Chad L. Wilkins
Chief Executive Officer
OptumHealth Financial Services

Chad Wilkins is chief executive officer for OptumHealth Financial Services, the largest and only singularly-focused health care financial services provider. OptumHealth Financial Services offers solutions for individuals and the health care industry that make health care easier and more affordable.

Wilkins has more than 25 years of financial experience. He spent 15 years at U.S. Bank Corporate Payment Systems (U.S. Bank) where he was instrumental in building one of most successful commercial payment groups in the industry. In his most recent role with U.S. Bank, he served as the senior vice president – commercial large market manager, leading a segment that grew to more than $13 billion in annual card volume in three years under his direction. At U.S. Bank, Wilkins also led teams to create strategic plans and innovative products that resulted in significant sales growth, high customer satisfaction and increased customer retention.

Previously, Wilkins was a regional sales manager with Citicorp Diners Club and a commercial loan officer with United Jersey Banks.

Wilkins earned his bachelor’s degree in government from Lehigh University.

Kelvin L. Anderson
President
OptumHealth Bank

Kelvin L. Anderson is president of OptumHealth Bank, which he joined in January 2008. His experience encompasses more than 20 years in bank operations, including finance and regulatory compliance, as well as credit card payment operations. He was previously chief operating officer and chief financial officer of both Escrow Bank USA and Capmark Bank, building and sustaining operations at both banks during periods of rapid growth. He is a graduate of the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

James Priebe
Vice President, Product and Marketing
OptumHealth Financial Services

James Priebe is vice president, product and marketing, for OptumHealth Financial Services, where he is responsible for OptumHealth Financial Services’s full range of health accounts for employees, retirees and individuals as well as the account card and technological capabilities supporting OptumHealth Financial Services’ services for public- and private-sector employers and organizations.

Priebe is an active and respected member of the health finance community and frequent consultant on consumer-directed health care plans to public and private organizations.

Previously, Priebe was executive director and chief marketing officer for MMSI, a Mayo Health company. There he led third-party administrative services, health services, network services and pharmacy benefit management.   He also served seven years with a leading third-party administrator.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing management and communications from Concordia College in St. Paul, Minn.

Jeff Grosklags
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
OptumHealth Financial Services

Jeff Grosklags is chief financial officer and chief operating officer of OptumHealth Financial Services, which he joined in January 2006. Previously, Grosklags served in a number of senior financial roles for 10 years at Metris Companies, Inc. including senior vice president of finance, bank CFO, finance lead for the credit card division, and head of investor and public relations. Prior to Metris, Grosklags worked in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, serving large, publicly traded firms with a focus in financial services and insurance.

Grosklags holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and he is an inactive certified public accountant.

Allan Klindworth
Chief Credit Officer
OptumHealth Financial Services

Allan Klindworth is chief credit officer for OptumHealth Financial Services. Klindworth joined OptumHealth Financial Services in January 2006 following 11 years in a variety of senior strategic and operational roles at Metris Companies, Inc. He was one of a dozen individuals who started Metris in 1994, developed it into a publicly traded financial services company and grew it into one of the top 10 credit card issuers in the nation. Prior to Metris, Klindworth worked in corporate research at Fingerhut Corp., where he was responsible for opportunity analysis, demographic modeling and targeting, and strategic consulting for Fingerhut’s many subsidiaries.

Klindworth holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and applied mathematics from the University of North Dakota and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

Kelly L. Clark
Chief Information Officer
OptumHealth Financial Services

Kelly L. Clark is chief information officer for OptumHealth Financial Services, responsible for leading the information technology organization through strategic planning and technology deployments to bring innovation, reliability and security to benefits delivery, health care administration and transactional processes.

Clark has a wide range of experience in technology leadership, development, operations and consulting. Previously, he was vice president of the application services group at Uniprise Technologies. Before joining Uniprise, Clark was vice president, development and technology, for Sagebrush Corp., a market leader in educational software products. Clark was general manager of SSI North America, a consultancy practice, and spent three years at Norstan Consulting.

He has master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.

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