Karl Bedwell

Karl is an experienced healthcare leader with more than three decades of experience in healthcare operations, technology, and overall broad systems implementations. As Chief Information Officer, he oversees technology, infrastructure, and systems at CPS. Prior to joining CPS, Karl served Walmart Inc. for more than 30 years, including nine years in progressive pharmacy operations positions and 22 years as a member of the Executive Leadership team in Walmart’s Technology Division. His technology experience includes broad global roles in pharmacy, health and wellness, store applications, logistics and transportation systems, IT operations, corporate systems, and emerging technologies, such as blockchain.

Karl has a passion for aggressively supporting healthcare operations with technology to differentiate capabilities in superior patient quality care while reducing overall healthcare costs. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences and his Master’s in Health Administration from Ohio University. He holds a Healthcare Security certificate Healthcare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP).