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What does it take to successfully lead and scale product teams? In this episode of the Product Leaders to Watch series hosted by Cognizant Product Director Chenny Solaiyappan, Wavo.me Fmr. Product VP Jean-Sébastien Chouinard speaks on how understanding customer needs, developing sustainable revenue streams, and collaborating across teams are key to building successful products. He shares lessons from leading digital transformations and emphasizes the importance of real-world impact, viable pricing, and cross-functional alignment. The discussion also covers what qualities the Product Awards AAB looks for in nominations, along with promising tech trends in IoT and AI.
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I’m an accomplished product leader with a proven track record of success in product strategy, growth and marketing. With over 18 years of experience working for top-tier fast-growth companies such as Adviso, Landr, Moment Factory, and Wavo, I deeply understand how to scale a product organization and have a wealth of knowledge in the technology business.
I have a solid background in building and leading product teams and developing effective go-to-market strategies that have resulted in significant growth in user base and revenue. My expertise in translating the vision and objectives of founders into actionable plans where execution drives results for the business and delights customers.
With my Fractional Product and Growth Leadership offer, I focus on helping midsize technology-oriented companies build or retool their product development approach and growth strategies.
My expertise lies in building scalable operating models and growth strategies for product-led companies, such as Product Management, Product Design, Marketing, and Revenue teams.
My superpower relies on quickly understanding your technology company’s main business challenge, finding solutions and bringing incremental change without breaking your operation.
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Chenny Solaiyappan is a seasoned product and venture leader with nearly three decades of experience building and scaling enterprise healthcare and government technology platforms. He is currently Vice President, Products at Mphasis, where he is focused on transforming core claims administration platforms into scalable, AI-enabled learning health system for the commercial, self-funded, and TPA markets.
Previously, Chenny spent over 15 years at Cognizant’s TriZetto Product House, where he founded, built, and scaled the ClaimSphere® suite of products and pioneered the Quality-as-a-Service (QaaS) business model. His work helped health plans unlock more than $1B in value-based payments, while repositioning quality measurement from a regulatory obligation into a Learning Health System. Today, ClaimSphere supports tens of millions of lives across leading U.S. health plans.
A recognized thought leader in value-based care, digital quality measurement (dQM), HEDIS, CMS Stars, FHIR interoperability, and population health analytics, Chenny has played a key industry role as HL7 Da Vinci Business Co-Chair for the TriZetto portfolio. He regularly speaks at national forums including NCQA, RISE, AHIP, INFORMS, and Health Plan Alliance.
Chenny is also the host of the Care Catalyst Podcast, where he interviews healthcare executives, innovators, and policymakers on the future of whole-person care, AI, and health equity. He brings an Entrepreneur-in-Residence mindset to large enterprises—combining strategy, product execution, and storytelling to transform complex systems into scalable, customer-centric platforms.
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