Speakers 2009: Neil Waldron
Neil Waldron joined Rocky Mountain Health Plans in January of 2009. Serving as the Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Mr. Waldron is responsible for statewide Commercial sales and marketing and driving increases to membership and market share through strategic initiatives. As a highly regarded industry leader, Mr. Waldron brings to the organization an outstanding reputation for innovation and improvements to financial performance.
Mr. Waldron is the former President and CEO of Sloans Lake Managed Care, where he won acclaim for bringing the company to profitability after five years of losses and positioned Sloans Lake as an innovative health plan. More recently, he was national head of sales and marketing for Aetna’s small group and mid-sized divisions, as well as Senior Vice President at Great West HealthCare in charge of sales, underwriting, product development, and marketing.
Waldron began his career in the insurance industry with Metropolitan Life in New York in 1975, before assuming the position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for MassMutual in 1988. He has managed multi-million dollar budgets, supervised teams of hundreds of employees, improved relationships with brokers, Members and providers, and launched innovative, consumer-driven products focused on wellness and preventive care.
Mr. Waldron holds a BA from Eisenhower College where he graduated magna cum laude.