Ryan Nellis is the Vice President and General Manager at Stanson Health, a Premier Health (PINC) company. In this role he leads a team of clinicians, engineers and data science experts who work together to deliver AI-infused solutions to improve patient care and health costs via a growing client network of over 800 hospitals and 500,000 providers. The Stanson team designs bespoke, scalable clinical decision support solutions that help optimize complex care processes such as payer back-office chart automation and prior authorizations, enable appropriate documentation and also ensure patients get the best treatment options at the lowest price point. In addition, the Stanson platform efficiently connects payers and providers around what is best for the patient and enable platform partners, such as Grail, to increase their reach into communities.Mr. Nellis is a growth-oriented leader who delivers business value in investor/venture and PE-backed, high-growth, public and private companies. He has developed and executed strategies in the health analytics and real-time clinical decision support solution markets – from both the provider and payer perspective. Ryan joined Stanson/Premier from Optum, a subsidiary of United Health Group (NYSE: UNH). At Optum, Ryan led teams bringing multi-million dollar software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions into the provider and payer markets. Prior to Optum, Ryan was part of the early team at Humedica and was instrumental in helping Humedica grow. Prior to Humedica, Ryan held positions with McKesson (NYSE: MCK) and GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE). He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.