Responsible for data and analytics across the enterprise including strategy, technology, teams' development and management. Shared responsibility for trend management, population health management, STARS and HEDIS quality ranking, corporate investment portfolio, vendors acquisition and management. Executive leader of Acuitas, a wholly owned subsidiary responsible for creating and maintaining data and insights pipelines between CDPHP and providers including EHR data capture, integration of payer and provider data, creation of clinical rules-based, ML and AI based algorithms to enhance quality of care, risk-based revenue, and high risk-high cost members.

Managed a healthcare analytics startup working with a team of physicians and IT professionals to create apps and cloud-based systems aimed at improving connectivity of rheumatology conditions’ stakeholders. Responsible for the business, operational and marketing plans.• Conceptualized and managed the creation of industry’s first mobile apps based Rheumatology systemo Converted scientifically validated patient surveys used in clinical trials, into user-friendly weekly input tools.o Combined medical records and patient data to generate industry standard indices for measuring disease progression and functional status for rheumatoid arthritis and additional conditions.• Designed and supervised the implementation of the entire cloud-based analytics Infrastructure.o Microsoft cloud, Azure, based backend with iOS, Android, and web-based patient portal.o Proprietary system to integrate patient generated, EHR and insurance claims data.o Patient data captured for disease progression, functional ability, and pain.o Medication compliance system focusing on behavioral, clinical, cost, and cultural motives for non-compliance.• Designed and developed the reporting and analytics framework.o In-app charts and metrics displaying disease progression, quality of life and medication adherence trends.o Tableau based multi-tiered dashboard for rheumatologists displaying population and patient level metrics to manage clinical outcomes and value-based contracting requirements.o Sophisticated analytics engine which can handle regression, time series, and various machine learning modeling and prediction techniques.

Transformed a team of 10 analysts into a decision support consulting unit of 25. Provided consultative expertise to replace fragmented infrastructure to state-of-the-art business intelligence tools. Contributed to the transformation of Cigna to a data-driven organization. • Pharmacy Analyticso Provided actionable insights for Cigna Pharmacy Management to help make decisions on all aspects of over $6B prescription drugs business, including strategy, operations, & marketing. o Managed 25 health economists, pharmacists, and biostatisticians, to create insights through rigorous analytics like predictive, financial, behavioral and propensity modeling, net promoter score and customer lifetime value analysis, and outcomes research.o Helped formulate a multiyear strategy for Specialty Pharmacy. • Culture Transformationo Worked as a key contributor to lead the initiative, Insights That Matter, from concept and design to implementation stages. This initiative was designed to transform Cigna’s culture and to have insights drive all stages of decisions making.o Provided thought leadership to create the playbook and other tools needed to implement this cultural and capability transformation.• Infrastructureo Drove the process of overhauling Cigna’s information management and analytics infrastructure by providing thought leadership and by representing Cigna Analytics in cross functional teams managing over $30 million per year portfolio of infrastructure investment.o Achievements included supporting IT in introducing Hadoop and associated Big Data mining techniques, migration from fragmented databases and analytic platforms to Teradata, and introduction of enterprise wide BI tool, Tableau along with upgrading of the existing SAS capabilities.o Provided thought leadership and direction in moving analytic work from basic reporting and regression analysis to sophisticated root cause and outcomes research.

Managed teams of research and analytic consultants serving United Healthcare and external clients. Helped United save over $100 million per year through additional rebates and discounts revenue and by reducing cost. • Pharmacy Analytics Consulting Practiceo Created and lead Optum Pharmacy Consulting Practice - a $6 million profit and loss organization.o Provided managed care pharmacy consulting services to major health plans, PBMs, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.o Led the development of products including a rigorous drug trend forecasting model, comprehensive set of tools to manage Specialty Pharmacy, fraud and waste, benefits modeling, program evaluation and outcomes research, and predictive modeling. o Managed the industry-leading drug and device pipeline forecasting tool, Optum Health Technology Pipeline, focusing on health technology assessment from health plan perspective. The tool was used by UHC, Aetna, other plans and stakeholders.• Decision Support for United Healthcare o Led the analytics services for the UHC’s about $12 billion commercial pharmacy benefits business by providing actionable insights to the UHC Pharmacy Managemento Worked with the senior leadership team on all aspects of the business from goal setting and strategy formulation to implementation and outcomes analysiso Managed a consulting team of 30 health economists, pharmacists, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and financial analysts.o Helped formulate a multiyear strategy for Specialty Pharmacy and supported implementation from data needs and vendor selection and to ROI and outcomes analysis.o Provided analytic support in the migration of PBM services from Medco to OptumRx. • Career Progression and Team DevelopmentStarted the UHC career as a senior analyst and over time built a highly effective team of 30 pharmacists, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and financial analysts. Progressed from individual contributor to managing multi million cost and P&L centers.