Who We Are

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Technology done well, does good.

Our mission is to exploit the power of technology for good, by creating innovative, well-designed tools that improve lives and effect change.

We believe data-driven decision making and user-centered principles are the keys to high-quality software.

We believe in a product mindset, focused on iterative, continual improvement rather than big reveals, ensuring satisfaction at every step of the way. 

Who We Are

Our Culture

Empathy

We know all good products start with empathy – for the end users and for our clients.

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Transparency

We let our clients see behind the scenes – into our tools, our research, and even retrospectives. We’ve learned that more transparency earns more trust.

We have over 25 years of thoughtful leadership and experience.

Continual Improvement

We employ an iterative approach to our products, processes, and ourselves to ensure that we are constantly moving in the right direction, one step at a time.

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Collaboration

Success comes from a true partnership: from discovery to our sprint-based implementation process, we want your input so that we can grow something great together.

Our Leadership

Expertise across multiple disciplines

Akram Khan

President

Akram Khan has 20 years of professional experience working as a technology executive and manager. His work as a technologist includes broad experience in multiple industries, spanning financial services, e-commerce, defense/cyber, health care, education, and more. He has experience with promoting the adoption of new systems and technologies through thoughtful user experience and industry specific outreach. His teams at Pantheon have implemented innovative systems on top of cloud infrastructure, on mobile platforms, using open source and proprietary tools, and on traditional desktops. He has been involved in the commercialization of multiple start up applications. Akram is currently the President of Pantheon and holds an MS in the Management of Information Technology from the University of Virginia and a BA in Government from the College of William and Mary. 

Oron Strauss

Chairman

Oron serves as Chairman of Pantheon, working closely with the rest of the management team to help drive the company’s strategy and growth.   He is a results-driven entrepreneurial executive, with more than 24 years of experience in helping to manage emerging growth companies across multiple industries.  He is Managing Partner of MOST Ventures, LLC, a private firm that invests a combination of its own capital, outside capital, and its direct operational involvement in a small portfolio of emerging businesses. He is also CFO and a Director at IDS International, a fast-growing government services firm that works across the globe, including conflict zones, supporting a wide variety of agencies and clients, delivering quality, multidisciplinary solutions to the world’s most complex problems.  He is Co-founder and a Director of Babel Health, a venture-backed healthcare data management software company.  He serves as a Director of Bravely, a boutique creative consultancy, and Managing Partner of High Heat Real Estate.   

Oron previously founded and was CEO of Net.Capitol, Inc., a leading developer of Internet-based products and services for public affairs and political organizations. He managed the successful growth and eventual sale of Net.Capitol to Netivation. Following this transaction, Oron served as president and CEO of Netivation’s political division, Votenet.  

Oron graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with Bachelors degrees in history and government. He currently resides in Alexandria, VA, with his wife, three kids, and two dogs.

Mark Tobias

CEO

Mark is Pantheon’s lead strategist, working closely with several key clients and is responsible for all operational aspects of our business. Mark is a recognized expert in the application of technology to non-profit and business strategies and is a trusted resource for Pantheon’s clients. Mark’s technical background includes the design and development of database management systems, custom web applications, server farms, e-commerce transactions, and application service provider (ASP) products. In addition, he has developed and managed consulting methodologies and sales strategies for the products and services he has designed. Mark has taught classes and lectured on numerous topics including: innovative uses of the Internet for non-profits, content management systems, high-availability hosting, uses of the Internet in educational environments, web development, database management systems, management of outsourcing, electronic commerce, and Internet marketing in politics.  

Mark previously was a principal in and Vice-President of Consulting for Net.Capitol, Inc., a leading developer of Internet-based products and services for public affairs and political organizations. Mark helped manage the successful growth and eventual sale of Net.Capitol to Netivation.com, where he worked as the Chief Operating Officer of Netivation’s Votenet political division.  

Mark graduated from Washington and Lee University with a BA in Political Science. Mark lives with his wife and son in Bethesda, MD. 

Hossam Ahmed

Director of Technology

Hossam Ahmed is an experienced software developer and solution architect with more than 10+ years of hands on experience in developing, designing and deploying mission critical products and solutions. Hossam is a team player and self-starter with extensive leadership & management skills that maximizes the productivity and profitability of any organization through developing effective solutions. Hossam is Pantheon's lead developer on the Quality Indicators project, where he was responsible for the architecture and service APIs for WinQI. Deep experience in product development design and development using different platforms and technologies such as: Amazon Web Services, SAS, R, CMS solutions, including, Drupal, .NET, Java, PHP, Python and C++. Prior to Pantheon, Hossam worked at the Santeon Group as a Senior Architect, where he led complex collaboration solutions based on service-oriented architecture and provided strategies for development, design, test automation, continuous integration, and deployment to streamline development process.  
   
