Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 13, 2000
VIP PATEL is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
eHealthInsurance.com. In his prior role at the Healtheon Corporation,
Mr. Patel was responsible for sales and product management of
Healtheon's health insurance industry offerings and for charting the
direction of future health insurance services. At Silicon Graphics, Mr.
Patel's vision helped give rise to the company's Web business and
innovative Internet-based solutions for several industry segments. He
also had product marketing responsibility for the $700M next-generation
workstation product line. Prior to SGI, Mr. Patel has held positions at
Hewlett-Packard, the White House during the Bush Administration and at
Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Patel holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton
School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. from Stanford
University. Profile
Mr. Patel: eHealthInsurance.com was founded in 1997 and is today, the
leader in online sales of health insurance. It was our technology
