Satyam Appadwedula

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DISC Type : DC

Head of Program Delivery, Digital Health at Alcon

Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

Overview

Satyam is a transformative IT leader with 20 years of experience in financial services and healthcare, currently serving as Head of Program Delivery for Digital Health at Alcon. He specializes in leading large, global agile teams and driving digital strategy. Colleagues describe him as strategic, transparent, and technically astute.

Outside of his professional role, Satyam is passionate about mentoring and fostering STEM education for youth. He dedicates his time as an advisor and coach for a First Lego League (FLL) robotics team for students in grades 5-8, helping them develop skills in research, coding, and engineering.

He earned the Outstanding MBA Student Award, the highest scholastic honor given to his graduating class at the University of Nebraska.

Personality Overview

Rigorous & Demanding

ROI Driven

Fast But Analytical

They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.  They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms. They like to move fast and expect the same from others.

Topics They Care About

Digital Health
He leads the Digital Health program delivery at Alcon and has extensive experience in the healthcare tech sector from his time at Optum and GE Healthcare.
Agile Transformation
He is SAFe certified and championed the agile methodology for a global team of over 185 people, demonstrating his commitment to efficient and incremental value delivery.
Applied AI
Recently completed an AI-Native Foundations certification, where he gained hands-on experience building with RAGs and Agents to reshape workflows.

Media Appearances

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Work History

7-2024
Head of Program Delivery, Digital Health at Alcon
10-2023 - 6-2024
Director, Technical Program Management at Optum
9-2021 - 10-2023
Director Program Management at Change Healthcare
1-2015 - 9-2021
Senior Program Manager at GE Healthcare
3-2013 - 12-2014
Senior Project Manager - Technology at Fidelity National Information Services

Education

2018 - 2018
Leadership from Crotonville Alumni
2010 - 2011
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Insights For Selling To Satyam

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk

DONT's

  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Satyam is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Satyam

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Satyam move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Satyam take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Satyam

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