​Daniel L. Rizzo

Chief Innovation Officer

Mr. Rizzo serves as Chief Innovation Officer for MedAssurant. In this role, Mr. Rizzo holds responsibility for the coordination and oversight of all product development and material product updates and expansions of capability; including design, functionality, development, quality testing processes, and modularized rollouts and operational expansions. Mr. Rizzo is also responsible for all aspects of the Company’s dataset assets, including processes to support and achieve the high integrity, reliability, and security; accuracy and efficiency of integration; comprehensive policies and procedures for the access and utilization; and ultimate realization of value for the Company, clients, and the health care community. In addition to these roles, Mr. Rizzo serves as the Company’s Security Officer. Prior to this role, Mr. Rizzo has served a number of key roles at MedAssurant including the Company’s Chief Product Officer and has been responsible for all major product roll-outs since the Company first started major operations.

Prior to this role at MedAssurant, Mr. Rizzo has served a number of senior management positions assigned to the oversight of data analytics and processing; data integration and mapping aspects of the service delivery process; oversight and implementation of the company’s information technology security policies and procedures; and the coordination of financial planning and modeling associated with new product design. On behalf of MedAssurant, Mr. Rizzo has led the development and data processing of MedAssurant’s HEDIS Advantage™ and CARA™ solutions and serves in a key role on MedAssurant’s data integration and processing teams.

Prior to assuming his current position with MedAssurant, Mr. Rizzo served as Vice President of Product Development for Founding Advisors, Inc., a specialized management consulting firm. In the service of Founding Advisors, Mr. Rizzo served in various product development roles on behalf of Founding Medical Informatics, Inc. and the Medical Reliance Group, LLC, including leading the technology and software design and development of the core products of Medical Site Reviewers.

Prior to joining Founding Advisors, Mr. Rizzo was a senior consultant at Arthur Andersen, LLP, where he advised clients in the health care, telecommunications, and insurance industries. In his capacity as lead analyst, Mr. Rizzo performed in-depth data analysis and financial investigations of health and life insurance companies in order to evaluate appropriate recapture of reinsurance receivables and government coverage for customers of life insurance companies in liquidation. While at the firm, he also performed in-depth industry financial investigations in support of clients’ strategic expansion and investment decisions.

Mr. Rizzo holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor of arts degree in Business Administration from Loyola College in Maryland.