Puneet Kaushik
Mr. Kaushik is a Fortune 500 Executive Leader who integrates strategic vision with technological execution for billion-dollar initiatives, resulting in transformational change. His career has spanned multiple industries: financial, healthcare, information technology, government, retail, energy, and nonprofit sectors, with experience in organizations ranging from $25M to $125B, and managing operational and capital budgets up to $250M. He is a capable mentor, leading high-performing teams of up to 400, cultivating pragmatic innovation to deliver measurable outcomes within complex, highly regulated environments. The following are a few benchmark examples of his performance:
As the Chief Information Officer at BAYADA Home Healthcare, he identified a cumbersome application/onboarding process that was abandoned by ~90% of nursing applicants. To turn this around, he developed an automated recruiting platform, modernized backend systems, and migrated critical apps to the cloud. The resulting pilot (JOY) was deployed at 26 locations, increasing recruitment by 35%, reducing onboarding time by 50%, and is on track to increase revenue by 30% YoY ($5B by 2030).
Building upon this success, Puneet also launched the brand’s first cybersecurity program, which led to the company passing all compliance audits and was permanently adopted, improving employee and customer confidence. He also seamlessly integrated the IT systems of two facilities into the ecosystem, supporting ~100 new staff and ~380 additional clients without compromising quality or security.
Earlier, as Group Vice President & Interim Chief Technology Officer – National IT at The Federal Reserve System, Mr. Kaushik led a $1B, 5-year transformation, delivering enterprise-wide modernizations, standardizing ERP systems, and consolidating operations across 12 banks. As part of this initiative, he unified ~50 siloed data platforms into a single enterprise ecosystem, saving ~$25M annually, and migrated ~3K applications from 40-year-old legacy systems and three data centers to the cloud without disrupting the $13T/day in payments processed. His efforts streamlined systems, established the organization's first API marketplace, supported the launch of the FedNow instant payment system, and enabled enrollment of ~900 financial institutions.
Before joining the Federal Reserve, Puneet demonstrated his ability to apply advanced technologies at TruthMD. As Executive Vice President of Technology, he transformed a fragmented manual process into an automated, AI-driven platform. By leveraging ML algorithms to aggregate 20K data sources, he delivered one of the most accurate and reliable Groups & Affiliations databases, fueling a 400% YoY revenue increase and leading to the product's acquisition by UnitedHealthcare.
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