Kristen Schmidt is a dynamic innovator and pioneering tech start-up founding member. With over two decades of transformative leadership in M&A and digital health, Ms. Schmidt has consistently led high dollar diligence and integration initiatives culminating in high value integration and industry-leading ROI. Disruptive technologies and GenAI are revolutionizing M&A activities, including digital opportunities that are redefining operational experience and assimilation. Ms. Schmidt has developed a reputable track record with deals activities across provider and payor landscape and has successfully pioneered innovative breakthroughs in M&A outcomes through transformative strategic practices, accelerating deal value and outcomes.
As Co-Founder and CEO of UtopIQ, Ms. Schmidt co-invented patent-pending technology that will revolutionize cybersecurity and safeguarding mechanisms for agentic AI. Ms. Schmidt possesses an entrepreneurial mindset and has a solid understanding of market trends in agentic AI and able to scope technological solutions leveraging her knowledge of blockchain. There has been a lack of necessary resources to develop AI safeguard mechanisms to safeguard future generations; Ms. Schmidt’s 12-year-old daughter serves as junior AI ambassador for UtopIQ and has been instrumental with generating broader awareness and “Call to Action” to address the impending humanitarian infrastructure emergency.
Ms. Schmidt is an outdoor enthusiast and classically trained concert pianist from the age of 12.
