Ron Cornell

First Choice Health is pleased to welcome Ron Cornell as the director of product innovation. 

With more than 20 years of experience leading initiatives in product research, design, testing and development for various healthcare markets, Cornell has the proven ability to influence, engage and work directly with C-suite customers from government, managed care, pharmaceutical and technology sectors. Cornell has a knack for understanding what customers want and quickly developing products that will delight them. He is really good at engaging organizations and working with teams to reach new heights of performance. He’s a strategic thinker and is well connected to the health innovation eco-system. Cornell graduated from Northwestern University in 1996 and received his MBA from the University of Washington in 2013. He served as a strategy and marketing consultant for numerous healthcare startups in New York City before transitioning to Premera Blue Cross, where he started in 2013 as a senior manager in marketing and worked closely with the employer strategy team to launch consumer-directed health plan solutions. In 2015, he was promoted to lead consultant for innovation and strategic development where he focused on delivering one of the first conversational UI platforms for the health insurance industry as well as a provider scheduling platform in Alaska. Cornell is always exploring new ways to solve existing problems with innovative, out-of-the-box concepts and ideas. He’s eager to create unforeseen opportunities for the customers, employers and providers of First Choice Health in the coming months. Uniquely positioned to meet the growing need for better products and services in an ever-changing healthcare landscape, First Choice Health continues to develop tailor-made solutions for its clients. Cornell will be integral in ushering in an era of change that will lead to strategic, long-term growth. Cornell brings an exceptional and diverse set of skills to First Choice Health. He represents First Choice Health’s immediate goal of driving growth by creating value for current and future customers.