As Executive Vice President, Clinical Strategy, Miles is responsible for leveraging his experience as a broad based human resources executive, clinician, and health strategist to interpret medical trend drivers and deliver impactful care delivery solutions for the largest employers served by UnitedHealth Group. He closely coordinates this work with OptumHealth, as well as UnitedHealthcare teams in Clinical Operations and UnitedHealth Networks.

Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group in 2004, Miles was Director, Benefits Strategy & Health Services at Delta Air Lines. He was responsible for strategic direction of all employee benefits at the airline. Miles was also accountable for all health-related matters affecting Delta people, passengers, and policies. He was responsible for the health related costs of a global business with 60,000 employees, and managed the healthcare benefits for more than 180,000 employees, retirees, and dependents. His scope of work included workers compensation programs, disability plans, an employee assistance program, a national occupational health clinic system, and all passenger health issues.

Prior to Delta Air Lines, Miles was founder and medical director of an occupational health consulting practice in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a physician, board certified by both the American Boards of Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine, and a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist.

Miles attended the University of Louisville for his undergraduate and medical degrees as well as the University of Alabama Birmingham for Internal Medicine residency. He received his Masters of Public Health from the Medical College of Wisconsin.