Hossam has a Bachelor of Computer Science from Cairo University. 

Kendall K. Hall, MD, MS

Vice President, Health

Kendall Hall, MD, MS, is the Vice President of Health at Pantheon where she is responsible for the oversight and growth of the portfolio of work that sits at the intersection of technology and health care delivery. She also provides subject matter expertise and oversight for the AHRQ PSNet and Quality Indicators Support projects.

Dr. Hall is a board-certified emergency physician and a health services researcher with 20 years’ experience in the fields of healthcare quality and patient safety. Over this time, she has developed and managed large-scale initiatives for federal clients including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Her specific expertise includes providing technical assistance to a wide range of stakeholders on topics related to safety and quality, including the use of data to drive improvement, quality measure development and implementation, information synthesis, and report generation.

Prior to joining Pantheon, Dr. Hall worked with large professional services firms where she served in a number of roles include: Project Director for the Measure Instrument Development and Support - Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance contract (CMS/CCSQ), the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model Learning System Contractor (CMS/CMMI), and the Making Health Care Safer III Report (AHRQ); Co-Editor in Chief of the AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet); and co-lead for the Nursing Home Public Health Response Network (CDC/DHQP). Dr. Hall also served as a Medical Officer in the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, where she developed and managed initiatives to improve patient safety and reduce harm, including the healthcare-associated infections program, research in emergency care, simulation, and human factors engineering.

Vivek Kumar

Director of Project Management Office

Vivek serves as the Project Director on AHRQ QI and PSNet programs. AHRQ QIs program includes many facets of Health Care Quality development and dissemination. The AHRQ QI software tools are distributed by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) and are used to help hospitals identify quality of care events. PSNet is national web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety.

Vivek provides leadership and project management support for some of Pantheon’s most strategically significant multifaceted projects dealing with healthcare quality, patient safety, and outcome evaluation for community development. Vivek has expertise in project management, technology development, and extensive and specific experience with healthcare-related projects.

Among the key projects Vivek has managed for Pantheon is their work for PSNet, AHRQ QI, MONAHRQ program at AHRQ, and URAC. He came to Pantheon in 2011 with more than 15 years in technology development, most recently from Ingenium Corporation, where he worked as a program manager and managed one of their largest web services programs with Walter Reed Army Medical Center. At Walter Reed, Vivek successfully led the execution of many web-based enterprise initiatives, including the Northern Regional Medical Command (NRMC) enterprise Learning Management system, a SharePoint-based enterprise internet and intranet solution, and Warrior Transition Brigade’s (WTB) first BPM solution. Vivek worked closely with WTB leadership to develop their patient’s risk scoring and evaluation system. He has a long association with the healthcare industry and provides strategic planning, business assessment, change management, risk management, contingency planning, and overall project management support. Vivek has also served as a strategic planner for NRMC enterprise web initiatives. He has a Master’s degree in business administration (Corporate Finance) from Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. 

Jayshree Siddhanti

Senior Director of Client Delivery

Jayshree Siddhanti is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with a Master's degree in Computer Science and twenty years' experience in Website and application design and development. She has experience with all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle, right from requirements gathering to implementation and ongoing maintenance. Since joining Pantheon, Jayshree has been leading the re-design effort for the AHRQ QI's WinQI application. She analyzed the existing application and reviewed existing documentation. She interviewed users of the application as well as other stakeholders. Working collaboratively with the team, Jayshree put together a set of proposals for the re-design. She also documented the user requirements and is currently documenting the detailed functional specifications. She has been working with the Information Architects on the team to create wireframes and visual prototypes. In her past work experience, Jayshree has led efforts to implement Websites and web-based applications for multiple Government agencies, including HHS (CDC and ACF), HUD, VA, and DOEd. Example projects are the re-design of HUD's Homelessness Resource Exchange (now known as HUD Exchange) and CDC's online Technical Assistance portal for Community Transformation Grants grantees. On these efforts, Jayshree facilitated focus groups with users, clients, and other stakeholders to elicit requirements for the re-design. She put together requirements documents. She conducted demonstrations of the wireframes and prototypes to the client and other stakeholders. She also oversaw development, testing, multi-phased implementation, and related migration activities. Once the website was live, she conducted Webinars for users. She also coordinated ongoing support and maintenance activities. Jayshree has experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

WHO WE ARE

We are || Authentic | Empathetic | Innovative | Resourceful | Transparent | Fun

We are a collaborative group of passionate strategists, designers, and technologists who love helping organizations build and use technology.