Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> March 18, 2005
MICHAEL CARDILLO is an experienced executive who has a proven results-
oriented record operating large complex organizations. He was at the
forefront of the healthcare industry during the past fifteen years,
helping to build cost-effective and quality solutions. During his
career, Cardillo has demonstrated a vision for developing opportunities
for profitable growth and identifying new areas for leading-edge
investments. Cardillo served as the President of Aetna's health and
employee-related benefits company following the merger of Aetna and U.S.
Healthcare in April 1996 until his retirement from the company in May
2000. He was responsible for managing a $20 billion budget and helped to
build Aetna U.S. Healthcare into the nation's largest healthcare company
providing a range of medical, dental, pharmacy, group life and
disability plans for 29 million Americans. Cardillo recognized early on
the critical importance of information, technology and the Internet and
led the company's transformation in the e.health world. Before the
merger with Aetna, he served for ten years with U.S. Healthcare in
several top executive level positions including Co-president and,
earlier, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Cardillo
was responsible for expanding and growing the company into one of the
nation's leading and financially successful managed care companies
making it an attractive acquisition candidate. Previously, Cardillo
worked at the Xerox Corporation for 17 years and held a range of senior
level national and regional sales, marketing and operations positions.
Cardillo received an M.B.A. from Rider University and a B.A. in
economics from Rutgers University where he was a Henry Rutgers Scholar. Profile
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