KYTHERA - Key Persons


Jay Galbreath

Job Titles:
  • Finance & Operations / Co - Founder
Jay leads the finance and operations of Kythera Labs. He is a Certified Public Accountant with over 15 years of experience in healthcare strategy, finance, and revenue cycle management. Jay is known for establishing strong partnerships with healthcare businesses, especially providers.

Jeff McDonald - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Co - Founder
Jeff is a serial entrepreneur and growth leader who successfully envisioned and developed analytical products and platform technologies to empower growth. He has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, combining his technology, innovation, and analytic product development experience with his conviction in the power of teamwork to help organizations succeed.

Jeremy Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Business Development
Jeremy leads the sales team and is responsible for sales, revenue generation, and customer relationship development. He is an accomplished sales executive who brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of healthcare and technology.

Lisa Wood

Job Titles:
  • Customer Success & Operations
  • Director of Customer Success and Operations
Lisa, Associated Director of Customer Success and Operations at Kythera Labs, focuses on finding opportunities for efficiency through trend analysis and automation development. Lisa has over 16 years of experience in Healthcare, from payment integrity to Data Analytics & Healthcare Economics, driving collaborative partnerships to support our clients' utilization of Healthcare big data and application of organization-changing insights.

Matt Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Engineering / Co - Founder
Matt leads the data engineering team and is responsible for architecture, engineering, and technical operations at Kythera labs. He has over 30 years of experience in software development and enterprise architecture, including big data environments for healthcare, finance, and telecommunications. Matt has been recognized by Databricks as one of their top 10 innovators.

Richa Joshi

Job Titles:
  • Data Analytics
Richa is a Senior Data Analyst at Kythera Labs, supporting strategic initiatives and projects at client organizations and Kythera Labs by analyzing and packaging data. Richa is an analytical problem solver with ten years of Healthcare data experience that includes working with claims, providers, and patient data to help confidently answer business-changing questions.

Russ Sacks

Job Titles:
  • Data Science & Operations Research / Co - Founder
Russ leads the Data Science and Operations Research team at Kythera. He has over 20 years of experience in operations research, process excellence, data science, and software development. He has implemented data science models and predictive analytics to manage diseases, utilization, and revenue cycles at numerous healthcare organizations. Russ is also a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Ryan Leurck

Job Titles:
  • Product / Co - Founder
Ryan leads the Analytics and Products teams at Kythera Labs. He is an engineer and data scientist with over 13 years of experience in operations research, system-of-system design, and research and development portfolio valuation and analysis. Ryan received his start on the research faculty at The Georgia Institute of Technology Aerospace System Design Lab where he led researchers in the application of machine learning and big data technologies.