Board of Directors & Advisors

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Executive Leadership Team

Board of Directors and Advisors

Functional Leadership

Board of Directors

Sumithra Gomatam

Executive Chair of the Board

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Sumithra Gomatam

Executive Chair of the Board

Sumithra Gomatam is Executive Chair of the Omega HMS Board. She has over 30 years of experience in the information technology and business process services industry. Her previous experience includes several senior roles at Cognizant, where she spent over 24 years building, scaling, and nurturing multiple businesses that served clients globally. At Cognizant, she was president of digital operations, which she scaled and transformed to be technology-driven, using intelligent process automation and platforms with a significant focus on healthcare and big tech clients. Before that, she was at Tata Consultancy Services. 

Sumithra was recognized by Business Today as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Indian Business” in 2013 and was part of the NASSCOM BPM Leadership Council. She earned her B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Anurag Mehta

Chief Executive Officer & Board Member

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Anurag Mehta

Chief Executive Officer & Board Member

Anurag has 35 years of US corporate experience, 24 of which have been as a founder and leader of global organizations servicing the American healthcare ecosystem. In 2003, Anurag co-founded Omega Healthcare, a leading global revenue cycle management services provider that now employs 30,000+ employees across four countries and 11 cities. Before co-founding Omega with his business partner, Gopi Natarajan, Anurag spent the first 11 years of his career at Bayer Corporation, where he held numerous positions, starting in technical sales and then as a business unit leader and national sales manager. 

Anurag received his BSME in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1989 at the age of 19 and an MBA and MS-MoIS from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business.

Gerry McCarthy

Board Member

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Sumit Sachdeva

President

As President of Omega Healthcare, Sumit Sachdeva has overall strategic and operational responsibility. He oversees the key functions of global delivery and business enablement. He brings over 20 years of experience in the global healthcare services industry, building and growing businesses in the payer, provider, and life sciences segments. Before joining Omega, Sumit worked with several MNCs, including WNS, Cognizant, Hexaware/Caliber Point, and Xerox. 

Sumit earned an MBA from Indore University and a BE in Electronics and Telecom from Jabalpur University. He is also a certified Executive Coach and Six Sigma Champion.

Harsh Nanda

Board Member

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Harsh Nanda

Board Member

A much sought-after board member, Harsh currently serves on seven boards of directors, including Omega Healthcare, Digital Management, Infostretch, Slickdeals, Trader Interactive, and Qmetry. These companies operate in a wide range of industries, from digital strategy and transformation to IT and services, hospitals and healthcare, computer software, online media, and marketing and advertising. 

Harsh worked at Microsoft and Microsoft Research before joining investment banking firm Goldman Sachs in 2007. Starting as an associate, he is currently a partner in Goldman’s Corporate Equity Group within Asset Management.

Gerry earned degrees in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2000, in computer science from the University of Maryland in 2002, and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University in 2007, where he received the Dean’s Award for academic achievement.

Pim Valantagul

Board Member

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Pim Valantagul

Board Member

Pim is a vice president in the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs & Co., focusing on internet, technology, and technology-enabled services private equity investments, where she advances technology breakthroughs by investing strategically in digital innovators. Pim has been involved in transaction due diligence, execution, and investment management across the industrial and technology sectors. Between 2013 and 2015, she worked in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions within the industrial sector. Pim currently serves on the board of Digital Management, Inc., Apexon Corporation, Omega Healthcare Management Services, QMetry Inc., and Slickdeals.

Pim earned an artium baccalaureus degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 2013.

Avnish Mehra

Board Member

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Avnish Mehra

Board Member

Avnish Mehra applies two decades of experience in Asian and European global investment firms to his current role as senior managing director and co-head of Everstone Capital’s private equity business. His responsibilities include leading deal teams in the global technology/media and telecom sectors and overseeing Southeast Asian and cross-border private equity investments. He is also on the investment committee of the Private Equity Fund.

In addition to Omega Healthcare, Avnish serves on the boards of engineering technology company Infostretch, customer experience firm Everise, fintech firm Innoveo, medical device company Translumina, Indian hospital chain Sahyadri Hospitals, and Servion, which is in the call center vertical.

