# Leela Chilamkurthy

> Leela (Kishore) Chilamkurthy is a Principal Strategic Analyst at Blue Cross NC, working in enterprise governance, group sales, and financial oversight. Leela completed the Duke Fuqua General Management Program in 2026 and has sixteen years of experience across strategy, analytics, and regulated healthcare and financial services.

- Role: Principal Strategic Analyst at Blue Cross NC
- Location: Raleigh–Durham, NC
- Expertise: Strategic analysis, Enterprise governance, Risk-aware decision making, Financial oversight, Healthcare payer operations, Vendor management
- Education: General Management Program (GMP), Duke University, Fuqua School of Business (2026)
- Interests: Healthcare governance & risk, Payer–provider economics, AI in regulated operations, Vendor & third-party risk, Group benefits design, Decision quality under ambiguity, Mentoring early-career analysts
- Contact: leelakishore01@gmail.com
- Last updated: 2026-11-15

## Pages
- [About](https://leelachilamkurthy.com/about): biography and education
- [Experience](https://leelachilamkurthy.com/experience): career history
- [Duke GMP](https://leelachilamkurthy.com/duke): Duke Fuqua General Management Program, 2026
- [FAQ](https://leelachilamkurthy.com/faq): common questions answered

## Experience
- Principal Strategic Analyst, Blue Cross NC (2021 to Present): Strategy and analysis for senior leadership across enterprise initiatives. Risk-aware decision support, governance, and oversight in a regulated payer environment.
- Lead Strategic Analyst, Blue Cross NC (2018 to 2020): Owned cross-functional strategic analyses; translated ambiguous mandates into structured, defensible recommendations for executives.
- Senior Business System Analyst, Blue Cross NC (2014 to 2017): Requirements, systems design, and the translation layer between business and engineering. Quality assurance and testing across program-critical platforms.
- Application Support Manager, GE Capital (2013 to 2014): Owned production support for a critical financial-services application stack. Vendor management, incident resolution, stakeholder communication.
- Senior Analyst, GE Capital (2012 to 2013): Analysis work supporting financial-services operations, reporting, and process improvement at scale.
- Business Analyst, GE Capital (2010 to 2012): First analyst seat at GE. Requirements, reporting, and learning how a real P&L runs from the inside.
- Business & Interactive Analyst, Grey Healthcare Group (2010 to 2010): Nine months at the healthcare arm of Grey Group. First exposure to the industry that would define the next decade.

## Profiles
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/leela-chilamkurthy/