Healthcare IT Innovation: Align IT Ambitions with Practical Actions

Organizations waste too much time managing their data center infrastructure to effectively focus on their differentiation. This acts as a roadblock for all sorts of business changing ambitions, and holds back transformation. Radically simplifying operations, adopting automation, and moving workloads to the cloud are key to realizing IT's potential as a change agent. Join our panelists as they discuss their journey and take home some tips to improve yours.

Learning Points:

Learn how to sharpen your forecasting abilities to see beyond 2020
See how other organizations are successfully managing their transformation and cloud journey
Find out why simplifying operations is so important

Dennis Ryan

Manager, Information Technology, Platform Services Data Centers, UNIX/LINUX and
MainHealth Information Technology

Bio info: Dennis Ryan is an IT professional where the majority of his career has been centered on data protection and...

Dennis Ryan is an IT professional where the majority of his career has been centered on data protection and recovery. Dennis’ career has spanned the manufacturing and banking sectors and is currently the manager of the Platform Services IT department for MaineHealth, a healthcare system located in Maine with several hospitals and outpatient facilities across Maine and New Hampshire.

Dennis’ responsibilities include the management of MaineHealth’s Data Center, Unix/Linux, and Storage and Backup teams for the organization and the protection of MaineHealth’s data assets.

Robert Luehrs

lnfrastructure Engineer, Storage and Backup/DR IS System Engineering and Data Ce
Legacy Health

Bio info: Robert Luehrs started programming in the 1980s in Cleveland, Ohio; and was hired out of college by IBM at Research...

Robert Luehrs started programming in the 1980s in Cleveland, Ohio; and was hired out of college by IBM at Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC. Work at IBM included software development; Tivoli Professional Services; manager SW partnerships, and finally Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) support; rebranded IBM Spectrum Protect. Moved to Oregon in 1999. Hired away from IBM by Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) as the TSM team lead; then ACS was acquired by Xerox. Joined Memorial Health System as storage and backup engineer; MHS is magnet-designated, Level 1 trauma hospital; awarded "Top 100 Most Integrated Health Network" by SDI. Joined Legacy Health Systems in 2017 as Infrastructure Engineer; specializing in storage, backup/restore, and disaster recovery.

Robert Rhame

Director Market Intelligence
Rubrik

Bio info: Robert Rhame is focused on market research, trends, and vendor landscape tracking. Specialized in security, risk,...

Robert Rhame is focused on market research, trends, and vendor landscape tracking. Specialized in security, risk, and data management. Originally from the U.S., Robert has lived in Germany for 20 years and worked in various EMEA pre-sales positions and as a Gartner Research Director, with backup and recovery as primary coverage.