Board of Directors Work
My Mission
Bruce Schneier (https://www.schneier.com/) once said while testifying to congress about the Equifax breach “…financial markets reward bad security. Given the choice between increasing their cybersecurity budget by 5%, or saving that money and taking the chance, a rational CEO chooses to save the money. Wall Street rewards those whose balance sheets look good, not those who are secure.“https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2017/11/testimony_before_the_1.html I want to help companies generate maximum value of their cybersecurity investments by reducing risk.
I want to make cybersecurity investments rational for the CEO… well understood by the Board, and valuable to stockholders.
I currently serve on two Boards of Directors: IHE USA and SHIFT Healthcare.
IHE USA
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise USA (IHE USA) improves the quality, value, and safety of healthcare by enabling rapid, scalable, and secure access to health information at the point of care.
https://www.iheusa.org/ihe-usa-board
SHIFT Healthcare
Former Board:
IHE International
IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. IHE promotes the coordinated use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 to address specific clinical needs in support of optimal patient care. Systems developed in accordance with IHE communicate with one another better, are easier to implement, and enable care providers to use information more effectively.
Experience and Qualifications
Technical Expertise
Designed, built, and deployed the worlds largest health information exchange, eHealth Exchange
Developed PULSE, the health information system that allows doctors in disaster areas to get patient data, Texas Health Services Authority
Master's in cybersecurity,
Harvard University
Business Acumen
Scaled the eHealth Exchange network to 3 billion transactions per month, eHealth Exchange
Lead the development of multiple industry standards used throughout the country, IHE Board of Directors
Scaled my first business to over 30 million annual global users, Knowledge Dynamics Corp
Vice President of New Business Development, Complete Data Solutions/NextPage
Multi-Disciplinary Approach
In my consultancy practice, I design, build, and lead the development of highly scalable, secure, and interoperable systems and networks for clients across the industry spectrum, Heflin Consultancy LLC
I have worked with the VHA, FDA, FBI, IBM, DoD, and Oracle, just to name a few