Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Everforth ECS’ Asad Akhtar
Asad Akhtar Vice President, Federal Health Practice, Everforth ECS As the lead for Everforth ECS’ Federal Health practice, Asad Akhtar continues to support growth and operations across the departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Defense Health Agency. Akhtar’s biggest achievement has been expanding the reach and impact of
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2025: ECS’ Asad Akhtar
Asad Akhtar Vice President, Federal Health Practice, ECS Asad Akhtar oversees teams that support scientific discoveries, biomedical breakthroughs and health care innovations to improve public health. They work with agencies across the Department of Health and Human Services, including NIH, ARPA-H, CMS and FDA, to reorganize, prioritize and reshape operations. The goal: delivering a more streamlined,
ECS Wins $96M ARPA-H Contract
ECS has won a 4-year, $96 million prime contract from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. This award builds on ECS’s earlier $500 million Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support contract in 2024. Under the new contract, ECS will support ARPA-H’s Health Science Futures and Scalable Solutions offices by
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