Stephanie Trunzo, CEO of MERGE, is a dynamic leader and innovator with over 20 years of experience driving growth at the crossroads of technology, health, and storytelling. She spearheaded the launch of Oracle Health and led the strategic acquisition of Cerner, transforming digital capabilities across global healthcare systems.
Stephanie scaled agile innovation across 16 co-creation studios worldwide leading the IBM Garage, building upon the co-creation methodology she built as President and COO of PointSource, a digital transformation agency she propelled to a successful public acquisition. Stephanie is also a member of the Lake Nona Impact Forum Advisory Board, a group of forward-thinking leaders influencing the future of health and wellness. A recognized pioneer in AI with more than 20 patents, Stephanie continues to shape the future of health and wellness through bold strategy, relentless execution, and visionary leadership.
Dr. Aman Mahajan is an internationally recognized physician-scientist, health system leader, and entrepreneur at the forefront of healthcare innovation. He is a senior partner at Healthier Capital, a venture fund focused on building transformative health technology platforms, and serves as Associate Senior Vice President at USC Health, where he leads initiatives advancing innovation in care delivery and technology through industry and investment partnerships. He is also a professor of Anesthesiology and Population & Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Previously, Dr. Mahajan held senior executive roles at UPMC, where he led health innovation, commercialization, and venture investments, and chaired the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine. He also served as department chair at UCLA Health and taught healthcare business strategy at UCLA Anderson.With expertise in AI and data science, Dr. Mahajan has over 250 publications and multiple NIH-funded research initiatives.
Healthcare inefficiency is rarely about a single task. It is typically about disjointed systems, misaligned incentives, and fragmented accountability. When we automate broken processes like these, we simply fail faster and at scale.