Executive Profile: Michael Cowan of Deloitte Consulting LLP

Michael Cowan is chief medical officer at the federal health sector of Deloitte Consulting LLP. He joined Deloitte in June 2009 upon its acquisition of BearingPoint’s Federal Practice. He is responsible for clinical leadership in healthcare, social services and Federal health consulting. He leads the development of new service offerings and the strategic recruitment and [...]

Executive Profile: Paul Nedzbala of SRA International Inc.

Paul Nedzbala is vice president and director of health research and informatics at SRA International Inc. Nedzbala manages the day-to-day operations of the global health sector unit, which provides research, informatics and IT services to the U.S. public health sector arena.
Nedzbala joined SRA in the acquisition of Constella Group, LLC, in August 2007. He was [...]

Sweet Dreams

If you’ve heard it once, as executives that are mostly sleep deprived, you’ve heard it dozens of time. Proper amounts of sleep significantly improve your quality of life.  Although most executives generally clock in about six hours a night, the Mayo Clinic recommends adults and seniors snooze between seven and eight hours a night.
A good [...]

Executive Profile: Don Picard of HP

Don Picard is vice president and segment leader of federal healthcare for HP’s U.S. Public Sector. He is responsible for business with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration; the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and the Military Health System [...]

Executive Profile: Kevin M. Fickenscher of Dell Perot Systems

Kevin M. Fickenscher serves as executive vice president of international healthcare for Dell Perot Systems. He is a physician executive and leader with extensive experience in strategic and operational development in complex healthcare organizations. He has provided leadership for various organizations related to technology and information management, organizational transformation and development, physician management, health policy [...]

Executive Profile: Robert M. Wah of CSC

Dr. Robert M. Wah is chief medical officer and vice president at CSC’s North American Public Sector- Government Health Services organization.
Before coming to CSC, Wah served as acting deputy national coordinator for health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He also worked for the Military Health System in the Office of [...]

Executive Profile: Susan Penfield of Booz Allen Hamilton

Susan Penfield serves as senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton. She specializes in the management and strategic use of IT within the national health industry. Her duties include devising strategies for health data interoperability; increasing the integration of public health information to support food safety, chronic disease management and collaborative research; developing IT modernization [...]

Executive Profile: Kerry Weems of Vangent

Kerry Weems serves as senior vice president and general manager of health solutions at Vangent.  Prior to his current role, Weems spent 28 years with the federal government and held the position of administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and was also vice chairman of the American Health Information Community. There, he [...]

Executive Profile: Bruce Caswell of MAXIMUS

Bruce Caswell serves as president and general manager of the health services segment at MAXIMUS. He  is responsible for overseeing the development, growth and operations of the company’s largest business segment, which includes program administration for Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Center for Health Literacy, and our Canadian health operations.
Previously, Caswell was at IBM [...]

Executive Profile: Amy King of Northrop Grumman

King serves as vice president of the health IT programs business unit at Northrop Grumman. Her responsibilities include developing a comprehensive health business strategy. She also is responsible for operational growth and program execution for the business unit.
King spent the last three years focusing on Northrop Grumman’s health IT programs business group as director of [...]

Executive Profile: Ray O. Johnson of Lockheed Martin Corporation

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