How we help CISOs and teams improve their programs.Executive coaching / fractional & interim CISO / strategy and special projects / assessmentsIn addition to fractional CISO services wehelp teams:1. Reduce cost and consolidate connectivity, remote work, VPN and simply your world while increasing privacy and security. 2. Understand your real risks and gaps. Move way beyond CVSS scores and sorting vulnerabilities. Understand the whole risk based picture including threats, detection gaps, gaps in visibility, and vulnerabilities. 3. Put the power of AI LLMs in the hands of all your employees and do it safely. Insure that data into all LLM is free of PHI/PII or other sensitive data while still allowing users to harness the power of AI LLMs.Public speaking, vCISO, CISO mentoring, coaching, and advisory.

Advisor helping healthcare organizations improve their cybersecurity posture.

Served as CISO/vCISO at First Health Advisory (Contract)Founder & Host of DFW regional Healthcare CISO summit. https://healthcareciso.org/

Led all information security initiatives, including security operations, risk assurance, policy management, and strategic planning as well as Healthcare Technology Management (HTM), managing strategy and security of platforms and medical devices. Co-chaired Information Privacy and Security Council.

Led all aspects of information technology including infrastructure, biomed engineering, and imaging support for the health care system including Cyber Security prior to the merger with S&W. ● Led and managed large infrastructure teams in excess of 250 employees.● Driving technology change through innovation, consolidation, and life-cycle-management to improve operational efficiencies and reduce cost.● Led efforts to deliver many merger synergies. Millions in savings achieved in first year of merger.● Drive results to deliver more with less through technology rationalization and consolidation.● Developed long term data center, cloud, and mobile roadmap.● Successfully implemented technology and process change that increased EHR performance and compliance with SLAs, and customer expectations.● Spearheaded service improvement initiative to improve operational efficiencies and performance.● Led IT patient safety and developed program for safety awareness throughout IT.● Implemented foundational excellence technology program.● Successfully merged infrastructure, biomed engineering, and imaging support from two health care systems.● Driving operational and capital cost savings from merger synergy program.

● Director responsible for all HealthTexas ambulatory Information systems in addition to clinical application support and IT customer service functions.● Directing all IT aspects of EMR deployment to remaining HealthTexas clinics operating a paper based practice. Successfully converted 61 paper clinics in 2011 to GE Centricity. ● Successful implementation of EMR upgrades to achieve Meaningful Use requirements in 2011.● Managing aggressive organic and acquisition growth to scale EMR to 1900 concurrent users by the end of 2011. EMR expansion will make HealthTexas one of the largest GE Centricity EMR deployments in the country.

Health Texas Provider Network provides primary and specialty care throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Over 700 employed physicians in more than 200 locations of care provide a vast range of specialty and primary care services to the local and surrounding communities.Department is accountable for all aspects of design and management of IT infrastructure. Managing all technical resources supplying electronic medical record (EMR) and related applications to over 1800 concurrent users. Providing IT services to 150+ clinics and over 600 employed physicians and their staff. Oversee all engineers and security staff that support all IT infrastructure. Managed outsourced arrangement for services with EDS/HP and the project to in-source the IT infrastructure and services. Successfully built and transitioned EMR applications in-house and subsequently upgraded EMR and related applications. ● Eliminated outsourcing arrangement, saving organization over 2.6 million annually.● Successfully migrated outsourced EMR application to new in-house environment.● Built and developed new service oriented IT organization.● Managed project to build new help desk and field service departments.● Engineered and deployed new environment for GE Centricity EMR.● Implemented pilot ASP of eClinicalWorks EMR for 6 clinics.● Led multiple successful projects to upgrade and add features to EMR system. ● Led efforts to formalize and develop new security awareness program.

(21 Years with Healthaxis and formerly Insurdata.)Provided health care administrative services and business process outsourcing to payers and third party administrators. In addition, the NextProcess division provided accounts payable outsourcing services.Directed all aspects of Information Technology and Security. Developed corporate Information management strategies and policies. Managed all information technology projects and implementations. Managed all aspects of system deployment, security, and infrastructure. Continued to oversee all technical aspects of SOX and HIPAA compliance for the organization.● Reduced operational costs through the implementation of innovative technology solutions and virtualization. Additional costs savings achieved through automation and process improvement.● Led successful relocation of all central IT systems from Virginia data center to New York.● Maintained successful HIPAA and SOX audit compliance by spearheading aggressive audit and compliance measures.

PST was a subsidiary of Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA). PST was a jet fuel trading company service the Jet fuel needs of PSA and other airlines. PST was headquartered in North Dallas.