Michael Kearns

About Michael Kearns

Responsible for the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide information security program and biomedical technical. Design, develop and maintain the overall delivery of biomedical equipment support for the Health System. Along with the responsibility for the security team I am responsible for the biomedical team.Responsible for planning, managing, coordinating programs, and implementing strategic initiatives to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization\'s information resources. I interfaces with senior leadership, front-line team members, executes corporate development strategy, and drives change initiatives across the system to optimize organizational potential. Works with executive management to govern policies and procedures for information security in a matter that meets the needs of the organization\'s patients, medical staff, management and employees, and establishes customer confidence in the system\'s information security program.

Experience

1. CISO & Director of Infrastructure & Networking Communications

   Nebraska Methodist Health System

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Responsible for the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide information security program in a large healthcare organization.Responsible for planning, managing, coordinating programs, and implementing strategic initiatives to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization\'s information resources. interface with senior leadership, front-line team members, executes corporate development strategy, and drives change initiatives across the IT health system to optimize organizational potential. Works with executive management to govern policies and procedures for information security in a matter that meets the needs of the organization\'s patients, medical staff, management and establishes customer confidence in the system\'s information security program.Delivered enterprise security services including: threat intelligence, phishing awareness, risk analysis. Established strong relationships with healthcare staff, IT, finance and compliance. Developed program framework BC/DR enterprise wide solution.Lead and mentor the security team.Governed $40+ million annual IT budget. Supervise, mentore and direct staff of forty personnel to include security analyst, architect, risk analyst and managers. Responsible for governance, development of video surveillance systems throughout the health system. Managing the IT infrastructure, networking and security resources, including drafting and executing its budget, developing its organizational structure. Optimize costs of organization-wide infrastructure and application services through an appropriate mix of internal and external resources. Leads the design, specification, configuration, installation, and maintenance of local area network hardware, software, telecommunications services and internet service providers. Work closely with the CIO and other executive leaders to plan, strategize, and ensure key initiatives are developed and completed.

Education

• ISACA

  Certified Information Security Manager, Information Technology

• Syracuse University

  Master's degree, Management Information Systems, General

  2003 — 2005