Chris Bayham

Chris Bayham is a business and technology executive with over twenty-five years of experience as an entrepreneur, operator, and management consultant. He has participated in successful transactions as a member of the senior leadership team at two private equity-backed companies. During his career, Chris has led technology organizations at five healthcare companies (both public and privately held), and he has experience across health IT, payor, provider, pharmaceutical, laboratory, and senior living segments.

Chris currently works as the Chief Operating Officer at Xsolis, where he is responsible for client implementations and account management. Most recently, he served as Chief Information Officer at Brookdale Senior Living, the nation’s largest operator of senior living communities in the U.S. Chris has held technology leadership roles at leading healthcare organizations such as UnitedHealth Group, Cardinal Health, and Change Healthcare.

He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama with a major in management information systems and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He was named to Crain’s Cleveland Business “Forty Under 40” in 2013 and Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of “33 Health IT and Revenue Cycle Wiz Kids” in 2016. He has been recognized as a leading CIO (Nashville Technology Council’s CIO of the Year, 2018) and COO (Nashville Business Journal’s C-Suite Award, 2025).

Chris currently serves as a Strategic Advisor to the CEO at Linus Biotechnology, a privately-held company providing early detection and intervention for complex health conditions, including autism. He also serves as an Operating Partner at ScaleCharger Health, a Nashville-based investment firm focused on early-stage, high-growth, innovative healthcare companies.

Chris previously served as the Board Chair of the Greater Nashville Technology Council and is a member of the Board of Visitors for the College of Business at the University of Alabama.

Chris lives in Brentwood, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville, with his wife and two children. He is an instrument-rated private pilot and serves as a 1st Lieutenant and Mission Pilot in the Music City Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary unit of the U.S. Air Force which performs disaster recovery and inland search and rescue operations. When he is not at work or in the air, Chris enjoys playing tennis, coaching archery, reading science fiction, and spending time with his family.