Leadership Team
CDI Management Corp. is the management company for RAYUS Radiology (RAYUS), Insight Imaging, and our respective affiliated partners. Through the national management, local operations and clinical teams, we focus on providing efficient operations and clinical best practices to ensure quality patient care and customer service for the clinicians and patients we serve.
We understand our business, industry and our customers’ needs, and having a centralized team allows us to do what we do best every day. Our RAYUS corporate support centers are located in Minneapolis, MN and Boynton Beach, FL.
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Sami Abbasi, Chief Executive Officer
Sami has more than 35 years of healthcare services experience and a proven track record of value creation, while leading organizations that have delivered significant improvements in patient care and clinical outcomes. He has successfully founded and grown businesses in the physician practice and multi-site healthcare markets, including radiology.
Sami co-founded and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Radiologix. Over a ten-year period, he helped build Radiologix from a creative idea into a leading publicly traded national provider of diagnostic imaging services. In 2006, he led the merger of Radiologix with Primedex Health Systems to create RadNet.
He joins us from Sun Capital Partners, a global private-equity firm, where he served as Managing Director and Operating Partner. Prior to Sun Capital, he served as CEO of Unifeye Vision Partners, PhyMed Healthcare Group, American Pathology Partners and National Surgical Care; private equity-backed healthcare providers in the eye care, anesthesiology, pathology and surgery center markets.
Sami earned his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and his Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester.
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Ryan Raschke, Chief Financial Officer
Ryan joined RAYUS in 1998 as a financial analyst and has held various positions in the Accounting, Finance, and Treasury areas of the company. In his most recent role leading our Treasury organization, Ryan has played a key role in managing and maintaining RAYUS’s strong balance sheet and capital structure. In 2015, Ryan led the process of restructuring our debt financing, which allows us to have lower cost of borrowing to maintain our existing infrastructure and to fund our future growth projects.
As Chief Financial Officer, Ryan provides leadership and oversight for the accounting, financial planning and analysis, internal audit and treasury/cash management departments. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas and a B.S. from Iowa State University.
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Charlie Powell, Chief Operating Officer
Charlie joined RAYUS in 2022 and has over 25 years of health care leadership experience including physician practice, hospital and outpatient organizations with radiology as a key component of each entity. He has led growth and operational improvement across these organizations resulting in improved efficiency, outcomes, performance and quality. He leads operations across RAYUS including imaging centers, mobile imaging, teleradiology, real estate, construction, engineering and procurement.
He was previously U.S. Chief Operating Officer for GenesisCare USA and President of CHI’s KentuckyOne Health Medical Group/Ambulatory Services. Prior to these roles, he served in CEO/COO roles with Ascension-Saint Thomas Heart/Physician Services, PhyCor and private physician groups.
Charlie received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee and his Master of Business Administration and Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also a CPA and Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Martin Krost, Chief Information Officer
Martin Krost serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at RAYUS, where he provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Information Technology department. His responsibilities span a comprehensive range of functions including application and clinical support, business intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI), delivery and business relationship management, information security, innovation and transformation, and IT operations. With over 20 years of extensive experience in information technology and cybersecurity, Martin is focused on driving RAYUS’s strategic IT initiatives and technology vision.
Prior to joining RAYUS, Martin held various leadership positions at Sun Capital Partners, Ultimate Software, Peak10 Data Centers, and 1Vault Networks. He brings significant expertise in aligning technological solutions with organizational objectives.
Martin earned his education from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Peggy Reimer, Chief People and Culture Officer
Peggy Reimer is the Chief People and Culture Officer for RAYUS. In this role, she leads the HR team and together they develop and deliver programs and services that support the needs of team members and help the company achieve its goals. Peggy joined RAYUS in June 2021. Her experience spans a variety of industries and organizations, but has spent most of her career in healthcare. She chose to join the company because of its strong reputation for quality patient care and the opportunity to be a part of its future as it sets out to expand its national network and establish itself as the preeminent leader of radiology in the country. Peggy holds a B.A. in Business/Entrepreneurship from the University of St. Thomas.
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Tiffany Spartz, EVP, Physician Practices
Tiffany Spartz has been a part of the RAYUS sales and operational leadership team since 2011, currently serving as the EVP of Physician Practices for Foundation Radiology Group. She has worked closely with our outpatient centers, hospital partnerships, and radiologists during her tenure with the organization. Her commitment to delivering quality care to each clinician and patient we serve has been unwavering.
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Christopher “Kit” Crancer, SVP, Rad Partnerships and Policy, Executive Director of Quality Institute
As the Vice President of Public Policy, Christopher “Kit” Crancer is responsible for leading policy strategies at the national and state levels that enhance RAYUS’s commitment to providing quality care and services to patients and clinicians. He joined RAYUS in 2015 as the organization’s Director of State Legislative Policy, and has since developed extensive policy knowledge in the imaging industry. He’s been instrumental in lobbying for countless pieces of health care legislation that allows RAYUS to continue delivering high-quality imaging services across the country.
Additionally, Kit also serves as the Executive Director of the RAYUS Quality Institute, where he oversees and implements programs and initiatives that benefit clinicians and patients in our local communities.
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Per Normark, General Counsel
Per Normark leads RAYUS’s legal, compliance and risk management teams. He is a seasoned health care attorney with more than 30 years of experience. Prior to joining RAYUS, Per served as the vice president, general counsel and compliance officer of MedQuest Associates, Inc. He was also the Assistant Attorney General for the state of Georgia and an attorney for the United States Department of Interior. He is an active member of both the Minnesota State Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association.