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Fawad Butt

Former Operating Partner at Canvas Ventures

Palo Alto, California, United States

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About

Fawad Butt is the CEO and co-founder of Penguin Ai, a company applying generative AI to healthcare back-office operations for payers and providers. He previously served as Chief Data Officer at Kaiser Permanente, United Healthcare, and Optum, where he led a data business with over $400 million in P&L responsibility, and has built data and analytics capabilities at five Fortune 500 companies. He is an Operating Partner/EIR at Canvas Ventures and sits on the boards of Vida Health, Particle Health, and PinePark Health.

Experience

  1. Penguin AiChief Executive Officer / Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. Redesign HealthExecutive Advisor2022 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. Canvas VenturesOperating Partner2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. UnitedHealth GroupChief Data Officer - Optum2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  5. UnitedHealthcareChief Data Officer / Chief Analytics Officer2018 — 2019
  6. Kaiser PermanenteChief Data Governance Officer / Chief Data Officer2015 — 2018Oakland, California
  7. Northern Trust CorporationGlobal Head of Enterprise Data Strategy / Co-Head of Data Governance2013 — 2015Greater Chicago Area
  8. Northern Trust CorporationHead of Enterprise PMO - Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Analytics2013 — 2014Greater Chicago Area
  9. TIAA-CREFData Delivery Services2012 — 2013Charlotte, North Carolina Area
  10. TDData Governance & Data Quality Consultant2010 — 2012Portland, Maine Area
  11. Zeus Capital AdvisersManaging Partner and Principal Consultant2007 — 2010
  12. Nala Equity ServicesMD of Strategy and Program Development2004 — 2007Greater Chicago Area
  13. Sun MicrosystemsArea Systems Engineering Director1997 — 2003
  14. Sun MicrosystemsSr. Systems Engineer1997 — 2001
  15. SGIPre-Sales Systems Engineer1996 — 1997

Skills & more

Business Insights2Change Management3Business Transformation1Board Level1Workable Solutions1Business ApplicationsProduct ServiceStrategic RoadmapsEngineering LeadershipBusiness PlanningBusiness ManagementProgram Management69
+11 moreProduct ManagementProject Portfolio ManagementRegulatory StrategyAgile Project ManagementBusiness Process ImprovementSales ManagementBasel IIFull SDLCStrategyProcess ImprovementDodd-Frank Compliance

Languages Arabic · English · Hindi · Punjabi · Urdu

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Who is Fawad Butt?
Fawad Butt is the CEO and co-founder of Penguin Ai, a company applying generative AI to healthcare back-office operations for payers and providers. He previously served as Chief Data Officer at Kaiser Permanente, United Healthcare, and Optum, where he led a data business with over $400 million in P&L responsibility, and has built data and analytics capabilities at five Fortune 500 companies. He is an Operating Partner/EIR at Canvas Ventures and sits on the boards of Vida Health, Particle Health, and PinePark Health.
Where did Fawad Butt go to school?
Fawad Butt studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MBA, Product); Stanford University (Leadership, Executive Management); East-West University Chicago (BS EET, Microprocessor Design).

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