Paul Nielsen
- Role
- Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Optum Technology, Office of the CIO at UnitedHealth Group
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Paul Nielsen
Proven Global Executive with over 25 years of Executive Leadership roles in Growth…
Experience
Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Optum Technology, Office of the CIO
Jan 2018 — Present
Established Strategic Partnerships with companies that had Technology or Services which would accelerate the business digitalization and automation agenda. Work across LoBs to gain alignment on Strategy, Objectives and Goals. Establish internal champions for each LoB. • Work with Partner to align objectives with UHx objectives. • Establish Strategic Partnerships with Research Institutions with expertise in specific domains to accelerate business innovation. • Manage and lead Optum\'s Strategic Programs, including directing Optum\'s College of Artificial Intelligence, UnitedHealthGroup\'s Academy of Technology and Optum\'s Strategic Partnerships which include Research Institutions and Industry Partnerships. • Founder, Optum Startup Studio, Optum\'s Healthcare Technology Startup Incubator. Grew program from a proof of concept in 2019 to an international program with annual cohorts in the US and India. • Lead Optum Technology\'s Innovation program to leverage external partnerships and accelerate LoB innovation and time to market. • Spearheaded $1B+ in new revenue / cost avoidance opportunities through Optum Tech Innovation Program. • Oversee Optum Technology\'s Patent Portfolio, growing portfolio by more than 400 filings in three years. • Oversee Optum Technology\'s Strategic Investments in technology companies. Evaluated 116 Companies in 2022. • Founder, Optum College of AI, launching program in 2018 with a track for Business Leader and Technologists. Saved an estimated $1M per year on hiring costs. • Graduated 122 Business leaders in the “AI for Business Leaders” Program, 87 Business Leadersin the “Data Science for Business Leaders” Program, 52 Business Leaders in the “Ethics and AI” Program. • Up-skilled FTE Engineers in the practice of AI/ML. • Executive sponsor for Google, Twillio, Intel Corporation and Nvidia Strategic Partnerships.
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelor’s Degree, Science and Computer Science
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