Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Abt Associates’ Christen Smith
Christen Smith Senior Vice President, Abt Associates Under Christen Smith’s leadership, the cross-disciplinary Abt team addresses social determinants of health, with emphasis on tackling inequities that undermine health outcomes. “We recognize that health and well-being are shaped by numerous intersecting factors — systemic, social, economic and environmental, in addition to clinical and biological — that
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Battelle’s Roya Mohadjer
Roya Mohadjer Vice President, Government Health Business Development, Battelle This year, Roya Mohadjer was instrumental in Battelle’s effort to win a strategic new Air Force contract at the intersection of health and human performance. Under this 5-year, $17 million contract, Battelle will conduct research that advances health protection for the warfighter in present and near-future
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Red Hat’s Michael Lanier
Michael Lanier Healthcare Public Sector Lead, Red Hat Michael Lanier said his biggest recent achievement was launching the successful VA Arches program in partnership with Dr. Amanda Purnell of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Together, their teams created a powerful data platform that allows health care clinicians access to data and insights that empowers these practitioners
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Philips’ Gil Smith
Gil Smith Senior Director, Government Health Systems Development, Philips Gil Smith joined Philips in November 2021 and in a relatively short period of time, he has leveraged his extensive experience and relationships to position him as a trusted contractor and partner, said Kim Mingo, Philips Government Business leader. Most recently, Smith played an instrumental role
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Magellan Federal’s Anna Sever
Anna Sever Interim CEO, Magellan Federal In 2021, Anna Sever helped drive business growth and go-to-market strategies in new federal markets, exceeding revenue and margin expectations. Magellan Federal also provided crisis assistance to federal workers in the aftermath on the U.S. Capitol, Hurricane Ida and the Florida condo building collapse. Sever also helped launch a
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: ASRC Federal’s Chip Terry
Richard “Chip” Terry Vice President & General Manager, Health Division, ASRC Federal Under Chip Terry’s leadership, his team has seen continued growth with new business and achieved a 100% recompete win rate so far in 2022. The team also won numerous awards, including NCI Director’s Award, and was awarded the Bronze Anvil award from the Public
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: QTC Management’s Larry Schaefer
Larry Schaefer CEO, QTC Management, a Leidos Company Larry Schaefer believes his best recent achievement was serving veterans on Indian reservations. “That was no small feat and took many years to figure out how to navigate the process for getting our mobile clinic on to the reservation,” he said. More globally, he’s proud of taking
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Cognosante’s Yolanda Curtis
Yolanda Curtis General Manager, Health and Interoperability, Cognosante Under Yolanda Curtis’ direction, Cognosante is leading health enterprise cloud modernization programs; developing integrated health data ecosystems; providing program management, data management and advanced data analytics and visualization for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services programs; and strengthening health care delivery through interoperability solutions across the country.
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Maximus’ Lisa Slaughter
Lisa Slaughter Senior Vice President, Maximus For over three decades, Lisa Slaughter has been an accomplished leader in federal contracting. But nothing in her career could have prepared her for the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The pandemic was easily the most challenging time of my career, and I am extremely proud of our how team
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: ICF’s Jennifer Welham
Jennifer Welham Senior Vice President, Public Health, ICF In 2021, Jennifer Welham led her division to achieve double-digit growth with record contract awards, which enabled her staff to grow professionally and allowed ICF to broaden its impact on people and communities, domestically and internationally. She was integral to ICF’s acquisition of ESAC, a provider of
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: IQ Solutions’ Erik Buice
Erik Buice President, IQ Solutions In 2021, Erik Buice completed a decade of P&L leadership with Northrop Grumman, serving as president of the management team for the successful divestiture of over 6,300 mission and IT staff to Veritas and Peraton. “We are very fortunate to have identified a leader in Erik Buice who brings new
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Accenture Federal Services’ Jill Olmstead
Jill Olmstead Managing Director & Health Consulting Lead, Accenture Federal Services Since taking on the role of federal health leader at Accenture, Jill Olmstead has helped Accenture Federal Services nearly double its presence in the federal health market. In the process, AFS helped customers adapt to the unprecedented demands of the pandemic by empowering the
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Booz Allen Hamilton’s Roman Salasznyk
Roman Salasznyk Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton Roman Salasznyk’s greatest achievement this past year was working with cross-functional, integrated teams to transform the health care ecosystem. They empowered federal clients to accelerate advancements across the scientific research enterprise, make life-saving treatments and devices more accessible and improve mission performance to achieve better health outcomes
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: DLH’s Helene Fisher
Helene Fisher President, Mission Services & Solutions, DLH Under Helene Fisher’s leadership, DLH was awarded a place on OMNIBUS IV, an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity multiple-award contract to provide health-related research and development and support services to the Defense Department. This enables DLH to compete for individual task orders in support of the American warfighter by
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: AMERICAN SYSTEMS’ Emilio González
Emilio González Vice President & Director, Federal Healthcare Directorate, AMERICAN SYSTEMS Over the past 18 months, Emilio González has been busy standing up a new Federal Healthcare Directorate for AMERICAN SYSTEMS. González said he’s proud of what the new directorate has accomplished in a short period of time, and the credit for its success belongs to the
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: HighPoint Global’s Joan Bishop
Joan Bishop Vice President, Federal Health, HighPoint Global Joan Bishop and her team increased HighPoint’s pipeline with over $500 million in potential opportunities and leveraged a long-term partner relationship to secure a place on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ VHA Integrated Health Transformation indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. They also passed their ISO audit in the
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: GDIT’s Kamal Narang
Kamal Narang Vice President & General Manager, Federal Health, GDIT Kamal Narang is continuing to build a top-notch health care team and building capacity across the federal health sector at all levels. This translates to successes for the critical missions GDIT serves and is seen through the fruit of its investments in outcomes for clients. Earlier
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: SAIC’s Vishal Tulsian
Vishal Tulsian Senior Vice President, Health, State and Local Financials, SAIC Over the past several years, Vishal Tulsian led his team through the unique and disruptive challenges associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, while also leading the successful acquisition and integration of Halfaker and Associates into SAIC. This acquisition provides SAIC a competitive edge in
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: CGI Federal’s Steven Sousa
Steven Sousa Senior Vice President, Health & Social Services Practice, CGI Federal As CGI Federal’s health care and social services business unit lead, Steven Sousa plays a pivotal role in expanding the organization’s health care practice while continuing to deliver innovative IT solutions to federal health care customers. Sousa oversees a large and diverse portfolio
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Guidehouse’s Alicia Harkness
Alicia Harkness Partner & Health Segment Leader, Guidehouse Over the past year, Alicia Harkness has supported the role Guidehouse plays in health care transformation: guiding a range of organizations across the public and commercial sectors through new and complex challenges. This includes helping over 350 providers and 20 state and local government entities get and
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Microsoft’s Patricia Obermaier
Patricia Obermaier Vice President, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Patricia Obermaier leads a 900-member team passionate about using technology to drive innovation and improve lives across health care payers, providers and pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations. Obermaier was instrumental in Microsoft’s partnership in the health industry in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading the
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022
Even before the world was hit with a life-changing pandemic, the health care industry was among the most evolving, impactful and discussed areas in government contracting and the nation. During 2021, and well into 2022, these companies have worked with government to strategically, efficiently and safely tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, disperse vaccines, and keep citizens
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