Nicholas L. Coussoule
Senior Vice President
Chief Information and
Strategic Technology Officer
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Nicholas Coussoule serves BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee as senior vice president and chief information and strategic technology officer. He is responsible for leading more than 600 employees and overseeing a $140 million budget for the company’s information technology and business engineering divisions. He reports directly to BlueCross’ chief financial officer and serves on the company’s corporate leadership council.
Coussoule has more than 20 years of extensive experience in operations and technology consulting and IT management in the U.S and internationally. He began his career with Keane, Inc., serving as a project manager and account manager in the Netherlands before moving into senior management.
He has also held senior IT leadership positions at Alumax, Inc., as well as the chief information officer position at Pameco Corporation and Teltek, Inc. Coussoule most recently served as the senior vice president and chief information officer at Crawford & Company, the world’s largest independent provider of claims management solutions.
Coussoule is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where he obtained a degree with honors in economics and mathematics.
Nick is also a member of the board of directors of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, and a member of the board of directors of WTCI-TV, Chattanooga’s Public Broadcasting Services affiliate network, where he leads the technology committee.
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