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Xu Xuan and the art of getting people in the room
Before he became Equitable’s Head of Life Insurance, Xu “Vincent” Xuan edited newsletters, organized volunteers and learned to fly. Across those pursuits runs a recurring interest: bringing people together to do difficult work.
Frank Cheung
Frank Cheung is the co-founder and CEO of Accorded, a San Francisco actuarial intelligence company building tools for value-based contracting in healthcare. A Fellow of the Society of Actuaries with more than 18 years as a health actuary, he spent years inside Blue Shield of California, Deloitte Consulting, and Collective Health before deciding the frustration he kept running into deserved a software fix. He started Accorded in 2019 with co-founder Thomas Bedington, and in 2024 launched Accorded Acumen, a platform that turns messy claims and eligibility data into actuarially rigorous, ready-to-use VBC data assets.