Siva Balu is a seasoned executive in business, digital technology, and healthcare. During this extensive experience, Siva led various transformational strategic initiatives including the founding of various high growth businesses based in healthcare, technology, products, platforms, AI, and data.

Siva is currently the Chief Information & Digital Officer, Senior Vice President at Quartz Health Solutions where he spearheads innovative ways to empower members and communities to create a life well-lived.

Previously, Siva led digital technology as the Global CIO for UnitedHealth Group (Fortune 3, $400B annual revenue, 450k employees) that included M&As, Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, Specialty and Individual products. Siva led Growth, Cost and Experience through the advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Tech Forward, Talent Transformation, Platforms, and end-to-end Technologies.

Prior to that Siva led the Digital Transformation as the Global CIO & CISO for YMCA OF THE USA ($9B Brand) building the Y Cloud platform to offer products and services for the global YMCAs, launching universal mobile apps, virtual content, virtual health, CRM, big data analytics and business intelligence.

Siva spent over 20 years at Blue Cross Blue Shield, enabling over 110 million members, 1 in 3 Americans, to receive high quality healthcare. At the Blues, Siva founded and built successful platform businesses to enhance consumer experience, reduce operational cost, tackle social determinants of health and more. He also led transformation strategies including AI/ML, Big Data Analytics, Cloud, Blockchain and SaaS.

Siva is a renowned international keynote speaker at industry conferences and events. Siva is a board director/mentor/advisor/investor in various startups and non-profits. Siva is a mentor to various aspiring professionals, leaders, start-ups and venture funds.

During his free time, Siva likes to run long distance ultra-marathons, write, read, cook and follow Formula 1.