Christian Howell is a recognized healthcare leader possessing over 20 years of experience across startup and corporate landscapes, managing P&L from early stage to mature markets.Early in his career as an officer in the U.S. Navy, Christian developed a philosophy that would guide his future endeavors: his work had to make a positive social impact. This led him, over 20 years ago, to medical devices, where he navigated responsibilities in business development, commercial leadership, product management, market development, and strategy. During his nearly 15 year tenure at Medtronic, Christian led Medtronic’s Value-Based Health Care Partnerships organization, as well as P&L responsibility for Medtronic’s Integrated Health Solutions program to improve delivery of care and patient experience with partner health systems. There, he gained an understanding of the critical role of data in the shift from volume to value in health care, so he adjusted his focus to encouraging stakeholders towards sharing data and making better decisions with accurate and high quality evidence. Christian is continually looking around the corner and pushing the envelope with innovative approaches to deliver the greatest impact to patients. A serial intrapreneur, Christian pioneered a platform approach to value-based care delivery at Medtronic, conceptualizing a multi-stakeholder ecosystem to facilitate and streamline multi-sided interaction between manufacturers, payers, and providers. In his first two years at Aetion, Christian’s demonstrated effectiveness entering the Medical Device and Diagnostics verticals has gained recognition across the industry and his scope of responsibility has expanded to include oversight of Government and Value Based teams.Christian’s ability to develop key relationships with providers, regulators, payers, and industry leaders has been instrumental in the success of the initiatives he leads, positioning him as a sought-after speaker at top industry events and conferences including occasions at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, the G20, and more.Christian’s expertise includes:Startups, VC, New Business IncubationInnovation & Product DevelopmentLarge Portfolio Mgmt. (>$100MM)Go-to-MarketPlatform/Ecosystem DevelopmentConsumer, Enterprise B2B/B2C