Our Team

 
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Keith Knutsson 

Founder and Chief Executive Officer 

  • Directs overall strategy, investment decisions and daily management

  • Responsible for acquisitions, business development, practice integration, and growth and investor relations

  • Previously served at an executive level in both the family office and private equity settings in the real estate investment industry in the US and Europe with transactions in excess of $3.2B

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business with honors from Emory University 

  • MBA from Columbia University and INSEAD with honors

 
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Brian Howard 

Best Practices Officer & Business Development Director 

  • Responsible for assessment of individual practice groups acquired by PDG 

  • 20 years as a private practice plastic surgeon in the Atlanta area

  • Serves on the Emory Goizueta Business School Advisory Board and the RAISE Forum

  • Double board certified in medicine, in both Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

  • BS in Biology with honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia

  • MD with honors from the University of Rochester School of Medicine

  • MBA with honors from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University

 
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Travis Borden

Chief Financial Officer

  • Responsible for developing PDG’s acquisition strategy, performing due diligence and financial analysis, and executing acquisitions

  • Previously an investment banker at UBS, Moelis & Company, and Keene Advisors 

  • Previously on the Board of Directors of Wawa, a $10 billion private company 

  • Advised healthcare clients including CVS, Dentsply, Dr. Reddy’s, and Digital Innovation, among others, on a broad range of strategic and financial matters

  • Executed 150+ engagements for clients including over $40 billion of M&A, capital raising and restructuring transactions

  • Boston Business Journal 40-under-40 in 2016

  • BS in Finance with honors from Boston College 

 
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Matt Waring

Chief Information Officer

  • Responsible for identifying and delivering technology solutions that enable our practitioners and staff while improving patient outcomes

  • Previously Co-Founder and President of Adcap Network Systems, building it into one of the Top 500 Largest IT Technology Partners in the country

  • Earned national recognition for revenue growth and advanced technology delivery capabilities by Inc Magazine, VAR Business Magazine, CRN Magazine, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution and The Atlanta Business Chronicle

  • BS in Finance and Economics from Auburn University

  • MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University