DAN WEAVER
Chief Technology and Information Officer
Dan brings to Taproot Health extensive experience in innovative healthcare technologies and a philosophy that health-tech systems must first and foremost be focused on affordably improving patient lives and outcomes.
Prior to joining Taproot Health, Dan held significant leadership and technology roles in the U.S. Army, and at several high technology and healthcare technology companies, including UnitedHealth Group. Most recently, while with UnitedHealth Group’s OptumInsight and Optum360 divisions, Dan led the product engineering portfolios for various business units and led business operations for large healthcare technology-related business units. In his various roles he has formed and led international technical and operations groups across the U.S., India, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Europe, and focused upon delivering best-in-class healthcare technologies and services.
Dan has also led very large teams of technical professionals through the strategic technical direction and product development of multiple health-tech solution suites. Included among these are several large healthcare claim clearinghouses and related electronic data interchange (EDI) and healthcare claim clinical accuracy editing products; innovative anti-fraud and abusive billing pattern detection analytics software; and health insurance subrogation technology sets.
Additionally, Dan led a global software engineering workforce through the design, business transformation, and adoption of a company-wide Agile/Scrum product development regimen. He also led the M&A integration efforts for multiple acquisitions to include an Ambulatory EMR software and services company, a Health Information Exchange business, a high acuity setting EMR technology company, and a large Physician Medical Necessity Review services organization.
Dan is a graduate of The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina) and holds a MS in Software Engineering. His military decorations and badges include multiple awards of the Meritorious Service Medal and Army Commendation Medal; several awards of the Army Achievement Medal; expeditionary and NATO medals; the Ranger tab, and Parachutist and Air Assault wings.
