Bio

Charles Kennedy is a Managing Partner of Blue Ox serving on the Investment Committee. Charles is a recognized expert in healthcare delivery, finance and information technology with over 25 years of experience as a C-level executive and board advisor at several leading companies. Prior to Blue Ox, Charles was Chief Population Health Officer for Healthagen, Aetna’s healthcare IT subsidiary. He also launched and served as CEO of Aetna’s Accountable Care Solutions division, growing it to a multi-billion subsidiary of Aetna. Prior to Aetna, Charles was Vice President of Health Information Technology for WellPoint, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CareAssured, and Director of Strategic Informatics at Blue Shield of California. Previously, Charles was a practicing physician on the medical staff at Kaiser Permanente and other Northern California medical facilities for seven years. Charles was also a founding commissioner of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) and served a five-year appointment as the health insurance industry representative on the HIT Policy Committee. He also serves on the AHIP Foundation Board of Directors and the advisory board for the Center for Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare and Life Science Innovation Lab. Charles holds an M.D. in Internal Medicine from the University of California at Los Angeles, an MBA in Corporate Strategy and Health Care Economics from Stanford University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Genetics from the University of California at Berkeley.