Douglas Whitehead

Douglas Whitehead is a technology leader with 22 years of experience in web development, healthcare analytics, and cloud technologies. Currently, they serve as the Director of Platform Engineering at Optum, following a progression that includes roles such as Senior Principal Data Scientist and Data Scientist within the same organization. Douglas has also held positions at Thomson Medstat, i3 Pharma Informatics, and Ingenix/i3 Innovus, where they contributed to the development of machine learning solutions and data analytics in the healthcare sector. They began their career as a Teaching Assistant at the University of California, focusing on logic and critical thinking.