Vikram Kashyap,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Kashyap founded Canopy in 2004 and has served as CEO since its inception.
Kashyap guides the strategic direction of the company and is a recognized leader
in the use of technology that enables consumer-driven healthcare.
Prior to founding Canopy, Kashyap served on the senior management team of
electronic payments provider eMeta Corporation, whose clients included some of
the world’s largest financial services publishers and was acquired by
Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN). Kashyap also provided management consulting services
to American Express (NYSE: AXP) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), where he
worked on a series of strategic initiatives including corporate spin-outs,
product strategy, and service pricing.
Earlier in his career, Kashyap was with Battery Ventures, where he executed and
supported investments for a $1 billion technology venture capital fund. Kashyap
has also pioneered new research and treatment methods for chronic immunological
conditions.
Kashyap holds a BA from Harvard University.
Jeremy Blackburn,
President and Chief Operating Officer
As President and Chief Operating Officer, Blackburn leads day-to-day business
operations, sales, account management, marketing, engineering and product
development activities of the company. Blackburn is a recognized thought leader
in the field of healthcare financial services through a deep background in the
delivery of decision support and advanced analytic technologies to the
healthcare and retail financial services industries.
Prior to joining Canopy in 2005, Blackburn served as a division CEO for a
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) advanced technology business focused on decision
support technologies for payers, providers, and employers. Prior to UnitedHealth
Group, Blackburn served as Vice President of Global Professional Services for
Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE: FIC) where he led the development and
implementation of Fair Isaac's industry leading scoring, advanced analytic, and
enterprise decision management technologies for the world's largest financial
institutions.
Blackburn has also consulted to several Global 1000 companies on matters of
business and operational strategy as a management consultant for Andersen
Consulting.
Blackburn holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of
Business.
Anthony Banas,
Chief Technology Officer
As Chief Technology Officer, Banas directs the design and development of the
company’s Web and software applications, and oversees its data center and
network operations.
Prior to joining Canopy in 2005, Banas served in executive positions for several
leading technology companies, including Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE: FIC), the
world's foremost provider of advanced analytic and enterprise decision
management technologies and ADP (NYSE: ADP), a global innovator in transaction
processing and information services. Banas co-founded and led, as Chief
Technology Officer, the nation's largest institutional stock surveillance and
capital markets intelligence services firm, Ilios Partners. Prior to his work
with Ilios Partners, Banas served as the Chief Technology Officer for The
Customer Group, a niche, CRM-centric management consultancy.
Banas has contributed to several patents for scoring technologies and has
pioneered new search and selection algorithms for healthcare credit issuance and
account management.
Mr. Banas graduated from Loyola
University, where he earned a BS in Computer Science.
Luis Marcelo Doffo,
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Doffo joined Canopy Financial in 2006 and leads the
company’s sales and business development activities. Prior to joining Canopy
Financial, Doffo served as the Vice President of Business Development at
BenefitStreet, Inc. where he was responsible for architecting the business
development strategy and managing investment operations.
Doffo has also held senior executive positions at various technology and
financial services firms including Merrill Lynch (MYSE: MER), Citibank (NYSE:
C), and eBenefits.
Doffo is a graduate of the University of San Diego.
Scott Hazdra, Chief Security Officer
Hazdra is a recognized thought leader in the field of enterprise-class,
ASP-delivered technology security and network management.
Prior to joining Canopy in 2006 to lead the company's security and systems
management practices, Hazdra advised Fortune 100 clients on matters of
information technology security strategies, security practices and processes,
and implementing effective security policies for corporate security compliance.
Hazdra has held leadership senior engineering positions at Siemens (NYSE: SI),
R.R. Donnelly (NYSE: RRD), Harris Bank and 3Com (NASDAQ: COMS).
Hazdra has been certified by Cisco Systems, Siemens, 3Com, Avaya, Citrix,
Microsoft and TIA and is a member of the Information Systems Security
Association (ISSA) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE).
Hazdra is a graduate of Arizona State University.
John Ingram, Chief Administrative Officer
Ingram brings significant experience in varying operating capacities related to
mission-critical systems within large financial institutions.
Ingram established Canopy’s Six Sigma process improvement and process
optimization programs which has lead to measurable improvements in systems
delivery and overall service quality. Additionally, Ingram leads the company's
compliance and certification team which is responsible for establishing and
maintaining compliance with critical standards including SAS 70, PCI, and client
service levels.
Prior to joining Canopy in 2007, Ingram worked for Fifth Third Bank in several
capacities, and most recently helped launch the bank’s Health Savings Account
and healthcare banking products.
Ingram is a graduate of Mount St Joseph (Cincinnati).
Todd Rearden, Vice President, Product Development
Rearden has over 15 years of experience architecting and building
enterprise-class enabling technologies for Fortune 1000 companies.
Prior to joining Canopy in 2006 to lead the company's software development
organization, Rearden was the Consulting Manager for Magenic, a Chicago -based,
nationally recognized Microsoft solutions consulting firm.
Rearden has also held senior leadership and development positions at AON
Corporation (NYSE: AOC) and WhittmanHart Consulting.
Rearden holds a Masters degree in Management Information Systems from the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
Traci Roberts, Director of Marketing
Roberts is responsible for managing marketing and
communications services to Canopy’s clients, and has extensive knowledge about
the communication and education challenges facing employers and employees when
transitioning to consumer-driven healthcare benefits.
Prior to joining Canopy Financial in 2007, Roberts served as the Marketing
Manager for Health Savings Accounts at Kaiser Permanente, where she developed
and executed the HSA marketing plan throughout Kaiser and was involved in all
communications and training aspects of the custodial partnership. Prior to
Kaiser, Roberts served in various marketing and product management roles at
Charles Schwab & Company (NASDAQ: SCHW), including Senior Product Manager, where
she oversaw the creation of marketing collateral, regulatory communications, and
marketing campaigns relating to cash management, online bill payment and other
services . Roberts also worked in online marketing at Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC).
Roberts holds an MBA with an emphasis in Marketing from The University of Texas
at Austin.
Mark Wallace, Vice President, Professional Services
Wallace has a deep background in enterprise application management and enabling
technology solutions delivery to large financial institutions.
Prior to joining Canopy in 2007 to lead the company's professional services
unit, Wallace directed development and production support services at Federal
Home Loan Bank of Chicago. Prior to Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, Wallace
lead implementation services and the eCommerce consulting practice at ONE, Inc.,
a Chicago-based systems integrator focused on the Healthcare and Financial
Services vertical industries.
Wallace has consulted to several Global 1000 companies on matters of technology
and operational strategy as a management consultant for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Wallace is a graduate of Saint Louis University.
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