Barb Archbold

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About Barb Archbold

Professional Profile Barbara A. Archbold is a partner in IBM's Healthcare Consulting organization and has responsibility for our healthcare solutions strategy and offerings. She is a seasoned executive with over 30 years experience in strategy development and IT planning and implementation. The last 18 years have been specializing in the healthcare Industry across the entire ecosystem. She has previously held roles such as the Healthcare Strategy and Change Practice Leader and Healthcare Segment leader. She personally specializes in business transformation and leading companies in designing and implementing their business and information strategies. Ms. Archbold leads projects for healthcare businesses undergoing significant changes by applying her expertise in process redesign, management information systems and strategy development to meet today's business challenges. Barbara frequently facilitates executive planning sessions focused on executing their business strategy and the associated call to action given current healthcare reform and competitive pressures. These sessions often focus on bringing together players across the entire ecosystem. She was the lead facilitator for IBM"s Healthcare Global Innovation Outlook and has been very active in setting IBM's Collaborative Care agenda over the last several years. Specialties: Healthcare - IDNs, health plans - business process and IT systems, business plans, business process, business strategy, call center, competitive, consulting, customer relations, customer service, delivery, engineering, information systems, information technology, leadership, marketing, meeting facilitation, organizational analysis, presentation skills, process engineering, public speaking, research, sales, sales support, strategic, vision