10 CVS Health AI and data science leaders
Dan Woods, VP, ML and AI Platforms, is the most senior of these CVS Health AI and data science leaders, who also include executive directors of machine learning engineering and AI engineering and lead directors of AI/ML, clinical AI engineering and conversational AI. A reader can learn how AI and data science leaders work at CVS Health from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Dan Woods
LinkedInExperience: VP, ML and AI Platforms · CVS Health
Dan Woods has been VP, ML and AI Platforms at CVS Health since October 2024, based in Naples, Florida. Dan Woods was Chief Architect, Vice President at A.P. Moller - Maersk from 2022 to 2024, CISO, VP Cybersecurity at Shipt from 2021 to 2022 and Distinguished Engineer at Target from 2020 to 2021.
Duygu Dagli
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Merchandising Data Science and AI · CVS Health
Duygu Dagli has been Executive Director, Merchandising Data Science and AI at CVS Health since August 2025, based in Greater Boston, and was Ld Director of Pricing Data Science and Merchandising Analytics at CVS Health from 2023 to 2025. Duygu Dagli was Director of Pricing Algorithms and Data Science at Petco from 2022 to 2023 and Director, Merchandising Analytics at Tailored Brands, Inc. from 2021 to 2022.
Erik Widman, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Machine Learning Engineering · CVS Health
Erik Widman has been Executive Director Machine Learning Engineering at CVS Health since September 2025, based in Chicago, Illinois, and was Lead Director Machine Learning Engineering at CVS Health from 2023 to 2025. Erik Widman was Data Product Management Director, ML Solutions at HelloFresh from 2022 to 2023 and AI Senior Product Manager at Accenture from 2019 to 2022.
Jonathan McGuire
LinkedInExperience: LD Director of Gen AI Software Engineering · CVS Health
Jonathan McGuire has been LD Director of Gen AI Software Engineering at CVS Health since January 2025, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jonathan McGuire was Sr. Director, Release & Quality Engineering at Vivint from 2022 to 2024, Director, Quality Engineering and Tools at Vivint from 2019 to 2022 and Lead Software Engineer at Nike from 2018 to 2019.
Karen Beeman
LinkedInExperience: Lead Director Conversational AI · CVS Health
Karen Beeman has been Lead Director Conversational AI at CVS Health since April 2024, based in Wallingford, Connecticut. Karen Beeman was RTE & SPC at Aetna, a CVS Health Company from 2020 to 2024, RTE/Sr Project Manager at Aetna, a CVS Health Company from 2004 to 2020 and Application Support Analyst there from 2002 to 2004.
Michael Kanthak
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, AI Engineering & Intelligent Automation · CVS Health
Michael Kanthak lists Executive Director, AI Engineering & Intelligent Automation and Director, Operational Transformation and Intelligent Automation as current roles at CVS Health, each shown from November 2015, and is based in Prescott, Arizona. Michael Kanthak was Director of IT, EM eCommerce at Avnet from 2008 to 2013 and Director of IT at Insight from 1998 to 2008.
Peter MacKenzie
LinkedInExperience: Lead Director, AI/ML · CVS Health
Peter MacKenzie has been Lead Director, AI/ML at CVS Health since May 2024, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Peter MacKenzie was Senior Director, Product Manager / Program Manager, Artificial Intelligence at Teradata from 2017 to 2022, Product Manager / Program Manager at Space and Time in 2023 and Chief Product Officer | Co-founder at Stealth AI Startup in 2024.
Scott McCrimmon
LinkedInExperience: Lead Director, Clinical AI Engineering · CVS Health
Scott McCrimmon has been Lead Director, Clinical AI Engineering at CVS Health since January 2026, leading AI, ML and data engineering teams within CVS Health's Clinical Data Repository organization. Scott McCrimmon was Senior Director, R&D IT - Data, Analytics & AI, Acceleration at AstraZeneca from 2024 to 2026 and Data & Analytics Platform Lead (Imaging) at AstraZeneca from 2018 to 2024.
Sumita Palanisamy
LinkedInExperience: Lead Director, AI and Automation · CVS Health
Sumita Palanisamy has been Lead Director, AI and Automation at CVS Health since March 2026, based in Boston, Massachusetts. Sumita Palanisamy was Director Of Engineering at CarGurus from 2022 to 2026, Senior Engineering Manager at athenahealth from 2021 to 2022 and Engineering Manager at athenahealth from 2020 to 2021.
Viktor Mirtchev
LinkedInExperience: Director of Artificial Intelligence · CVS Health
Viktor Mirtchev has been Director of Artificial Intelligence at CVS Health since November 2023 and also lists Lead Director, AI and Machine Learning Engineering at CVS Health from January 2022, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Viktor Mirtchev was Director AI Solutions and Data Product Strategist at CVS Health from 2022 to 2023.
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