Rick has more than 25 years of experience with health plan operations and IT where he’s solved people, process and technology challenges for some of the largest global health plans. The first 10 years of that time were spent in key lead Operations/IT positions working directly for health plans in roles up to and including VP and CIO. Following that, more than 15 years of that time was spent in practice and consulting leadership roles supporting some of the largest and most diverse commercial and Blues health plans. In addition to those roles, Rick has also served as an adjunct professor at Immaculata University where he’s written and taught health information technology curriculum. He has written multiple published articles, has delivered multiple industry/conference presentations. andhas served on a number of not-for-profit, and for-profit boards. Rick holds an MBA from Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University, and a master’s in business/global management from the University of Phoenix.