Neelima Annam is an accomplished technology professional with extensive experience in engineering and management roles. Currently serving as the Head of Engineering and Interim CIO at Carelon Medical Benefits Management since March 2022, Neelima has previously held leadership positions at AIM Specialty Health, Outmatch (now Harver), Assess Systems (now OutMatch HCM), Parago, Verizon, and i2 Technologies. Neelima's career includes roles such as Vice President of Business Operations and Director of Software Delivery, with a focus on IT delivery and product engineering. Neelima holds a PG Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning from Texas McCombs School of Business, a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and a Bachelor of Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.