Dr Oliver Groene is Vice Chairman of the Board at OptiMedis AG, a population health improvement company pursuing the Triple Aim. He also served as interim CEO applying population health improvement principles in a deprived borough of the city of Hamburg. "My main area of expertise is in designing and implementing large scale systems to monitor health care quality and identifying systems and interventions that improve population health. I am curious to learn about, develop and apply methodological approaches that are relevant to improving performance and population health – with a the focus not simply on studying these issues but applying the best available scientific methods and evidence to make a significant change to the people and populations we serve."Under his leadership, multiple case and implementation studies on population health management have been conducted, in collaboration with WHO, the World Bank, and others. He holds an Msc and PhD in Public Health (LSHTM/UPF), DEA in Health Services Research and MA in medical sociology and organizational sciences and has been trained in health services research, quality improvement and biostatistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health and the Joint Commission (H-Index=45). He is Professor at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Society at the University of Witten/Herdecke. He has worked nationally and internationally with high level decision makers and consults international stakeholders on quality of care issues.