Mike Alsip
Instructor of Information Systems
Throughout his multi-decade career, Mike has been a leader in designing, developing, and delivering technology solutions to business problems. With a passion for software development, his depth of experience and skills have led him to focus on business-critical systems, including real-time claim processing platforms, high-volume market data, and complex enterprise system integrations.
Mike’s skill set includes a broad technology background, strategic business understanding, investment acumen, and soft skills that enable the development of technology solutions driving growth and profitability. More recently, he has focused on solutions that directly benefit end consumers. He led efforts to integrate and analyze patient medical and pharmacy data to deliver valuable health recommendations aimed at improving consumer health and reducing costs through a multi-channel communication strategy. Mike also led the development of a cloud-based service that identified drug cost savings for over 7 million consumers.
In addition, Mike has played significant roles in large-scale integrations resulting from mergers and acquisitions, including the Walgreen PBM by SXC, the Catalyst acquisition by SXC, and the purchase of Catamaran by UHG/Optum. Through these mergers, Mike played a key role in successfully delivering the expected business and financial synergies.
Before his healthcare industry success, Mike served as vice president of product management at Reuters (now Thomson Reuters), where he managed and delivered a high-speed market data platform to the largest global investment banks, ushering in the age of automated trading. His work on the next-generation product generated $90M in revenue over three years.
Education
- MBA, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
- BA, Computer Science, Illinois State University
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Business Information Systems
- Introduction to Supply Chain Management Systems Analysis and Design