# Ben Newton

> Ben Newton is an Asheville-based enterprise software executive, cofounder of Pluritem Health, and CEO of Milliman CareFlowIQ. After a career spanning Northrop Grumman, Opsware, BladeLogic, Sumo Logic, and Amazon Web Services, he and longtime friend John Clark founded Pluritem in 2021 to organize fragmented clinical data. Milliman acquired the company in August 2024, and Newton now leads the practice behind CareFlowIQ.

- **Role:** CEO, Milliman CareFlowIQ and Principal, Milliman
- **Organizations:** Milliman, Milliman CareFlowIQ, Milliman Pluritem, Pluritem Health, Amazon Web Services, Sumo Logic, BladeLogic, Opsware, Northrop Grumman, BMC, Loudcloud, EDS
- **Education:** Master's in physics and computer science, Cornell University, BA in mathematics and physics, summa cum laude, Appalachian State University
- **Known for:** Led product and sales teams through three successful IPOs., Cofounded Pluritem Health in 2021 and led it through Milliman's acquisition in August 2024., Named inventor on three patents listed by Milliman: Key name synthesis, Data enrichment and augmentation, and Logs to Metrics Synthesis.

## Career timeline

- **1997-2001** — John and Fannie Hertz Foundation Fellow while studying physics and computer science at Cornell University.
- **Before 2013** — Worked across enterprise software and IT operations at organizations including Northrop Grumman, EDS, Loudcloud/Opsware, BladeLogic, and BMC.
- **2013** — Joined Sumo Logic in Silicon Valley, bringing experience from the IT operations market.
- **2016-2020** — Hosted Sumo Logic's Masters of Data podcast.
- **2020** — Served as a Sumo Logic product leader and field evangelist focused on AWS observability.
- **2021** — Cofounded Pluritem Health with longtime friend John Clark in Asheville.
- **2022** — Two patents, Data enrichment and augmentation and Key name synthesis, were issued; Milliman also lists a third patent, Logs to Metrics Synthesis.
- **2024** — Milliman acquired Pluritem Health on August 1; Newton continued as CEO of the practice and became a Milliman principal.
- **2025** — Milliman launched the CareFlowIQ clinical intelligence platform on October 7.
- **2026** — CareFlowIQ announced a collaboration with Heuro Health on January 7.

## Achievements

- Led product and sales teams through three successful IPOs.
- Cofounded Pluritem Health in 2021 and led it through Milliman's acquisition in August 2024.
- Named inventor on three patents listed by Milliman: Key name synthesis, Data enrichment and augmentation, and Logs to Metrics Synthesis.
- Hosted the Masters of Data podcast from 2016 through 2020.
- Earned the John and Fannie Hertz Foundation Fellowship for 1997-2001.
- Earned AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty and AWS Certified Solutions Architect credentials.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Milliman CareFlowIQ announced that Heuro Health selected its clinical intelligence platform; Newton described the collaboration as a way to turn fragmented data into actionable intelligence.
- **2025-11** — CareFlowIQ announced expanded medication-history integration from Surescripts; Newton said the integration would expand the platform's whole-patient view.
- **2025-10** — Milliman launched the CareFlowIQ clinical intelligence platform, with Newton serving as CEO of Milliman Pluritem.
- **2025-03** — Newton published the LinkedIn article Breaking Free from Healthcare's Data Prison.
- **2024-08** — Milliman acquired Pluritem Health and retained Newton to lead the practice.

## Links

- Website: https://careflowiq.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-newton-01b0631
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2KopaNMkB4

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Last updated: 2026-08-27