As the Vice President and Chief Enterprise Architect with twenty plus years of service at Medline Industries he has contributed to process improvement and developed integration strategies that have supported Medline’s growth to become the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies providing products, education, clinical programs and services across the continuum of care with offices in 20 countries

Joined Health Care Service Corporation, the nation’s largest customer owned health insurer offering Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in Illinois, Montana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas, in September of 2017 as DVP Information Security Architecture and Design. In this role, John was responsible for driving the future state Cyber Security Architecture with a focus on securely enabling HCSC’s use of the public cloud for sensitive workloads, overall modernization of HCSC’s Member facing and Enterprise Identity & Access Management products and enhancements to Cyber Defense capabilities. Promoted to Deputy CISO / Head of Information Security for Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) in Fall of 2021. John is responsible for delivering a fiscally responsible and pragmatic Information Security program that securely enables the HCSC enterprise, systems development entities, and strategic initiatives. He is an Information Services Security thought leader with over twenty-five years combined experience with Fortune 500 firms in life sciences, healthcare and consumer products industries. Actively participates on Executive Customer Advisory Boards and Healthcare Industry Executive Leadership forums. John has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Temple University and holds CISSP certification.

A rare C-suite digitally native executive with deep operational and advisory leadership experience, passionate about helping clients envision and execute aggressive transformation agendas while ensuring operational resilience. Expert in leading consensus-rooted change to automate and streamline legacy operations, digitally transform the customer experience, and create a security-first, data-centric mindset, no matter the industry involved. Adept at working with CEO’s, Boards, and Investors to envision, launch, and successfully implement multi-billion-dollar technology transformations, merger integrations and divestitures, and new products. Demonstrated ability to view business portfolios (legacy, existing or acquisition targets) dispassionately, and to transform, reposition, integrate, or divest as needed to accomplish strategic aims while preserving essential culture.

Based in Chicago, I'm the Chief Digital and Strategy Officer for Trustmark, a benefits and insurance provider focused on health, fitness, and wellness.

Everyday, I drive Trustmark's legacy of making a positive difference in the lives of our customers by helping them navigate the healthcare system and build healthy habits, which can be daunting. Trustmark is THE institution to help, with businesses and products spanning employee benefits, health plan administration, voluntary products, and corporate health and wellness management.

Our mission of helping employees engage, become smarter healthcare consumers, and achieve greater well being inspires me on a daily basis!

My background includes twelve years as a Partner with McKinsey & Company, with a deep expertise in financial services, driving transformational change, deploying deep digital and analytics technologies, and developing leading strategies. I'm passionate about digital and innovation and have served many of the top North American financial institutions over my career to drive cost, growth, and customer experience.

I've also led programs to transform technology architecture, implement Agile at scale, re-imagine customer and operational journeys, enhance digital sales and marketing processes, and re-invent culture to drive organization transformation.