Gary Ahwah currently holds the title of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Molina Healthcare Inc., a Fortune 200 managed healthcare company, based out of Long Beach, CA. Gary brings to Molina Healthcare more than 30 years of experience in Information Technology, with a career focus in healthcare IT.

Gary has a proven track record of empowering and energizing IT to be business and customer centric. He also has demonstrated experience delivering complex strategic architectures while instituting cost-saving efforts across a variety of high-profile organizations. As CTO, Gary understands that the development of digital capabilities is what will bridge the gap between today’s technologies and tomorrow’s innovations. Prior to joining the Molina team, Gary served in senior IT leadership roles for City of Hope, Kaiser Permanente, UnitedHealth Group, and The Walt Disney Company.

Current Focus Areas
• Advancement of operational practices to improve delivery of service
• Digital transformation focused on growth and operational excellence
• Development of personalized customer experience
• Bring agility to technology infrastructure through cloud centric design and implementation
• Embedding of consistent governance and robust controls across product portfolios
• Improving the resiliency of critical systems and infrastructure
• Optimization of technological spending through creation of work efficiencies

Gary enjoys spending quality time with his three talented daughters, loves to travel, eating out at great restaurants, golf when he can, and is a Los Angeles Lakers and Rams fan.