UnitedHealth Group's plan to merge Change Healthcare with Optum cleared a major hurdle Sept. 19 after a federal judge rejected the Justice Department's challenge of the deal. Here is information about the executives leading the healthcare data and analytics company, according to Change's website and the individuals' LinkedIn profiles:
Neil de Crescenzo, President and CEO: Mr. de Crescenzo has served as Change's president and CEO since 2013. He is also a member of the company's board of directors. He previously served as senior vice president and general manager of Oracle's Global Health Sciences unit.
Fredrik Eliasson, Executive Vice President and CFO: Mr. Eliasson joined Change in 2018. He previously served as executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer for CSX Corp.
August Calhoun, Executive Vice President and President of Sales and Operations: Mr. Calhoun joined Change in 2018. He previously served as senior vice president and general manager of services at Siemens.
Loretta Cecil, Executive Vice President and General Counsel: Ms. Cecil joined the company in 2017. She previously served as senior vice president of governance relations at McKesson and general counsel for McKesson Technology Solutions.
Kris Joshi, PhD, President of Network Solutions and Software and Analytics: Dr. Joshi has been with Change since 2013. He was previously the global vice president of healthcare product strategy for Oracle's Health Sciences unit.
Thomas Laur, Executive Vice President and President of Technology Enabled Services: Mr. Laur has been with Change since 2018. He was previously the president of SAP's Health Sciences division.
Steven Martin, Executive Vice President of Enterprise Technology: Mr. Martin joined Change in 2020. He was previously the acting CEO for GE Digital, chief digital officer for GE Power and chief commercial officer for GE Digital.
W. Thomas McEnery, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Chief Marketing Officer: Mr. McEnery joined Change in 2014. He was previously Optum's chief marketing officer.
Linda Whitley-Taylor, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer: Ms. Whitley-Taylor previously served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer at Amerigroup.