Kyle Pyron | NGPX

NGPX 2025

November 17 - 19, 2025

Westin Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs, CA

Kyle Pyron

Global Head of Marketing & SVP US Healthcare and Seniors Marketing Sodexo

Kyle Pyron serves in the dual role of Global Head of Marketing for Sodexo’s Health and Care segment and SVP, Marketing for US Healthcare and Seniors. Kyle brings more than 20 years’ experience in healthcare marketing, strategy, and product management in both the provider and the professional services markets. In his role, Kyle works across countries to ensure that marketing/brand plans, service development roadmaps, value propositions, sales enablement plans and insights-driven go-to-market capabilities are in place and effective. He also directly leads all marketing-related activities for the US Healthcare and Seniors segments. Kyle has been with Sodexo since June 2020. Prior to Sodexo, Kyle was Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Vizient, the largest US health care group purchasing, analytics and advisory company. Under his leadership, the American Marketing Association named Vizient the B2B marketer of the year in 2017. Prior to Vizient, Kyle worked for Novation, and later its parent company, VHA in a variety of strategic planning, product management, sales enablement and marketing/communications roles. Kyle earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and his master’s degree in business administration from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

Day 2: From Insight to Impact: Operationalizing Patient Experience

1:40 PM Private Workshop (Invite-Only) – Taste Matters: Elevating the Eating Experience for Patients

Kyle Pyron, Global Head of Marketing & SVP US Healthcare and Seniors Marketing, Sodexo

Christina Bowen, MD, ABOIM, DipACLM; Chief Well-being Officer, ECU Health

Amanda Smith, Vice President, US Clinicia Brand Marketing, Sodexo

 

Explore the critical role of taste, texture, and presentation in supporting patient healing and satisfaction. Through an immersive group activity, participants will gain a new perspective of the in-patient dining experience. This session will connect the importance of taste, food as medicine, and the broader impact of nutrition on clinical outcomes, emotional well-being, and the overall patient experience.

  • Gain firsthand insight into how patients experience hospital meals and identify opportunities to enhance satisfaction through simple but meaningful changes
  • Learn strategies for aligning culinary services with wellness goals, integrating food as medicine into patient care models
  • Walk away with actionable ideas for collaborating across departments to create a more human-centered, healing dining experience in your organization

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Kyle.

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