Avnish has a bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, and a master’s in economics degree from Cambridge University. He is also a chartered financial analyst charter holder from the CFA Institute in the US.

Suresh Vaswani

Chief Legal Officer

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Suresh Vaswani

Board Member

Suresh is a global technology and IT services leader with three decades of experience in top IT companies (Dell, IBM, and Wipro), where he has gained a successful track record for building, scaling, and transforming businesses. He is currently operating partner and senior director with Everstone Group. 

In addition to Omega Healthcare, Suresh serves on the boards of several Everstone Group investee companies, including engineering technology company Infostretch, Servion, which is in the call center vertical, and fintech firm Innoveo. As chairman of Everstone investee Acqueon, Suresh supports the board and the management teams in strategy, revenue acceleration, operational efficiencies, organizational construct and design, and mergers and acquisitions. He is also co-CEO of SPAC Global Synergy Acquisition Corp. and an independent director at Vodafone Idea Ltd.

Suresh has a management degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur

Rob DeMichiei

Growth Innovation Council Advisor

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Rob DeMichiei

Growth Innovation Council Advisor

Rob is the retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of UPMC, a $20B+ nonprofit health system and leading healthcare provider and insurer. During his time at UPMC, Rob implemented best practices in controllership, with UPMC achieving voluntary SOX 404 certification in 2006. He also led UPMC’s activity-based costing/service-line implementation and Consumerism initiatives. In addition to Finance, Rob led the Supply Chain Management and Revenue Cycle functions, driving integration, technology infusion, and process improvement/efficiency throughout the organization. Rob’s teams created a number of healthcare technology solutions, three of which were commercialized and spun off. Before his 16-year tenure at UPMC, DeMichiei held various executive finance roles with the General Electric Company (GE) and Price Waterhouse.

Rob currently serves as a Board Director for Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (NYSE; AP), Waystar Technologies, Inc., Auto Club Enterprises and AAA East Central. Rob also serves as a Strategic Advisor for Health Catalyst (NASDAQ; HCAT) and as a Board Advisor for Omega Healthcare Management Services. He also serves as a Board Director, and was the previous Board Chair, of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Finance Committee Chair of the Seton Hill University Board of Trustees. Rob is also the Treasurer and Board Director for The Advanced Leadership Institute (TALI).

Rob has a BA in Business Economics from the University of Pittsburgh.

Hamilton D. Shawn

Growth Innovation Council Advisor

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Hamilton D. Shawn

Growth Innovation Council Advisor

Hamilton serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Innovation and New Product Development and manages the New Product Development fund for UnitedHealth Group.  In that capacity, he identifies, vets, and executes on new product and business line opportunities for UnitedHealthcare and Optum.  

Previously, Hamilton managed corporate strategy and new ventures for The Advisory Board Company and new product development for Optum, launching multiple new technology and services businesses and managing several acquisition processes. Hamilton also managed The Advisory Board Company’s Care Variation business, a $150M+ portfolio of cost and quality-focused businesses and services and launched and managed the Financial Leadership Council, The Advisory Board’s best practice research program serving health system CFOs.

Prior to The Advisory Board, Hamilton served as an investment banker, advising clients on mergers and acquisitions. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  

Kelly Choi, MD

Growth Innovation Council Advisor

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Kelly Choi, MD

Growth Innovation Council Advisor

Dr. Kelly Choi is a healthcare industry veteran with nearly 20 years of commercial strategy and innovation experience in the healthcare sector. Over the past decade, she has served in commercial executive roles focused on growing and scaling healthcare-tech/biotech start-ups in precision medicine, oncology, and real-world evidence. She currently serves as Vice President of Customer Engagement Strategy at Novartis Pharmaceuticals. 

Her experiences include serving as SVP Marketing & Product Management for Element Biosciences, SVP of Life Sciences for Tempus Labs, Chief Commercial Officer for Onegevity Health (Division of Thorne HealthTech) and Genomoncology, and Chief Operating Officer of COTA, Inc. Other past experiences include time at McKinsey & Company and various commercial roles at Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation.

Dr. Choi received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Northwestern University, completed her internal medicine residency at Northwestern University Medical Center, and her clinical cardiology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center.

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