Chris Stenzel is National Vice President, Innovation and Business Development for Kaiser Permanente. He oversees a broad portfolio of innovation programs, serves on boards, and represents KP to internal and external audiences. During his 30 years with Kaiser Permanente, Chris has held leadership positions within the medical groups, health plan and hospital areas, including strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, information technology management, and business development. He was also the CEO of a start-up company owned by Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Chris was a senior manager with Accenture (then Anderson Consulting)