Sara Rekow
About Sara Rekow
Sara Rekow is an Identity Management Product Manager at Change Healthcare with extensive experience in business analysis and market research within the healthcare industry.
Current Role at Change Healthcare
Sara Rekow is currently serving as the Identity Management Product Manager at Change Healthcare. She has held this position since 2019 and is based in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. Her role focuses on managing identity management products, crucial for ensuring secure and efficient access to healthcare data and systems.
Previous Experience at UnitedHealthcare
Sara Rekow worked at UnitedHealthcare in various capacities from 2016 to 2019. She started as a Senior Market Research Analyst in Minnetonka, MN, where she worked for one year until 2017. Following that, she was promoted to Associate Director Business Analysis, a role she held for two years until 2019 in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. Her responsibilities included overseeing business analysis and market research activities to support healthcare initiatives.
Tenure at Optum
Sara Rekow spent a significant portion of her career at Optum, holding multiple roles from 1997 to 2016. She began as an Account Manager, then progressed to Business Analyst Consultant/Lead from 2001 to 2011. Subsequently, she advanced to Senior IT Business Analysis Consultant, a position she held for five years until 2016. Her tenure at Optum highlighted her consistent growth and expertise in business analysis and consultancy within the healthcare IT sector.
Educational Background
Sara Rekow holds an MBA in Health Care Management from the University of St. Thomas and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Psychology from Gustavus Adolphus College. Her educational background has equipped her with a solid foundation in both healthcare management and the behavioral sciences, supporting her professional roles and responsibilities.
Early Career Experience
Sara Rekow's early career included positions at UnitedHealth Group and Medica. She worked as a Network Manager at UnitedHealth Group from 1995 to 1997 and as a Provider Field Representative at Medica from 1992 to 1995. These roles provided her with valuable experience in network management and provider relations, setting the stage for her subsequent career advancements.