Vijay Venkatesan, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Chief Analytics Officer, Joins CDO Magazine Global Editorial Board

(US and Canada) We are pleased to welcome Vijay Venkatesan to CDO Magazine’s Global Editorial Board. Venkatesan is Chief Analytics Officer at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. He is a distinguished senior business and technology executive recognized for his robust financial background, strategic application of emerging technologies, extensive consulting experience, and effective operational leadership.

With a proven track record, Venkatesan has consistently propelled companies to next-level growth and fostered innovation throughout his career. Prior to joining Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, he served as Chief Data Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health. He excels in building compelling business cases for new cloud-based solutions, setting rigorous IT governance standards, and fostering stakeholder consensus. His ability to develop high-performing teams within highly matrixed organizations underscores his leadership acumen.

Additionally, Venkatesan is an industry thought leader, contributing as a board member at GNS Healthcare and frequently featured as a speaker at conferences. His expertise spans a wide array of domains, including strategy formulation and execution, principles-based leadership, mergers and acquisitions, data, digital, and analytics, cloud and SaaS solutions, vendor oversight and optimization, interoperability, product strategy, ROI-focused projects, team dynamics, multi-site management, application rationalization, customer satisfaction, service excellence, and growth and diversification.

As global thought leaders, CDO Magazine’s Editorial Board of top executives share their expert opinions and innovations in data and analytics. The board ensures that we champion the best companies, leaders, and insights that accelerate our community’s success. Members may serve as editorial writers, reviewers, content developers, and conference speakers.

The CDO Magazine community welcomes Vijay Venkatesan to our growing Global Editorial Board membership.