Ty Faulkner is a national speaker and thought leader in health information technology fields. He's a college lecturer teaching courses in leadership, research careers, communications, and health technology at multiple colleges in Michigan and online across the US. Mr. Faulkner honorably served in the US Marine Corps, holds an undergraduate degree from Indiana University’s School of Public & Environmental Affairs, a graduate degree from Michigan State University in Communications & Advertising, and is a licensed Health IT Management Systems Consultant Advisor. He also studied at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Executive MBA School specializing in Pharmaceutical & Chemical studies. He's certified as an American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Health Information Technology Software Applications Lead. Most recently, he has spent the last decade working as an advisor to understand Silicon Valley's big tech companies operating models and transformative processes. He's a steering committee leader for the world largest healthcare tech association called Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), he's a member of The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and he's e member of the distinguished healthcare data security leadership "think tank" group known as the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS). He has served as a Federal Advisor to key Washington, DC federal policy departments including Health Human Services (HHS) and the Office of National Coordinator (ONC). He's an Entrepreneur leading several start-up technology and blockchain companies and he has earned numerous leadership awards reaching "best-in-class" Who's Who status in Health IT. Commercially, he has proven global healthcare executive leadership experience advising pharmaceutical companies, gov agencies, & Health Information Technology (HIT) companies on Population Health, Quality Metrics, Learning Systems, Interoperability, Pharmaceutical sales management, & big data. He's led corporate objectives in sales force operations, IT strategy implementation, VC & PE Funding, business development, acquisition/merger, and exit strategy.