Gautam B.

Chief AI Officer | Driving 16x Growth with AI | Healthcare, Startups, & Fortune 500 | Harvard MPH | MIT Agentic AI

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

About

As an Operations and Digital/AI strategy executive, I sit at an intersection that's genuinely rare in healthcare: I have deployed agentic AI inside one of the largest Medicaid payers in the country, built and shipped AI products as a startup CTO through Series A, and led Epic implementations that directly touched tens of thousands of patients. With experience spanning startups and Fortune 500 companies, I specialize in translating AI ambition into enterprise outcomes. I closely work with C-level Execs and Boards to deliver significant outcomes by deploying enterprise Digital & AI solutions. Selected Executive Impact: ▪ Architected and deployed an enterprise-wide agentic AI platform across 28K+ employees at Molina Healthcare, reducing service desk demand by 20% and generating an estimated 150K productivity hours per year. ▪ Directed a $100M+ technology investment portfolio, delivering $30M+ in tracked savings and revenue uplift; aligned capital allocation to C-suite priorities through multi-year strategic roadmaps ▪ At Jeeva AI, led the organization from early-stage to Series A, achieving 16x growth, $5M+ ARR, and strategic partnerships with AWS and Microsoft Azure within 24 months ▪ Delivered $10M+ in cost savings through legacy system rationalization at City of Hope, while maintaining 99.9% application uptime across 100+ clinical and revenue cycle platforms ▪ Designed and implemented AI compliance frameworks aligned to SOC 2, GDPR, and ISO 27001, enabling market entry into three highly regulated sectors without a single ethics escalation ▪ Closely mentored and trained 10+ direct reports over the last 15 years towards career promotions into Management/Leadership roles

Experience

  • Director, PMO & AI Enablement at Molina Healthcare
    Jun 2023 - 2026 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    •Deployed Moveworks (Agentic) AI solution enterprise wide (2M project) across 28K+ Molina staff, with an initial user adoption of ~60%+ •Led $10M project to transition from Azure VMs to AKS (Azure Kubernetes Services), reducing cloud infrastructure costs by ~18% and improving application deployment frequency by 3x •Developed AI first strategy for all current and roadmap projects to include AI capabilities, embedding AI into 80% of new initiatives and increasing automation coverage by ~25% •Expanded IT support to include Cybersecurity and Physical Security departments, consolidating service operations and improving ticket resolution SLAs by ~20% •Built 3 year strategic technology roadmaps including capability maturity heatmaps, aligning 100M+ in planned investments with C suite priorities and reducing redundant spend by ~10% •Led the benefits/value realization effort for projects delivered in 2021 through 2025, tracking 10M+ in realized savings and revenue uplift across the portfolio

  • Chief AI Officer at Jeeva AI
    Jun 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    •Spearheaded the launch and scale up of agentic AI solutions, driving 16x company growth, expanding from dozens to hundreds of enterprise customers, and increasing logo retention to >95% •Led cross functional teams to architect and deploy autonomous AI suite for lead discovery and analytics, increasing customer engagement rates by 35% and shortening sales cycle times by ~20% •Developed and implemented enterprise AI governance and compliance strategies, achieving SOC 2 readiness and GDPR/ISO 27001 alignment, enabling entry into 3+ highly regulated markets •Instituted Responsible AI features with real time bias monitoring, campaign approval workflows, and audit readiness, reducing compliance review time by ~40% and eliminating escalated AI ethics incidents •Directed the launch of Jeeva 2.0 and advanced autonomous assistants, driving a 50% uplift in product usage and achieving top quartile engagement rankings on Product Hunt •Fostered a collaborative, OKR driven innovation culture, increasing release cadence from quarterly to monthly and improving employee engagement scores by ~15 points. •Achieved 5M+ ARR in under 12 months, secured Series A funding, and established strategic partnerships with AWS and Azure that contributed ~30% of annual pipeline.

  • Sr. Manager, IT at City of Hope
    Mar 2017 - Jun 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    •Led multiple Epic implementations at City of Hope (2016–17 main campus, 2020–21 Orange County Cancer Center, 2022–23 CTCA acquisition), standardizing workflows across 3+ regions and supporting 3K+ clinicians. •Responsible for a portfolio of 50+ IT projects each fiscal year with a capital budget of 20M+, delivering >90% of projects on time and under budget for four consecutive years. •Managed IT capital budget (~15M+ per year) for fiscal years 2017 through 2021, reallocating underutilized funds to high value initiatives and identifying ~10% annual savings opportunities •Led the business transformation project to decommission legacy applications, resulting in cost savings over $10M in FY18 through FY21 and reducing application footprint by ~30% •Formulated the strategic IT roadmap for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, aligning digital initiatives with clinical and research growth targets and enabling expansion into 3+ new markets •Established a new IT governance structure for project approval with the CMIO, CFO, and CMO, cutting project approval times by ~50% and increasing transparency of capital decisions •Responsible for IT vendor management and contract negotiations with 50+ IT vendors, achieving average contract cost reductions of 8–12% while improving SLAs

  • Sr. Project Manager at ASML
    Feb 2015 - Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    •Provided business/program leadership to Controls Engineering division for multi-Billion-dollar next generation semiconductor technology (EUV) •Managed 10-15 concurrent Controls Engineering projects with a combined project size of over $20M •Managed key communications with internal stakeholders and ASML technical support teams at clients such as Intel, Samsung, and IBM •Led Product Development using Agile/Scrum methodology •Improved software delivery rate by over 50% in 2015 by implementing Scrum methodology

  • Project Manager at eClinicalWorks
    Oct 2011 - Jan 2015 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    ●Owned $10M+ enterprise projects with 1,000+ staff, delivering multi-site EMR rollouts on time and within 5% of budget. ●Led integration, architecture, migration, and IT teams, improving cross-functional productivity by 20%. ●Led Meaningful Use consulting at SF County, securing $10M CMS incentive and achieving Stage 1/2 for 100% providers. ●Delivered implementations for 5 clients, bringing 5K+ physicians live on eCW with >90% adoption rates. ●Engineered custom HL7/FHIR interfaces for multi-site rollouts, accelerating data migration for 5K providers by 30% and minimizing go-live disruptions to under 2% downtime. ●Implemented Agile project delivery framework for EMR implementations, elevating on-time completion rates to 95% across $10M+ portfolios and reducing scope creep. ●Optimized resource allocation models for offshore teams, slashing implementation costs by 22% while maintaining 98% client satisfaction in post-go-live surveys. ●Spearheaded training programs for 1,000+ staff on eCW workflows, boosting provider adoption to 92% within 90 days and generating $10M+ in CMS incentives ●Led vendor synchronization for integrations with labs and pharmacies, improving order fulfillment turnaround times by 25% for high-volume organizations like Ogden Clinic and the Tufts Medical Center. ●Conducted post-implementation optimizations yielding 20% annual maintenance savings, reallocating funds to innovation projects across San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. ●Championed change management initiatives, reducing user resistance by 40% through targeted executive briefings and clinician feedback loops during Meaningful Use transitions.