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Uma Kandasamy

Energizer · DISC type I
Sr Director (Practice Leader) Healthcare IT Strategy & Advisory Consulting at North Highland
📍 Dallas, Texas, United States

Uma Kandasamy is a Senior Director at North Highland, leading the Healthcare IT Strategy practice. She is a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders on enterprise transformation, technology integration, and platform delivery for government and commercial health plans. Colleagues describe her as a hard-working, passionate, and detail-oriented professional with a talent for driving innovation.

Uma demonstrates a strong commitment to continuous learning and thought leadership. She holds an executive program certificate from XLRI Jamshedpur and another in AI for Business Strategy. She actively publishes articles and blog series on complex healthcare technology topics, sharing her expertise and staying at the forefront of industry trends.

She authored an in-depth blog series analyzing the implementation of the Interoperability and Patient Access Rule for State Medicaid Agencies.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Sr Director (Practice Leader) Healthcare IT Strategy & Advisory Consulting
Job Level
Senior
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Uma shows up

Full Of Energy
Imaginative
Relationship Oriented

They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.

Priorities

Topics Uma cares about

Healthcare IT Strategy
As Practice Leader at North Highland, she focuses on advising C-suite healthcare leaders on IT modernization, enterprise transformation, and strategic growth initiatives.
AI in Healthcare
Completed an executive program on 'Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy, ' indicating a focus on leveraging AI for innovation in the healthcare sector.
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Career

Work history

2020
Sr Director (Practice Leader) Healthcare IT Strategy & Advisory Consulting
North Highland
2019 - 2020
Vice President - Client Delivery | HealthCare Vertical
Infinite Computer Solutions
2018 - 2019
Vice President - HIT Strategy, Transformation & Platform Architecture
HM Health Solutions
2011 - 2018
Director - Platform Architecture & Development | Healthcare, Public Sector
Conduent
2008 - 2011
Senior Manager - Enterprise Architecture| Healthcare Vertical
Xerox
In the press

Media appearances

Uma Kandasamy, Enterprise Architecture Expert. Featured in North Highland
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Education
Executive Business Administration Program
XLRI Jamshedpur
Bachelor of Engineering
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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