Don leads his own consulting company providing strategic advisory services to Boards and senior executives in a variety of industries such as logistics, education, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, and banking. He previously served as Executive Vice-President, Operations, and Chief Information Officer for Centene Corporation. Don leads all central operations at Centene, including call centers and claims, in addition to all information technology services. Centene grew by a factor of 7x during Don’s seven years there, from $3B to $22B. Previous to Centene, Don had a long and varied career at McDonnell Douglas and Boeing, finishing his career there as Vice-President, and Chief Information Officer for Boeing Defense Systems.
Don serves as deputy Board Chair and Chair of the Audit Committee for SSM Health Systems, a $10B+ multi-state hospital system. He is a past Board Member of Casenet, Centurion Health, Family Forward, the St. Louis Zoo, and a variety of other organizations. He has been a Board Advisor for Unigroup, Inc. as well. Lastly, he has been heavily involved with his alma mater – the University of Missouri – St. Louis, where he serves on the Business School Council; and Washington University, where he was recognized as a Distinguished Alumni from the Olin Business School.