Carissa Rollins, UHC Technology

Carissa Rollins is the chief information officer for UnitedHealthcare Technology.  She is responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and technology investments in support of the commercial, Medicare and Retirement, and government programs technology business portfolios at UnitedHealthcare.  Prior to UHC, Carissa held the positions of CIO and CHRO at Gander Mountain where she oversaw all aspects of the company's technology and information systems, omni-channel initiatives, cyber-security, and enterprise data and business analytics in addition to all aspects of human resource management. Carissa has also held positions at Kohl's Corporation, Manpower Global and Miller-Coors.  Carissa holds an MBA and Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems degrees from Marquette University.  She resides in Edina with her husband and two boys.

Carissa utilizes her strong technology skills and experience to build high performance teams; leading by example; with a high trust level and high expectations for her team members – challenging them to lead, innovate and deliver continually (leveraging / making improvements) – ensuring that key stakeholders have a dramatically improved experience with IT services and support. She is ushering in a period of major transformation and Agile adoption with her tenacious and collaborative leadership style, bringing the right people together to deliver and achieve the best possible outcomes. She focuses on relationships and networking along with technology and business leadership development and mentoring both internally and in the community. She has served on the Board of Directors for the YWCA, Minneapolis for two years.