Danny Plooster

Healthcare Strategy

Greater Chicago Area

About

Strategic healthcare leader (10+ years) spanning McKinsey, The Chartis Group, and digital health. Lead enterprise strategy, digital transformation, and operating model design for health systems and startups, translating strategy into measurable execution in matrixed environments. Deep expertise in virtual care, Hospital-at-Home, growth strategy, and executive governance. Core Expertise: Enterprise & Corporate Strategy | Digital Health & Hospital-at-Home | Growth & GTM Strategy | M&A, JV & Partnerships | Financial Modeling | Operating Model Transformation | Executive Stakeholder Management

Experience

  • Director, Customer Success at Biofourmis
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    Senior leader owning enterprise customer outcomes across virtual care, Hospital-at-Home, and RPM programs. Served as executive advisor to 10+ health systems, doubled patient volume for multiple customers, and launched 20+ condition-specific programs. Shaped core platform capabilities in partnership with Product, led cross-functional internal initiatives delivering cost savings, and built business cases unlocking incremental annual margin for customers.

  • Client Development, Healthcare at McKinsey & Company
    Apr 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

    First hire in role to professionalize growth strategy for McKinsey’s U.S. Provider Practice. Partnered with senior leaders to restore double-digit growth, generated 10+ new client engagements and 20+ proposals through targeted outreach to 1,000+ healthcare executives, and produced 15+ market and whitespace assessments to guide Partner-level client strategy and investment priorities.

  • The Chartis Group (4 yrs 9 mos)
    • Engagement Manager
      May 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr

      Led enterprise strategy and digital transformation engagements for $2B–$10B+ health systems, advising C-suite and boards on growth, operating model redesign, and care transformation. Delivered strategies achieving 2x ROI on $100M+ investments, launched a system-wide Hospital-at-Home program from business case to live patients, supported $5B+ pre-merger integration, and shaped go-to-market strategy for a digital health company that later reached unicorn status.

    • Consultant
      Aug 2017 - May 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Summer Consultant at The Chartis Group
    Jun 2016 - Aug 2016 · 3 mos

  • Project Manager at Epic
    Sep 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Led end-to-end EMR implementation for radiology and cardiology at a 900-bed health system, including workflow design, build, testing, and clinician adoption. Drove on-time go-live and supported operational readiness across clinical and administrative teams.