Streamlining value-based care contracts with CLM

As the Global Head for Payor Business Development at AWS, Mr. Cardinell is a multifaceted and highly skilled global health industry leader with a balanced skillset across go-to-market strategy, organizational transformation, and client management having served in such organizations as Optum/UHG, Cigna, and Microsoft over the past 20 years. Brian brings a unique perspective to solving complex business challenges, through skills honed as a strategy consultant, finance leader, and product manager early in career.Mr. Cardinell attended The University of Virginia’s (Darden) Operational Excellence leadership programs as part of Cigna’s executive leadership program, he holds an MBA from The University of Denver (Daniels) and a BS in Global Supply Chain Management from Clarkson University in New York. 

Nate Begani is Executive Vice President of Customer Success at Virsys12, where he oversees Managed Services, Consulting Services, Service Operations, Customer Success, and supports Sales and Marketing. He plays a pivotal role in building a customer-centric culture to drive company growth, acting as a customer advocate from the prospect sales cycle through project implementation and closure.

Nate joined Virsys12 in 2018 after building a successful Salesforce department from the ground up at Franklin American Mortgage. With over a decade of management experience, he has managed over 100 projects involving implementations and third-party integrations. Nate is certified as a Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant, Sales Cloud Consultant, Experience Cloud Consultant, among other Salesforce certifications. He has also presented twice at Dreamforce, Salesforce’s annual conference.

Nate holds both a BS and MBA from Middle Tennessee State University. 

Tom Cowen is the Head of Vertical Strategy, Healthcare & Life Sciences at Conga where he is responsible for institutionalizing Conga’s success in the HLS sector. He is a Software Industry executive who has worked for Industry Leaders and Start-ups including Oracle, EMC and Vendavo.  Over the past 30 years, he has focused on bringing value to Healthcare & Life Sciences companies through applications including: CRM, ERP, Revenue Lifecycle and Price Optimization. He has held roles in Product & Vertical Strategy, Finance, Sales and Sales Engineering. While at Conga, Tom has had the privilege of working with top companies including Boston Scientific, Abbvie, Express Scripts, CVS Health and McKesson.  

Tom and his family founded Justin’s Smile Childhood Cancer Foundation in memory of his 13-year-old son, Justin, who battled Osteosarcoma. The foundation funds Childhood Cancer research and provides support for patients and parents.