Four Points Health Leadership Team
Jeff Hatfield
CEO and Co-Founder
Jeff is one of the top transformational leaders in the healthcare industry. He has dedicated the past 20 years of his career to advancing intelligent automation for dozens of the top US providers and payers designing and implementing solutions that have netted clients more than $2B annually in reduced costs and increased revenue.
While building several startup healthcare automation practices, Jeff has developed numerous revolutionary ecosystem solutions in areas like Continuum of Care and Revenue Cycle Management that are considered true game-changers in the industry. He maintains a laser focus on improving both the patient and clinician experiences, driving positive patient outcomes and delivering cost reduction and revenue increase.
Jeff also founded the CIAC (Clinical Intelligent Automation Council) bringing top physicians, executives and academics together to create automation solutions for healthcare’s top challenges. He speaks frequently at industry events, always willing to share ideas and finding ways to make healthcare better.
Joe McCann
CFO/CRO and Co-Founder
Joe McCann is a business executive and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of domestic and international experience, primarily in financial services and healthcare. As Co-Founder, CFO, and CRO of Four Points Health, Joe leads financial management, revenue strategy, business development, and strategic partnerships, helping guide the company’s growth and the commercialization of its patented ACIS platform.
Throughout his career, Joe has held leadership positions with KPMG, Deloitte, Wipro Consulting Services, CSC (now DXC Technology), and NTT DATA. At Wipro, he served as Practice Partner with P&L responsibility. He spent approximately 15 years with venture capital- and private equity-backed companies, opening new markets, building commercial relationships and business operations, and managing strategic and channel partnerships. He also founded a consultancy serving financial services and trading organizations.
Joe holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the State University of New York and pursued graduate studies in Business Administration at Mercer University’s Stetson-Hatcher School of Business. His community involvement includes volunteer service with Habitat for Humanity and in the emergency department at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, along with support for charitable organizations serving children, families, and military veterans.
Chris Rogers
Vice President, Client Success
With over 15 years of experience in healthcare, Chris has become an expert in intelligent automation within the healthcare industry. His expertise spans various domains including revenue cycle management, clinic administration, and direct patient care. Chris's journey in healthcare commenced as a Burn ICU technician and evolved into leadership roles in clinic operations. Subsequently, he transitioned into revenue cycle management, spearheading data analytics initiatives and obtaining his national RCM certification within a 40+ hospital system.
Throughout his career, Chris has honed a unique ability to integrate clinical, analytical, and technical proficiencies to propel high-value process improvement and automation, resulting in millions of dollars in annual ROI. Currently, at Four Points Health, he leads the Advisory and Development teams, driving the design and development of cutting-edge healthcare intelligent automation solutions for numerous healthcare organizations.
Moreover, Chris served in the US Army for over ten years, earning recognition as a decorated combat veteran. His deployment with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in 2003 to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom profoundly influenced his career trajectory towards healthcare.
David Knea
Vice President, Operations and Applied AI
David brings more than 30 years of experience helping organizations navigate growth, operational change, and technology transformation. At Four Points Health, he works across the organization to strengthen operations, improve execution, and apply AI in ways that create lasting value for the business and the people it serves.
Before joining Four Points Health, David founded Botmata, an AI and automation company serving clients across the United States and Europe, and led it through a successful acquisition. As Vice President, Finance Technology and Innovation at American Express, he owned a $90 million global innovation portfolio and built the governance and measurement frameworks that moved AI and automation work from pilots to enterprise scale. Earlier, at The Hershey Company, he directed global product strategy for the sales, trade, and finance platforms behind a $10 million technology portfolio.
David holds an MBA with high honors from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and a BA in computer science from Concordia University Chicago, and completed MIT Professional Education’s Applied Agentic AI for Organizational Transformation. He believes the most successful AI initiatives begin with strong operations, clear governance, and a relentless focus on improving the experience of the people who rely on them.
Our Advisors
Christopher Kunney
Christopher has more than 25 years of experience transforming healthcare through people-first, purpose-driven innovation. He is Managing Partner and Digital Transformation Strategist at IOTECH Consulting and serves as CTO for Ask Me Your MD and Niihara International, bringing a 360-degree perspective shaped by executive roles across health systems, health IT vendors, and advisory firms.
His leadership roles include Senior Vice President of Digital Acceleration at Divurgent, Chief of Strategy and Business Development at DSS Inc., Senior Vice President of Healthcare IT at Coker Group, Executive Director of Emerging HIT at AT&T, and CIO at Piedmont Healthcare, where he led the launch of JUNO EHR and JUNO Health. His expertise spans digital health roadmapping, interoperability, telehealth, data governance, and patient engagement.
Christopher is the founder and host of the podcast “Straight Outta Health IT,” a past chair of the Industry Advisory Committee for Morehouse School of Medicine’s MS program in Healthcare Informatics, and a TEDx speaker. A HIMSS Fellow and 2024 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient, he holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Fort Valley State University and an Executive MS in Management of Technology from Georgia Tech.
Donald Wright
Donald is a founder-level executive and operator with decades of experience building, scaling, and leading high-growth companies across healthcare technology, precision medicine, enterprise software, and advanced analytics. He has served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Technology Officer, guiding organizations from early concept through commercialization, rapid growth, and strategic exit.
As founder and COO of Assurex Health, Donald grew the pharmacogenomics company behind the GeneSight test from launch to nearly 500 employees, raising more than $60 million in equity before its 2016 acquisition by Myriad Genetics, recognized as Venture Ohio's Exit of the Year. Earlier, he led a 7,500-person software organization at Attachmate and co-founded SaaS Capital, where he served as CTO.
A trusted board-level executive, Donald serves on the board of The Proper Group and previously served as Chairman of Inagene Diagnostics and on the board of the American Association of Suicidology. Known for a mission-driven leadership style grounded in operational rigor, he is equally effective setting strategy with boards and investors and driving execution across product, technology, and go-to-market teams. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, with a minor in Business, from Xavier University.
Sandra Van Trease
Sandra is a retired healthcare executive and independent board director with more than 20 years of experience serving on the boards of public companies, as well as private, higher education, and community organizations. She retired in 2020 as Group President of BJC HealthCare, a $6 billion clinically integrated health system in St. Louis, and President of BJC HealthCare’s ACO, where she led hospital and medical group operations, population health and value-based care, virtual care development, and digital transformation initiatives.
Earlier, Sandra served as President and CEO of UniCare, a WellPoint company, and as President, COO, CFO, and board member of RightChoice Managed Care, the former parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri. She began her career with 12 years at Price Waterhouse. Her board service includes Enterprise Financial Services Corp., Peabody Energy, QuikTrip, Drury Development, EmpowerMe Wellness, and PotentiaMetrics, with roles including Audit Chair and Nominating & Governance Chair.
A CPA and CMA, Sandra is NACD Directorship Certified and has chaired the Policy Committee of the National Association of ACOs. She holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and an undergraduate business degree from the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
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