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Recently named by the Nashville Business Journal as one of four top healthcare innovators in Middle Tennessee, Christopher Parks serves today as CEO of change:healthcare, the company he established in 2006. His career spans more than seventeen years in healthcare, supply chain and technology sales, operations and consulting. His first position was a Program Manager for disease management firm Healthways, where he led the start-up and management of two inpatient/outpatient hospital-based chronic disease clinics. Following a successful four years there, he became a senior consultant at HealthCare Microsystems, responsible for the company's business with HCA. Later, as Regional Director of Operations for National Seating & Mobility, he increased same store sales and total market revenues and oversaw the Kaiser southern California seating & positioning capitated agreement. His most recent position was with Global Healthcare Exchange (previously Neoforma), a billion dollar healthcare technology and services organization, where he held a series of national services and sales positions.