Benjamin Shobert

Senior Vice President of Clinical Data Strategy Optum

Ben Shobert has joined Optum as their new Senior Vice President of Clinical Data Strategy. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for driving cross-company alignment on strategic clinical data investments and governance. This will include exploration of new strategies and work with healthcare data standards organizations and national regulators. Prior to that he was chief alliance officer at Microsoft, where he led strategy engagements with national governments, providers, and the biotech community. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was Founder and Managing Director of Seattle-based Rubicon Strategy Group, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in market access work in China’s healthcare, life science, and senior care industries. In 2013, Rubicon completed the first syndicated research report on Myanmar’s healthcare system. For six years, Mr. Shobert wrote a column for the Asia Times on U.S.-China trade and economic policy, with a particular focus on how relations between the two countries were affected after the 2008 financial crisis. His latest book, Blaming China: It Might Feel Good, but It Won’t Fix America’s Economy, explores the future of U.S.-China economic and political relations.