Senior operators and builders.

Kevin Mehta

Growth Strategy & Payer Innovation

Kevin brings deep expertise in payer strategy, managed care operations, and healthcare innovation. His career spans leadership roles across health plans, managed care organizations, and healthcare technology companies — building bridges between payer economics and provider delivery models. At 3Pillars, Kevin leads engagements with health plans and payer-adjacent organizations navigating network transformation, medical cost management, and VBC strategy. He is focused on helping clients translate strategic intent into measurable operational outcomes.

Craig Solid, PhD

Health Economics & Commercialization

Craig is a PhD health economist and statistician who brings academic rigor to real-world commercialization challenges. He is the co-author of 60+ peer-reviewed publications and two Springer Nature books on ROI and value assessment, with work published in Health Affairs, JAMA Internal Medicine, and JAHA. At 3Pillars, Craig leads the Value Architecture methodology and oversees engagements focused on value quantification, evidence generation, and commercial readiness. His expertise bridges the gap between clinical outcomes and payer-ready business cases.

Eric Patzelt

Revenue Growth & Market Expansion

Eric has over 10 years of experience in healthcare strategy, financial planning, and value-based care operations — spanning market development, payer-provider partnerships, and operational growth across Medicare and Medicaid programs. At 3Pillars, Eric drives cross-functional engagements that bridge advisory insight and operational delivery, with deep experience across multiple Blues plans entering new markets. Eric has led several healthtech organizations through various Value Architecture stages as they looked to achieve different growth objectives.

AmirAli Kia, PhD

Senior Advisor

AI Innovation & Deployment

Computational biologist and AI strategist with a PhD from Stanford. A founding member of Illumina's Core AI team, AmirAli currently leads AI at Element Biosciences and advises startups and PE/VC firms on AI strategy across biotech, life sciences, and healthcare.

Erik Abel

Senior Advisor

Market Access & Clinical Strategy

Experienced healthcare investor and operator focused on market access strategy, evidence generation, and clinical adoption pathways. Erik advises organizations on building defensible market positioning and navigating the reimbursement landscape to accelerate commercial traction.

Benjamin Schoen

Senior Advisor

Payer Contracting & Network Strategy

Payer strategy and VBC operations executive with deep experience scaling Medicaid and managed care programs across national and regional plans. Ben advises organizations on network contracting, value-based growth, and payer market entry — drawing on senior leadership at Aetna, Molina, Humana, and most recently as EVP and CBO at Outcomes Matter Innovations.

Nick Lyon

Senior Advisor

Policy & Legislative

Public health policy and Medicaid operations leader with experience overseeing statewide human services programs and budgets. Nick advises organizations on regulatory strategy, government affairs, and Medicaid program design — drawing on his tenure as Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Matt Beatty

Senior Advisor

Data & Analytics

Healthcare data and analytics executive with 25+ years operationalizing value-based contracts across Commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare. Matt advises organizations on risk model design, APM tooling, and decision-grade analytics infrastructure at payer and provider scale.