Russ Branzell is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Poudre Valley Health System and the President/CEO of Innovation Enterprises (PVHS’ for profit IS entity).

Poudre Valley Health System is an integrated health system with a reputation for excellence and innovative care. They most recently are the recipients of the Colorado Performance Excellence Peak Award (first and only organization in the state), Solucient’s 100 Top Hospitals, Health Grades Distinguished Hospital Award, Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence designation, Avatar International 5 Star National Award, and US News and World Report-America’s 50 Best Hospitals. In addition to these honors and awards, the Information Services Division was recognized in 2004/5 by Hospital and Health Networks as recipients of both the “Most Wired”/“Most Wireless” awards, Information Week Magazine’s Top 500 Award for innovative technology usage and also received the Business Technology Optimization Excellence Award for IT Governance Best Practices (2004).

Prior to joining PVHS, he was the Regional Deputy Chief Information Officer and Executive Director of Information Services for Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis, MO. Before his time in St. Louis, Mr. Branzell served on active duty in the United States Air Force and continues to serve in the Air Force Reserves. While on active duty, Mr. Branzell served in numerous healthcare administration positions including Chief Information Officer for the Air Mobility Command Surgeon General’s Office. In 1996, he was selected for the Air Force Medical Service Fellowship program and completed a Chief Information Officer Internship at the Unity Health System in St. Louis, MO.

Russ is currently on the Board of Directors of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and serves as the Chairperson, Education Committee.

He is a fellow of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and board certified through the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He was awarded the 2005 ACHE Regent’s Award as the Young Healthcare Administrator of the Year for the State of Colorado. PVHS has received numerous industry awards in recognition of it’s commitment to the advancement of healthcare informatics.

Russ serves on numerous editorial, volunteer, community and management boards. Additionally, he has been a speaker at regional, national, user groups and vendor conferences.

A native of San Antonio, Texas, Russ earned an undergraduate degree in business administration specializing in human resource management and labor relations from the University of Texas. In 1995, he earned a Master’s degree in Administrative Science from Embry-Riddle University with an emphasis in management.

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Rich Correll is the President and CEO of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), an 1100-plus member professional organization for healthcare information executives, and Executive Director of the CHIME Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the educational initiatives of CHIME through the corporate sponsorship of nearly 60 healthcare IT/IS product and service providers.

Previously, Mr. Correll has held the positions of President for the Center for Healthcare Information Management (CHIM), President of California Health Management Systems (CHMS), and Corporate Director, Management Engineering, for Harper-Grace Hospitals in Detroit, MI.

In addition to his responsibilities within CHIME, Mr. Correll is a member of the American Society of Association Executives and Fellow in the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society.

He holds a degree in industrial engineering form the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wayne State University.

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John Glaser is Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Previously, he was Vice-President, Information Systems at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Prior to Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Glaser managed the Healthcare Information Systems consulting practice at Arthur D. Little.

Dr. Glaser was the founding chairman of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and is past president of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

He is a fellow of CHIME, HIMSS, and the American College of Medical Informatics. He has been awarded the John E. Gall award for healthcare CIO of the year. CHIME has established a scholarship in Dr. Glaser’s name. He was a recipient of CIO Magazine’s 20/20 Vision Award. Partners HealthCare has received several industry awards for its effective and innovative use of information technology.

Dr. Glaser is on the editorial boards of CIO Magazine, Healthcare Informatics, Journal of Biomedical Informatics, and Journal of Healthcare Information Management. He has published over eighty articles and two books on the strategic application of information technology in healthcare.

He holds a Ph.D. in Healthcare Information Systems from the University of Minnesota.

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Steven Glass became the Chief Information Officer of Access Community Health Network in 2004 after previously serving as its Vice President of External Affairs. He added the additional title of Performance Improvement Officer in 2006. The mission of Steven’s work group is “To promote clinical and operational excellence at ACCESS by successfully integrating people, processes, data, technology, space and quality improvement techniques.”

Prior to joining ACCESS in 1996, Steven served as a Practice Director at Triad Health Practice of Illinois Masonic Medical Center and as Supervisor, HIV Counseling, Testing, Referral & Partner Notification at the Cook County Department of Public Health.

Steven Glass has a Bachelors Degree in Sociology and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

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Dale Sanders is vice president of information services and CIO at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. His background includes serving as regional director of information systems and medical informatics for Intermountain Health Care (IHC); vice president of systems integration for Information Technology International; senior systems engineer for TRW Space and Defense Systems Integration Group; and as a captain and information systems officer in the U.S. Air Force.

He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry with biology minor from Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, and a certificate in information systems management from the U.S. Air Force. His interests include analytics and data warehousing, systems integration, and effective project leadership and risk management.

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Vi Shaffer is Vice President overseeing the agenda priorities for Gartner’s global healthcare provider research. She also provides primary coverage for business, administrative, and financial applications in the healthcare industry segment and related vendors. Her focus includes Revenue Cycle Management, ERP/Supply Chain, Human Capital Management, and Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management applications. She also monitors Pay for Performance and Care Quality Improvement Initiatives.

Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Shaffer led strategic planning and product management initiatives directed toward healthcare providers, payers and large employers.

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