

From storytelling at Disney to life-and-death systems in healthcare, a veteran CIO on building resilient teams, earning clinician trust and running technology as a business.

Gary J Ahwah has spent three decades leading technology in healthcare, most recently as CTO at Molina Healthcare. He was previously CIO at PacifiCare, regional CIO at Kaiser Permanente and led advanced technology services at Disney. He holds an MBA from USC Marshall and sits on the board of nonprofit Human-I-T.