Ali Shirvani-Mahdavi, PhD

Ali Shirvani-Mahdavi has 15 years of results-driven leadership with extensive and diverse experience in business development, strategic planning, business consulting and product development. He is an expert in transforming concepts to high-impact, revenue-generating products.

In his current role with Optum Advisory Services, he identifies and designs capabilities to deliver analytically driven consumer engagement and activation consultative practice to payers, providers and everyone involved in health care.

Prior to joining Optum, Ali was one of the original founders of Innovative Healthcare Technology Company. He developed the initial business model and implementation approach for a new type of analytically driven consumer engagement company for the health care sector.

Ali earned his doctorate in behavioral economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also earned an MS in systems engineering and a master's degree in city planning, both from MIT. Ali received his Bachelor of Science from University of Wisconsin at Madison.