Fawad served as the Chief Data Officer at Kaiser Permanente, United Healthcare, and Optum, leading the industry’s largest team of data and analytics experts and managing a multi-hundred-million dollar P&L. At Optum, he was responsible for overseeing the end-to-end data and analytics capabilities, platforms, products, tools and services across the enterprise. Under his leadership, his team modernized key data and analytics capabilities to support the ever-evolving analytical needs across the UHG and Optum businesses.

Fawad fostered a culture of innovation across the analytics ecosystem, encouraged experimentation with new methods and technologies, and invested in talent and tools to deliver a robust digital foundation for the enterprise, enabling best-in-class care and cost outcomes for the $60M UHG members.

Prior to UHG, Fawad served as the Chief Data Governance & Chief Data Officer at Kaiser Permanente. At Kaiser, Fawad helped define the industry’s most robust Data Governance Model, led an enterprise wide Data Privacy & Security initiative, and built the foundational data and analytics capabilities which allowed Kaiser to be market leading in digital care delivery for years to follow.

Prior to starting Penguin Ai. Fawad was an Executive-in-Residence at Canvas Ventures, a venture capital firm with $3B under management. During his time at Canvas, he worked closely with the Managing Partners to evaluate healthcare investments and help the firm drive a data analytics, AI and machine learning thesis. He was involved with the following portfolio companies as a board observer and technical leader: Particle Health, Vida Health and PineCove Health.

Kishore is passionate about using data and AI to make healthcare smarter, more efficient, and more human. Over the years, he has led transformative AI initiatives across areas like risk management, quality assurance, care management, and utilization management—helping organizations save costs, unlock new revenue, and deliver better outcomes.
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His work has generated more than $250M in impact for leading healthcare enterprises, including some of the world’s largest Fortune 20 organizations. Beyond driving measurable results, Kishore has played a key role in bringing generative AI into the heart of healthcare operations.
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A recognized thought leader, Kishore has built multiple AI products, authored six books on machine learning and AI, and holds twelve patents at the crossroads of healthcare and technology.

Srinivas is a Data Engineering Executive with over 17 years of experience in architecting, designing and developing data warehousing, big data, cloud and analytics solutions. He served for over 10 years in various roles at UnitedHealth Group (UHG), and spent time at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Dell.

A well-regarded technical manager who can attract, manage and build out large engineering teams with his people-centric approach, he specializes in building and delivering A-class cutting-edge solutions.

Vamsi is a transformational tech leader who has a long history building and launching intelligent applications that solve impactful customer pain points. As Associate Director of AI Products & Platforms at UnitedHealth Group (UHG), he has led teams who have created AI-powered products to help departments achieve widespread digital transformation. He has stood up and led numerous engineering and development teams at Black Knight Financial Services and ADP.

Mark Caron is Chief Strategy Officer at Penguin Ai with over 40 years of business and technology leadership, including 35+ years in healthcare across delivery systems and insurers. He previously served as Executive Consultant to EY-Parthenon, Advisor to healthcare IT companies and PE firms, EVP & CIO at Capital BlueCross, and CEO of its subsidiary Geneia.

Earlier in his career, Mark held C-level leadership roles at OptumHealth, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin and Massachusetts, Catholic Health Initiatives, and Healthsource. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO), and in 2013 was named an Elite 8 honoree by Insurance & Technology, recognizing top IT executives in the insurance industry.

Peter Longo began his career at McKesson, where he played a pivotal role in building and scaling sales teams during the company's major expansion into hospitals. Known for his ability to create high-performing sales organizations, Peter's success at McKesson led to his next venture at Sunquest, where he was SVP of Sales and Marketing. At Sunquest, he helped grow the company into a leader in hospital lab, radiology, and pharmacy software, with the business successfully being acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

Terry has over 25 years of experience in healthcare, specializing in partnerships and go-to-market strategy across payers, providers, and digital health. He is Head of Partnerships at Penguin Ai, where he leads alliances with hyperscalers, cloud data platforms, systems integrators, and ISVs to expand adoption of AI-powered solutions for payers and providers.

Terry previously held leadership roles at Pager Health, ŌURA, Salesforce, and Cisco, where he built partner ecosystems, launched new healthcare solutions, and drove significant growth in payer and provider markets.

Abigail Crenshaw is Chief of Staff and Head of Operations at Penguin Ai, where she drives execution across teams, strengthens operations, and supports scaling the company’s impact in healthcare AI. She most recently led Technology Strategy and Operations for the CIO at SCAN Health Plan and previously shaped Healthcare Commercial Strategy at Afiniti. Earlier in her career, Abigail held roles at Kaiser Permanente and Accenture, building expertise in healthcare delivery and strategic consulting. She earned her degree from Northeastern University.