Craig leads the payer advisory practice of Optum Advisory Services. In this role, he partners with leading health insurers to drive sustainable growth and profitability amid rapidly evolving business and operating models, advanced technologies and enterprise capabilities.
Craig and his leadership team bring strategic insights and implementation expertise informed by deep health care operations knowledge and the unique delivery capabilities of Optum. They offer clients a highly differentiated opportunity to partner for transformation and success.
Prior to joining Optum, Craig was a partner and managing director with Accenture’s health and public service operating group. There, he held various client delivery and leadership roles. He started his consulting career with McKinsey & Company.
Craig earned a BSc in software engineering from the University of Maryland and an MS in marketing from the Southern Methodist University. He earned an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also completed the executive program at Harvard Business School.
Published work
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October 2020
Learn how CMOs can guide their organization to adopt consumer-centric strategies or face greater challenges of declining health.
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September 2020
Learn how to redefine your organization's role within this redesigned value chain to ensure that clinicians and their patients can access the data, infrastructure, supplies, information and education they need — when and where they need it.
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COVID-19 impacts to health plan operations
June 2020
Tracking process changes while increasing access to care.
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How health plans can harness the power today
June 2020
Using creativity and innovation today for results tomorrow.