Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

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1 Gene Fernandez Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Summary Gene Fernandez is a credentialed senior-level healthcare IT executive with extensive corporate CIO, IT operations, and consulting experience. He has relevant experiences with worker s compensation insurance, managed care, and complex academic medical center environments. His professional focus is to help meet their technology business challenges IT strategic planning, IT project implementations, IT staff development, cost containment and business growth. Experience Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare February Present (4 years 1 month) Responsible for the development of Information Technology infrastructure strategy, including smart devices, mobility, wireless and security, and growth and support of MLH Information Technology teams (Desktop Support, Technical Services, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity & Project Management). Chief Information Officer at L.A. Care Health Plan July February 2013 (5 years 8 months) Responsibilities: Executive responsible for corporate Information Systems Business Applications, EDI transactions, Telecommunications, Computer Operations, Help Desk Operations, Technology Infrastructure Support, and Information Security in this public agency HMO. Vice President, Information Services at Accident Fund Insurance Company of America January July 2007 (2 years 7 months) Responsible for IT Strategic Planning and IT operations. Chief Information Officer / CTO at Sparrow Health System (6 years) Executive responsible for Information Systems, Telecommunications, Switchboard Operations, Health Information Management/ Transcription, Medical Library and Centralized Scheduling comprising over 250 FTEs in this Integrated Delivery System with annual net revenues of $900 million. Mid-Michigan s top ranked multi-hospital provider of integrated healthcare delivery services (796-bed). Chief Information Officer at National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) (3 years) Page1

2 Responsible for IT operations and infrastructure in support of "The President s Hospital 779-bed tertiary care and specialty teaching hospital for National Capital Region Uniformed Services and homeland defense. Directed a $6 million OpEx budget, staff of 55, IT customer base of 5,000+ Director of Technology & Security at Naval Medical Information Management Center (NMIMC) (2 years) Formerly Naval Medical Data Services Center, served as IT Director for this organization established to improve, develop, and distribute new information technologies in support of Navy Medicine's commitment to patient care. Directed $36.5 million budget, Configuration management and IT customer support staff of 70, emerging technologies and infrastructure support projects. Provided project management and infrastructure network support for the deployment of the Composite Health Care System (CHCS) to over 25 Navy hospitals worldwide. CHCS is one of the most broadly used Computer-based Provider Order Entry (CPOE) systems deployed in the nation. CIO / Director Mgmt Info Dept. at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (4 years) Responsible for IT operations and infrastructure in support of 490-bed, acute & tertiary care, university affiliated, Navy referral medical center, ambulatory and specialty care clinics, inpatient services in the Tidewater area. Directed $2.2 million OpEx budget, staff of 45; IT planning & support functions. Education University of Illinois Springfield M.S., Management Information Systems, Activities and Societies: Member, Sigma Beta Delta (International Honor Society for Business Management) Purdue University M.S., Administration, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale B.S., Healthcare Management, Cardinal Hayes Skills & Expertise Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) Project Management Strategic Planning U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Healthcare Management Strategy Healthcare Page2

3 Leadership Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Business Process Improvement Business Analysis Disaster Recovery Change Management Certifications ITIL Foundations v3 Certified Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) June 2014 Lean IT Foundation Lean IT Association License APMGLITA/ August 2016 CHIME CIO Information Risk Management BootCamp College of Healthcare Information Management Executives October 2016 Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) CHIME October 2016 Publications # Presenter and Panelist for West Tennessee Healthcare Fraud Task Force Meeting on the topic of Cyber Security Environmental Trends and IT Operational Challenges West Tennessee Healthcare Fraud Task Force Meeting July 24, 2015 Authors: Gene Fernandez, Scott A. Vantrease, Mark M. Johnson Cybersecurity trends from the perspective of OIG, KPMG and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare impacting the legal environment at the West Tennessee healthcare fraud task force meeting. Next-Generation Networks: Case Study on Infrastructure Capacity Planning Annual Cerner Health Conference November 2, 2014 Authors: Gene Fernandez, Sam Jordan Infrastructure capacity planning and modernization lessons learned from case studies at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Cox Health. Healthcare IT Career Outlook:Lessons Learned & Opportunities University of Memphis lecture September 2, 2016 Authors: Gene Fernandez Objective as BIT Advisory board member is to support Fogelman School of Business mission to bring business knowledge into the classroom and share how BIT knowledge will help students succeed in business. Served as guest speaker for Introduction to Information Systems class (MIS 2749) at the University of Memphis. Winning Cybersecurity Strategies Focused on Prevention, Detection, Response and Recovery CHIME LEAD Forum - Nashville, TN August 10, 2016 Authors: Gene Fernandez, Keith Perry, Gib Sorebo, Ryan Edwards, George W. McCulloch Jr. Discuss tools and processes that effectively positions organization to respond to threats and breaches Page3

4 Identify an effective incident management process including timeline, detection, response, escalation, mitigation, communication and non-it recovery activities Evaluate effective strategies for training all organizational staff for response and recovery management How Technology is Transforming Healthcare for Patients, Families and Physicians November 5, 2015 Authors: Gene Fernandez, Cynthia Davis Lecture for University of Memphis undergraduate and graduate students from the Fogelman College of Business on how technology is transforming healthcare; topic of healthcare IT workforce shortage; career advice and internship opportunities at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Innovation in Healthcare: Harnessing New Technologies Greater Memphis IT Council September 22, 2016 Authors: Gene Fernandez, Keith Perry, Jackie Lucas, Judy Murphy Greater Memphis IT Council - INNOVATE IT Conference Panel Discussion Topics for Healthcare Panel Discussion: Harnessing Emerging Technology for Research, Discovery and Enhanced Healthcare Delivery o Supercomputing (Pediatric Genomics Initiative) o Big Data & Analytics o Robotics (surgery) o Medical Devices o Medical Equipment for Research o Mobile Applications o Internet of Things Case Studies of Innovation Applications o Methodist Le Bonheur (Mobile Applications for Consumer Healthcare Data & Analytics for Preventative Health in Project) o Innovation Lab at Regional One for Development of New Products and Services by Staff Members o IBM Global Healthcare IBM Watson Fostering a Culture of Innovation in the Disciplined Culture of Healthcare Building and Sustaining Innovation Teams for Healthcare Applications and IT Innovation Methodologies, Process and Approach Innovation and Investment in IT Healthcare Budgets Organizations American College of Healthcare Executives May 1983 to Present Volunteer Experience Member University of Memphis BIT Advisory Council at Fogelman College of Business, University of Memphis Page4

5 March Present Member, IT Steering Committee at City of Memphis April Present Volunteer member of City of Memphis IT Steering Committee. Languages English Spanish Page5

6 Gene Fernandez Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Contact Gene on LinkedIn Page6