What Happened?
Newark, NJ-based Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has Appointed Doug Blackwell as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the only licensed Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan in New Jersey, provides health insurance coverage to more than 3.6 million people throughout all of North, Central, and South Jersey. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is best known for our managed care and traditional indemnity plans for individuals and employers — the cornerstone of our health care business. Horizon BCBSNJ traces its history back to 1932 when Associated Hospitals of Essex County, Inc. was formed as a multi-hospital prepayment plan. The company later became the nation`s first Blue Cross Plan. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, is a not-for-profit, health service corporation. A 15-member Board of Directors governs the company for its members. There are no shareholders.
About the Person
Douglas E. Blackwell is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. He joined the Company in March, 2011 and is responsible for all aspects of Information Technology which includes the planning, development, and delivery of all applications and infrastructure, as well as system and technology operations. Before joining Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Mr. Blackwell spent many years in the health care, insurance, financial services and software. He recently served as Senior Vice President for Remote Application Hosting Services, a division of the Allscripts/Eclipsys Corporation. Prior to that he was the Senior Vice President for Service Operations IT at CIGNA Corporation and previously held several Senior IT positions there. In addition, he held Executive positions at several software companies including his membership of an Executive team that completed a successful IPO for a developer of hosted wireless telecommunications applications. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Blackwell obtained a Bachelor's degree in both Business and Human Development from Colby College in Waterville, Maine; completed graduate work in the MBA programs at Babson College and Clark Universities in Massachusetts, and also attended Columbia University’s Executive Development Program.
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