President and Chief Executive Officer Brandon Cady joined AIM in 2002 and executed top line growth initiatives that expanded the business into one of the largest and most successful specialty benefits management companies in the United States.

Robert Mandel, MD, MBA, drives the clinical integrity of AIM solutions, leads the team of solution medical directors, and collaborates with clients on how to achieve better health outcomes while controlling costs.

Nancy Armatas is the General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer at AIM. In her role, Nancy provides strategic legal advice to management and leads the compliance, quality, and accreditation functions at AIM. She also serves as the organization’s Privacy Officer.

Michael (Mike) Backus is the Senior Vice President of Solution Innovation and Partnerships at AIM. In his role, Mike leads solution development efforts and the expansion of our value into new clinical service lines. His current area of focus is developing our next generation approach to oncology management.

Joel Cesario is the Senior Vice President of Business Administration for AIM. In his role, Joel leads the finance and business operations activities of the company. Joel joined AIM in 2008.

Steven Fox is the Senior Vice President of Client Partnerships at AIM. Steven supports our clients and helps define their solution and provider engagement strategies. He joined AIM after spending more than 20 years in executive roles at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Zaffre Investments.

Sam George is the Senior Vice President of Operations Management at AIM. In this position, he oversees the delivery of core AIM capabilities such as clinical appropriateness review, clinical setting optimization, and member engagement.

Lisa Hu is the Senior Vice President of Analytics and Reporting at AIM. Lisa is responsible for leading the overall strategic direction and execution of data, analytic, and reporting capabilities, tools, outputs, insights and business and clinical interpretation, and advisory services.

Fred Karutz is the Senior Vice President of Growth and Marketing at AIM. In this role, Fred provides leadership and direction on growth, marketing, and communications.

Darin is the Chief Information Officer at AIM. His background includes executive leadership roles in health care analytics, IT service management, cloud computing, and security. He leverages this depth of experience to advance our technology platform and ensure the successful implementation of AIM clinical solutions on behalf of our clients.

Julie Thiel, MD is the Senior Vice President of Clinical Programs for AIM. In her role, Dr. Thiel is responsible for the overall clinical performance of AIM solutions.