Executive Biographies | The Permanente Federation
Harold F. (Hal) Wolf III
Senior vice president, chief operating officer, The Permanente Federation, LLC
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Hal Wolf brings multi-industry expertise to his role as senior vice president and chief operating officer of The Permanente Federation. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the Federation’s strategic priorities based upon the direction of the Federation Executive Committee and Jack Cochran, MD, executive director. Additionally, Wolf acts as a key liaison between Kaiser Permanente’s Information Technology organization and the Federation in the development of technical strategies that impact the Permanente Medical Groups.
Prior to joining the Federation in January 2008, Wolf served as health plan regional information officer and then as vice president of medical group operations in Kaiser Permanente of Colorado, where he was instrumental in developing and implementing Value Metrics, the medical group’s balanced scorecard of management and market comparison information. Wolf also worked with international health systems in end-to-end process evaluations, IT data design, and care delivery application enhancement and continues this work in his present role with the Federation.
Hal joined Kaiser Permanente of Colorado in late 2003 as regional information officer. During his tenure, he transformed the IT organization into an enabling partner of both the Colorado Medical Group Practice and Health Plan Leadership Team.
Wolf came to Kaiser Permanente of Colorado after serving as CIO of e-business and corporate systems at Qwest Communications/USWest. He has worked internationally in the deployment of interactive television services in operational, content, and business development roles. A successful manager in the cable TV industry, Wolf held business management positions with MTV Networks and Time Warner Communications.
Wolf holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Wake Forest University and a bachelor’s degree in textile management from North Carolina State University.
