Kris Joshi, PhD

Kris Joshi is a healthcare technology executive, experienced CEO, board member
and investor with 25 years of leadership across healthcare and life sciences, and
deep expertise in software, data, and AI. He served as CEO of Optum’s $3 billion
Software, Network and Data business, and subsequently as CEO of Norstella, a
global life sciences data and AI company. He has held leadership roles at Change
Healthcare, Oracle, IBM, and McKinsey & Company.

Kris has helped cultivate entrepreneurship and innovation in global health over the
past 25 years. He is a co-founder of Vayu Global Health Innovations, which has
developed groundbreaking low-cost medical devices for infant and maternal health
in resource-limited settings. He serves as an Independent Board Director for
Axuall, Inc., and has served on non-profit Boards, including the Personalized
Medicine Coalition and the eHealth Initiative, in Washington, DC. Kris holds a
Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Caltech, and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from
MIT. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and two sons.