Robert Booz is a vice president and distinguished analyst in the Industries Research area, where he is responsible for monitoring the business and technology trends within the health insurance industry. He specializes in health strategies and technologies affecting the intersection of business and information of health payers. His personal research coverage includes U.S. healthcare reform, product development and implementation, strategic and tactical business and IT transformation, and how changes in health policy affect the overall provision of health products. He has held both executive roles in and consultant roles to health organizations, so he has a practitioner's approach to IT problem solving. He also holds the role of industries service director for the health payer team.