Michael has a track record of providing leadership to strategic growth and operational restructuring initiatives across the healthcare industry. He's been an operating executive at multiple PE- and VC-backed digital healthcare companies, a former equity partner in Accenture's healthcare practice, a strategy and marketing executive at UPMC, and he also helped form IBM Watson Health, eventually serving as the first GM of its global Provider business.Michael has extensive experience in healthcare transactions, corporate strategy, and aligning vision with staff planning and execution. His specialties include investments, market development and expansion, enterprise transformation, and human capital performance in both high-growth and turnaround environments. Michael has a track record of leading high-profile initiatives that produce investor value, while achieving operational improvements, higher productivity, and efficiencies.Michael is also an active leader of national and civic initiatives. He previously served on the Board of Directors at the Population Health Alliance, a Washington, DC-based global trade association, and helped to oversee the American Diabetes Association's national finance committee. He's a member of the Executive Club of Chicago and is a Commissioner for the Village of Wilmette. Michael is a graduate of the University of Maryland and Fudan University (Shanghai) and lives in Chicago with his wife and two daughters..