Greg Blanchard is a Director at Willis-Knighton Health System. He possess expertise in leadership, management, healthcare, strategic planning, team building and 4 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "One of the best managers/directors I’ve had the privilege to work for. Greg is driven and highly motivated to make goals attainable. He cares for his employees and makes himself available when needs arise. He was always one of the first on deck when issues arose and stayed with you the whole time until the situation was handled. Greg knows when to stand back and let good employees do their job and when to step in and assist struggling employees as well. I highly recommend Greg for any IT director or management position especially related to healthcare.", "Greg has been either my direct manager (currently) or my upper level manager over the last eight or so years. I can tell you he is one of the best managers I have ever had. Whether you are looking for a CTO, CIO, AVP, VP or something else in that realm Greg is your guy. He always keeps up with what is going on in the technology arena and has a broad knowledge of technology. He excels when working with vendors as well as upper management, his peers, and his direct reports. He has the wisdom to not just rely on his on technical knowledge but also listens to what each of his direct reports has to say about their area of expertise and then takes all of that knowledge and channels it into intelligent informed decisions that will benefit whoever he works for. Greg is also very interested in root cause analysis and making sure that any issues that arise are not repeated. Everyone that works for Greg knows that while he has a compassionate heart he can also be tough when he needs to and he makes sure everything is always running smoothly and that deliverables get done on time and on budget. Some of the tools in his wheelhouse are the gifts of communication as well as compassion. During times when his teams may have had to pull all nighters, early mornings, weekend conversions, or special work Greg has personally brought in food or snacks for the team or otherwise taken care of small things like this to boost morale. For his direct reports this man is "always there" he is literally one of those people you can "call anytime" and he really means it. He always wants to be plugged in and know what is happening both with the company he works for as well as the well being of the people in his charge. Greg gets it, he gets the business, the work flow, the technology, and the people.", and "Greg is truly supportive of his staff. He takes great pride in recruiting the best talent within IT. Then allows their skill set to support the organization's growth and success. Greg also has a broad understanding of many enterprise solutions within healthcare. Greg then utilizes his vendor relationships to utilize some of these solutions, which enables the organization to excel."