Chairman and CEO
After a career in technology entrepreneurial software development, Bill Benter executed his vision of creating a leading outsourced medical transcription organization with the inception of Acusis in 2001. The large network of clients and transcriptionists within Acusis contribute to the continued software and people excellence that puts Acusis in a category of its own, providing medical transcription services with Higher Standards.
Chief Financial Officer
Larry Jackson has over twenty years of financial experience that includes working in public accounting, energy, and manufacturing. Larry joined Acusis in 2005 as the Chief Financial Officer.Prior to joining Acusis, Mr. Jackson served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Kopp Glass Inc. Previous positions held include Corporate Controller and Treasurer.
Chief Operations Officer
Ananda Sanjeev’s professional career over 23 years has been dedicated to creating bigger, better, and fresher value propositions that his clients and teams find exciting. He is passionate about the pursuit of business process excellence in operations being the only acceptable constant and is most joyous when he is translating his ideas into a pioneering new technology or an innovative business processes that makes a positive impact to Acusis’ topline and bottom line each year.
Vice President- IT & Customer Care
Aditya Kumar has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Aditya joined Acusis IT Team in 2003 and in 2018 took over global responsibility as Vice President – IT & Customer Care. Mr. Kumar is heading all customer service related functions including managing customer satisfaction and measuring service delivery level in terms of response time, quality and turnaround time
Vice President of Coding Operations
Christi Roberts has been in the Health Information Management Industry for 20 years and has partnered with many reputed facilities throughout the US to assist with their Health Information Management functions.
After a career in high technology entrepreneurial software development, Bill Benter executed his vision of creating a leading outsourced medical transcription organization with the inception of Acusis in 2001. The large network of clients and transcriptionists within Acusis contribute to the continued software and people excellence that puts Acusis in a category of its own, providing medical transcription services with Higher Standards. In addition to his Chairman responsibilities, Mr. Benter’s role as CEO allows him to focus on providing strategic direction with regards to international development activities. This ensures Acusis software and hardware systems deliver world-class performance.
Mr. Benter was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and studied at Case Western Reserve, University of Bristol (England), and the University of Pittsburgh. He is an enthusiastic and long-term Rotary Club member who follows the Rotary model of "Service above Self".
Larry Jackson has over twenty years of financial experience that includes working in public accounting, energy, and manufacturing. Larry joined Acusis in 2005 as the Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining Acusis, Mr. Jackson served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Kopp Glass Inc. Previous positions held include Corporate Controller and Treasurer.
Mr. Jackson earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Robert Morris University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Later, he earned his Master’s Degree in Business from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business.
Ananda Sanjeev’s professional career over 23 years has been dedicated to creating bigger, better, and fresher value propositions that his clients and teams find exciting. He is passionate about the pursuit of business process excellence in operations being the only acceptable constant and is most joyous when he is translating his ideas into a pioneering new technology or an innovative business processes that makes a positive impact to Acusis’ topline and bottom line each year. Nothing excites him more than being in the hunt for companies to acquire and successfully farm and merge them into Acusis. His entrepreneurial zeal takes him over every couple of years that sees him starting, struggling at times of course & eventually scaling newer business verticals creating more growth opportunities.
Ananda is Acusis’ founding employee and leads Acusis’ clinical documentation, medical coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions businesses. He takes immense pride in how consistently and creatively a global operations of 1200+ personnel spread across US, India and Philippines commit themselves each day to delivering higher standards and considers being in a position to serve and lead this global team since Y2001 his greatest professional privilege.
Prior to Acusis, Ananda held positions with respected global automobile companies like Tata Motors and Volvo as a design engineer. Ananda holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
Aditya Kumar has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Aditya joined Acusis IT Team in 2003 and in 2018 took over global responsibility as Vice President – IT & Customer Care. Mr. Kumar is heading all customer service related functions including managing customer satisfaction and measuring service delivery level in terms of response time, quality and turnaround time. Aditya is managing Acusis global IT security, infrastructure provisioning, planning, installation and operations.
Prior to joining Acusis, Mr. Kumar has worked at Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), Shyam Telecom and DSS Mobile Communications. Aditya's qualifications include MBA (Information Systems), Diploma (Electronics & Communication Engineering), and various Cisco certifications.
Earl Schweinsberg has over thirty years of experience in software engineering, project management, and providing technology solutions in manufacturing and healthcare. Earl joined Acusis in 2006.
Prior to joining Acusis, Earl served as a principle engineer and project manager for Siemens, Voest-Alpine Industries and Davy International.
Earl earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Grove City College and his Master of Science in Business Information Systems from Robert Morris University.
Christi Roberts has been in the Health Information Management Industry for 20 years and has partnered with many reputed facilities throughout the US to assist with their Health Information Management functions. She is a graduate of Santa Barbara City College where she graduated with Honors and earned her Associates of Science degree in Health Information Technology. Christi continued her studies and graduated from the University of Cincinnati where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences.
As a credentialed Registered Health Information Administrator, Certified Coding Associate, and an AHIMA-Approved ICD 10 CM/PCS Trainer she has mastery of experience in the areas of Coding, Auditing, Education, Revenue Cycle Management and Interim Management. Christi is passionate about cultivating and being consist in all aspects of delivery be it quality, client engagement, turnaround time, responsiveness to complaints and believes in going that extra mile every time and that is clearly why our clients & her team adore working with her.
Vince Palermo is a seasoned veteran in the field of sales, business development and services, helping companies of all sizes dramatically grow their business and increase profitability. Vince joined Acusis in 2019 as Vice President, Sales.
Prior to joining Acusis, Vince served as Director of Sales for Iagnosis, where he built the largest on-line Dermatology network of providers in the US. In addition to healthcare, Vince has extensive sales experience in digital marketing and telecommunications.
Vince earned his Bachelor’s Degree from John Carroll University.
Vince Palermo is a seasoned veteran in the field of sales, business development and services, helping companies of all sizes dramatically grow their business and increase profitability. Vince joined Acusis in 2019 as Vice President, Sales.
Prior to joining Acusis, Vince served as Director of Sales for Iagnosis, where he built the largest on-line Dermatology network of providers in the US. In addition to healthcare, Vince has extensive sales experience in digital marketing and telecommunications.
Vince earned his Bachelor’s Degree from John Carroll University.
Josh has over 18 years’ experience in the revenue cycle management field, working with both solo & group Physician practices.
His unique background as owner and operator of Vital Physician Services, a full service revenue cycle management company, has provided him with a wealth of knowledge and insight into the operational and financial concerns of the private practice Physician. Having worked in this environment for the majority of his career has prepared him to deeply understand the concerns of our clients and prospects alike.
Josh has a true passion for identifying practitioners in need and providing them with the resources and people necessary to make important changes.
At Acusis, our business focus is to simplify clinical documentation processes using the right mix of skills and technology. As an industry leader, we are compelled by our overriding passion for continuous customer satisfaction driven by superior processes. That’s how we offer a comprehensive solution for integrated clinical documentation services to various health systems, hospitals, large clinics, and Physician practices
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