Vipin Gopal
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Eli Lilly
Transforming Healthcare with Advanced Analytics
Vipin Gopal, PhD, MBA, is the Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Eli Lilly, which he joined in March 2018. In this role, he is responsible for the enterprise strategy and development of advanced analytics and data science solutions.
Vipin is a 20-year veteran in the space of advanced data and analytics, and has a significant track record of building high-performance analytics functions and creating business value with advanced analytic technologies.
His leadership experience spans four Fortune 100 companies in industries ranging from healthcare to aerospace. Before joining Eli Lilly, Vipin was the Senior Vice President of Clinical Analytics at Humana, where he was responsible for the corporate organization that developed and applied data science and analytics solutions to advance Humana’s clinical strategy, operations, quality and outcomes. Prior to Humana, he was with Cigna Healthcare, United Technologies Corporation and Honeywell.
Vipin obtained his doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University and B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, both in engineering, and has an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business. He was awarded the Analytics Leadership Award by Indiana University Kelly School of Business in 2015, in recognition of innovative adoption of analytics within corporations. Dr. Gopal has served on the organizing/advisory committees of many national and international analytic conferences, and is a frequent speaker on the transformational power of advanced analytics for a broad range of strategic topics in healthcare.
Vipin is a passionate advocate of educational initiatives and developing an empowered and diverse workforce. Most recently, he served as a co-sponsor of Humana Asian and Pacific Islander (HAPI) Network Resource Group, Chair of the Advisory Board of Greater Louisville International Professionals (GLIP), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC) Foundation.
