General Manager, Healthcare
Austin leads Microsoft’s Healthcare business in the United States for Payors and Providers. His mission is to empower the healthcare ecosystem to achieve more through the digital transformation of clinical and operational processes and systems.
Formerly, Austin led the Data and AI business for Healthcare and Life Sciences in the US from 2020 to 2024. He led the rapid expansion of Microsoft’s Azure Data and AI Platform in healthcare payors, providers, medical devices, health tech ISVs and pharmaceutical companies. He also led Microsoft’s go-to-market execution, technical sales and field sales for all data science related products including Microsoft’s Intelligent Data Platform which includes AI Studio, Azure OpenAI, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, PowerBI, SQL Server and Health Data Solutions. His charter was to guide healthcare companies to modernize their data estate and utilize the latest data science and AI techniques that drive better health outcomes and operational excellence.
Prior to this role Austin led the West Coast Account Team Unit for Microsoft Healthcare. Before joining Microsoft in 2017, he was the executive responsible for IBM’s Cloud Division for Public Sector and Healthcare. He also served as the Senior State Executive interfacing with public officials across Washington and served as the executive in charge of IBM Pacific Northwest Enterprise business. Prior to IBM, Austin spent time at other enterprise software and system integration companies with a focus on health systems and biopharma organizations.
Austin lives in San Francisco. He has a BA from Gonzaga University and a Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) from University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions.