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David Finn, CISA, CISM
Former CIO,
Texas Children’s Health
Mr. Finn has 29 years’ experience in the planning, management and control of information technology and business processes, focusing on healthcare for the past 18 years.Prior to joining Symantec, he was the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Services for Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH), the largest pediatric integrated delivery system in the United States. He also served as the Privacy and Security Officer for TCH. Mr. Finn’s experience includes seven years as a healthcare consultant with PwC and Healthlink, serving last as the Executive Vice President of Operations for Healthlink.
Mr. Finn’s strength is in helping businesses optimize and control technology in order to improve operating efficiency and enhance business value. Mr. Finn’s key skills include IT governance and control, project management, systems selection and implementation, business and IT partnering; and IT audit, control and security.
During Mr. Finn’s tenure at Texas Children’s Hospital, the hospital won the ECRI Institute 2007 Health Devices Achievement Award, and because of Mr. Finn’s departmental support, TCH also was awarded recognition for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. Mr. Finn has presented nationally and internationally on such topics as project management, professional leadership and staff development, and privacy and security. He has contributed to or written articles on IT management, disaster recovery and security for such as journals as CIO Digest and Baseline.
Mr. Finn holds a BA degree from the University of North Dakota and an MA from Angelo State University. In addition to serving on the national board of the Health Information and Management Systems Society, Mr. Finn serves on the board of Houston Healthcare for the Homeless and is a member of Information Systems Audit & Control Association. |
