides expertise in data analytics and deep industry knowledge and leads AArete’s Health: Pharma and Payment Intelligence (TM) service lines. He has led numerous engagements achieving results through unit strategic profitability improvement initiatives, optimization of utilization or demand management, quality enhancement and promotion of positive outcomes, improving revenue/Payment Intelligence™  and enhancing reporting and compliance capabilities. Brian holds a Masters of Science degree in Communications from Northwestern University, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from North Park University, an Associate of the Arts degree in Communication Studies,  is Certified in Conflict Transformation from North Park University and is a published author in Chain Drug Review.

Mike Kim is Vice President Data & Analytics and Head of AArete’s Center of Data Excellence (CODE). Mike’s over 15 years of analytics experience includes technical delivery of machine learning/predictive models, implementation of advanced database designs, custom application development, and thought leadership for various analytic strategies. Representing healthcare, entertainment, professional sports, and numerous other industries, Mike co-leads AArete’s Digital & Data Services solutions and international expansion efforts. He holds a PhD in Health Policy and Management from Johns Hopkins University, a Masters of Public Health degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Brown University. Mike is a published author in Chain Drug Review, American Pharmacists Association, Mass Market Retailers, Retail TouchPoints, Advertising Age, Retail IT Insights, Managed Healthcare Executive, Property Casualty 360 and Financial Executives.

Ravi brings over 10 years of diverse experience for both payer and provider clients through revenue enhancement, strategic development and strategic profitability improvement perspectives. His expertise is focused on comprehensive performance improvement and leveraging deep data analysis to drive process redesign and policy implementation. He has led various solution deliveries through utilization optimization, contract management and Payment Intelligence™. Ravi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences from Marquette University,  a Juris Doctor with a health law focus from Indiana University and is a published author in Medical Economics and ThinkAdvisor.

With extensive expertise in data analytics and spend management, including strategic sourcing, vendor relationship management and demand management, Mark brings with him a broad toolset of strategic profitability improvement capabilities and is responsible for day-to-day project execution and client management. Mark holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Cornell University, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and is a published author in CFO Magazine.