After spending almost a decade working in Healthcare IT (HIT) with my sleeves rolled up as a CTO, I witnessed firsthand the intensity of the challenges that face HIT. I worked tirelessly to support clinicians and end-users, to innovate for my organizations, and to manage effective budgets for demanding leadership. My ultimate goal (or so I thought!) was to work hard and retire early, so when the time was right, I traveled the country in a motorhome and moderated C-level IT thought leadership events around the world.
I’ve been a decision-maker, an investor, and consumer of an incredible variety of technologies throughout my career, but none have impressed me the way that Nutanix has. And so, when an unexpected opportunity with Nutanix Healthcare presented itself, I knew it would be more than just a job; it was a way to give back to the HIT industry. And, an opportunity to champion revolutionary technology that I’ve witnessed simplify IT for healthcare organizations worldwide.
The challenges of running Healthcare IT are intense:
- Infrastructure. The “technical debt” and high costs of a refresh.
- Applications and Innovation. This is how IT adds value to healthcare, not by spending limited resources on data centers and infrastructure.
- Cybersecurity. Disruption planning, and ability to recover quickly from things like ransomware attacks — without paying the ransom!
- Cloud Complexity. How to control costs, avoid vendor lock-ins, and ensure your staff can effectively and simply manage it all.
It is rare to find a technology company that really "gets" healthcare … a company that enables HIT to lower infrastructure expenses, optimize staff productivity, and simplify hybrid multicloud management. Nutanix does. This includes a security-first mindset that enables rapid recovery from things like ransomware attacks, with customer support that is healthcare-specific and the BEST in the world.
This is why I joined Nutanix Sales as the Field CTO, in Sales focused on Healthcare. It’s a game-changing way to address all these issues for healthcare IT, and I want to reach as many provider organizations as possible to leverage these amazing benefits just as I did in multiple hospital systems throughout my career.
After all, what we do at Nutanix is invisible, but what YOU do as a healthcare organization is not.
Feel free to connect with me and send me a message here, and let's chat. I'd love to chat with you about your CTO challenges and successes!
© 2021 Nutanix, Inc. All rights reserved. Nutanix, the Nutanix logo and all Nutanix product, feature and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nutanix, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s). This post may contain links to external websites that are not part of Nutanix.com. Nutanix does not control these sites and disclaims all responsibility for the content or accuracy of any external site. Our decision to link to an external site should not be considered an endorsement of any content on such a site. Certain information contained in this post may relate to or be based on studies, publications, surveys and other data obtained from third-party sources and our own internal estimates and research. While we believe these third-party studies, publications, surveys and other data are reliable as of the date of this post, they have not independently verified, and we make no representation as to the adequacy, fairness, accuracy, or completeness of any information obtained from third-party sources.
This post may contain express and implied forward-looking statements, which are not historical facts and are instead based on our current expectations, estimates and beliefs. The accuracy of such statements involves risks and uncertainties and depends upon future events, including those that may be beyond our control, and actual results may differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied by such statements. Any forward-looking statements included herein speak only as of the date hereof and, except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or otherwise revise any of such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.