Kris Joshi, PhD

CEO, Software, Network, and Data Solutions, Optum Insight

Kris Joshi is CEO, Software, Network, and Data Solutions, Optum Insight. He was previously president of network solutions, for Change Healthcare. Prior to Change Healthcare, Joshi was global vice president for healthcare product strategy for the Health Sciences global business unit at Oracle Corporation. He helped launch the Health Sciences business unit and successfully led two acquisitions for Oracle in Life Sciences. Before joining Oracle, Joshi served in senior strategy roles with IBM’s Global Sales and Distribution organization, and prior to IBM, Joshi was at McKinsey and Company, where he worked with Fortune 500 companies on strategy issues.

Joshi holds a B.S. in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He currently serves on the boards of the Personalized Medicine Coalition and the eHealth Initiative in Washington, DC.