About

Alan Hughes has over 30 years’ experience leveraging technology to drive business change.  He has extensive experience in healthcare having served as CIO and COO at Blue Cross North Carolina and Group President of NTT Data Healthcare where he lead over 15,000 team members globally and managed over $1.2 Billion annual revenue across Health Plans, Providers and Life Sciences.

Earlier in his career he led IT and business operations teams at GE, American Express and Deutsche bank.  He has driven business transformations, re-structuring and has been involved in three multibillion-dollar acquisitions. Alan earned a BS in Biology from The State University, New York and his MBA from Stern School at NYU.

Strategic and solutions-driven leader with diverse experience across a variety of industries including travel, hospitality, restaurants, retail, transportation, and manufacturing.

Most recently was Head of Global Sourcing at Carlson Wagonlit Travel.  History of success reducing spend and optimizing cost by implementing new and innovative strategies.  Creative global mindset with a strong business acumen and experience in multicultural environments

Strategic and innovative senior operations and finance executive and top corporate officer with a demonstrated track record of achievement in financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, project and portfolio management, merger/acquisition integration, supply chain, change management, operations/call center management, and process improvement.

Over 25 years of experience with Health Care Service Corporation, with the last 6 years serving as Senior Vice President Finance and Controller where I was responsible for managing a $5 billion administrative expense budget as well as leading our Finance Transformation efforts.  Lead a multi-year cost reduction initiative that resulted in over $1 billion of annual run-rate savings.  Serve as a business partner and trusted advisor to senior leadership.

With International marketing and brand management experience working with companies like Unilever, Nokia and CWT, Marcelo Camara is a technology savvy business and marketing executive.

Entrepreneur, creative, versatile, and innovative leader with a track record of turning plans into concrete, high-performing realities. Experience developing and executing go-to-market plans for SaaS platforms, including targeted paid advertising, SEO, social media, and content marketing. In his last role as Vice President, Marketing at CWT, he was leading teams across marketing communication, events, products, customers, and pursuit marketing. With proven expertise in digital marketing and sales enablement, integrating Martech solutions to support customer lifecycle engagement, he can deliver measurable positive results in a variety of business and market environments. He is a Chemical Engineer with MBA in Marketing from Brazil.

Patrick Getzen has more than 20 years of experience in the health insurance industry.  Currently in his role at Blue Cross NC, Getzen focuses on data quality, stewardship, and governance, as well as analytics enablement for the company.

A graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a degree in Mathematics, Getzen is also a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, as well as a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Getzen applies his dedication to professional excellence to community involvement as well.  An advocate for improving lives through better health, education, personal development and leadership, his community involvement centers on these key aspects.  He serves as Board Member for Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business Advisory Council, Blue Health Intelligence, GNS Healthcare, and IBM Watson Health Payor Advisory Board.

At Blue Cross NC, his technology-focused teams ensure the company’s actions are efficient and information-driven to run our business, collaborate with health care providers, and serve our customers. Getzen previously served as Vice President and Chief Actuary for Blue Cross NC. His responsibilities included pricing for individual customers and employers, valuation, underwriting, product development support, and financial planning support.

Reid currently serves on the executive team at Miraclon Corporation as the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer responsible for a global team developing new flexographic printing products. Prior to that Reid led the Thermal Product development team for Henkel Corporation as a Global Director working with large OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers for advanced thermal interface material solutions, enabling EV systems for the grooving EV car segment. Prior to Henkel, he worked with DuPont Company for 13 years in Electronic Materials, Display technology, and Printed Electronics in technical and management roles. 

Dr. Chesterfield holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and is an inventor of 24 granted U.S. patents.  Professionally, he enjoys leading people in a variety of interdisciplinary teams solving problems to improve quality of life.  Personally, he lives a life centered around family and friendship, and enjoys fitness, outdoors, and learning.

Sarvesh Kumar Goorha is an entrepreneur, Technology Leader, Corporate Director and Business/Start-up coach. He has 40 years of experience with global Companies in IT Strategies, BPM, Education, Telecom and manufacturing segments.

As CEO and Principal Mentor of IndiaMentors , he is advising entrepreneurs at IITs and other leading Engineering and Business schools in India, Europe and USA. He was instrumental in building the strategy/framework for Incubation center/s at Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT) and IIIT under the Start-up India program of the Government of India. He also Chaired the steering committee for evaluating start-up projects and helped them through the project initiation, business planning, funding and development phases.

He is also advising large Corporations on Strategy, adoption of Blockchain and managing related information risks, IoT technology for next generation of applications, Data Security/Privacy, Corporate Compliances, Cyber security and Big Data Analytics.

Prior to this, he was the Promoter Director and the Chief Executive Officer of Computer Aided Learning Systems Limited, a pioneer in developing multilingual computers in the World. This was one of his early entrepreneurial projects in 1984, after a successful work stint at managerial positions in DCM/Shriram Group.

He has also held senior positions with large multinational Companies.  He was CTO/ CSO of EXL Service Inc. (earlier a subsidiary of Conseco Corp, USA).  He has served on the board of Data Access India Pvt. Ltd, a joint venture of Hong Kong Telecom/ PCCW. Sarvesh is also a Promoter and member of the Board of Directors of Auditel Expense Management P. Ltd, a telecom expense management and predictive analytics Company. He has successfully built the strategy and implemented ISO-27001 Information security framework at many International Companies.

Sarvesh was the Chairman of the export committee for the Manufacturer’s Association of Information Technology (MAIT) and a member of the IT and Telecom committees of the Government of India. He worked closely with the Govt. and Industry to promote software and services exports from India. He was a founding member and the Chairman of the

Indo-European Business Development Council, European Union (EU).

An alumnus of School of Management, BHU, India he is a guest faculty at IITs and other leading Management Institutions in India and abroad. He has been mentoring and coaching senior management personnel in various countries.. He has also served on the Academic Councils of  well known Universities. He has published several papers and is a regular speaker at Global conferences. He has been conferred with several awards including a Distinguished Alumni from the Business School.

Srini has more than 25 years of experience in Insurance, Finance and Healthcare industries. In his current role as Vice President, Operations at Centene Advanced Behavioral Health, he leads strategy execution, business integration and transformation with additional focus on business intelligence and analytics. He has a proven track record of leading successful strategic initiatives aimed at business integration, unit cost reduction and improving customer experience at companies like Optum, Universal American, John Hancock, Manulife Financial and CSC.

He has led innovation in the domain of Utilization & Population Health Management, Contact Centers, Claims, Eligibility/Enrollment, Appeals & Grievances. With a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from India, an MBA from University of Massachusetts, and is actively working on his PhD dissertation at School of Public Health, University of Texas. He is also a member of American College of Healthcare Executives progressing towards earning the Fellowship stature.