CEO & Founder

Azra AI

Chris Cashwell

For over 20 years, Chris Cashwell has led large and small Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) companies. Most recently, he served as the General Manager and Senior Vice President of Digital Reasoning Health and, previously, as the Chief Executive Officer for Lincor Solutions, where he was responsible for strategy and operations for global digital patient engagement technology solutions.

Cashwell also led Nuance Healthcare’s cross-functional strategies to bring new Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and products to the market as head of emerging technologies. At Nuance, he oversaw products that continue to impact quality reporting, automated coding, and computer-assisted physician documentation across healthcare workflows.

Cashwell is experienced in developing and increasing revenues by expanding use cases for natural language processing (NLP) and AI technologies in healthcare. He was one of the first HIT leaders to commercialize NLP technology with unstructured clinical data to discover undocumented diagnostic and quality measures.

As a global leader in GE Capital and GE Commercial Finance, Cashwell led sales, strategy and productivity across multiple healthcare business segments.

Cashwell is a member of the Nashville Healthcare Council, Association of Cancer Executives, the Greater Nashville Technology Council, and a member of the Texas Christian University Chancellor's Advisory Board.