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Hear from Ministry of Health speakers Simon Ross, Manager Data Governance andMatt Lord,IT Security Manager Data & Digital. Simon and Matt will be joined byShayne Hunter, Deputy Director-General Data and Digital, Ministry of Healthfor the Q&A session following the presentation.
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Simon Ross Manager Data Governance Ministry of Health
Simon has spent eight years (2009-2016) as manager of a Ministry of Health analytical team focussed on publishing and distributing data from the Ministry’s National Collections and managing the privacy aspects of sharing identifiable health information.
In 2017 Simon moved into the role of Lead Data Steward for the Ministry of Heath focused on data governance and stewardship. This role takes a whole of organisation view of what the Ministry needs to do to manage its data as an asset to help improve health outcomes, while protecting the privacy and confidentiality interests of New Zealanders.
Simon was recently appointed to the role of Manager Data Governance for the Ministry of Health and continues to focus on data governance and stewardship in the Ministry and in partnership with sector organisations.
Matt Lord Information Technology Security Manager, Data & Digital Ministry of Health
Matthew wears two hats at the Ministry of Health – he is responsible for the security of the shared health systems across New Zealand and he is also the chief security advisor for the health sector.
Matthew comes from NTT NZ as their Head of Cybersecurity practice, which includes responsibility for security consulting, incident response and offensive security testing.
He has more than 20 years’ industry experience and has worked in senior cybersecurity leadership positions in a number of global organisations across a range of industry sectors. He has participated in a number of cybersecurity industry boards, including as joint Chairperson of the Australasian Chapter of The Information Security Forum. He has also contributed to the development of international cybersecurity standards, including the Open Group’s Jericho forum Identity Commandments and ISACA’s CoBiT IT Governance implementation guide.
Shayne Hunter Deputy Director-General, Data & Digital Ministry of Health
Shayne Hunter joined the Ministry of Health in March 2019. He has spent the last 22 years in the health and disability sector where he developed a strong a passion for information and technology enabled improvements for the system and for the health outcomes for individuals and our population.
His previous role was as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa DHBs where he was a member of the ELT for each district health board.
Prior to his role as CIO, he was based at the Ministry and led several national initiatives in the area of medicines management, eHealth strategy and standards. Shayne started his career with IBM before leaving to establish several start-up businesses based on emerging technologies. From there he has held delivery and leadership roles in government and the private sector.
Brian Biggs Director, Customer Relations & Sales NZ InterSystems
Brian Biggs is Director, Customer Relations and Sales, New Zealand for InterSystems, a creative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical scalability, interoperability and speed problems. Based in Auckland, Biggs leads the company’s New Zealand operations, providing local resources to a growing customer base and ensuring that InterSystems is responsive to their needs.
Biggs has a technology career spanning over 15 years. He has spent most of the last decade leading regional and global delivery teams to deliver complex technology programs to healthcare providers in both advanced and emerging economies. He was Services Director, New Zealand and later VP Services, Asia Pacific and Chief Operating Officer, Hospitals for Orion Health before working as Chief Operating Officer for New Zealand digital payments company, Centrapay.
Biggs holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Management and Commercial Law from The University of Auckland and in 2007 was a member of the Plowman Craven professional cycling team in Europe.
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Rebecca McBeth HiNZ News Editor
Rebecca McBeth joined the HiNZ team as editor of eHealthNews.nz in January 2018. Rebecca was previously news editor at Digital Health Intelligence in London and prior to that, was the senior health reporter at The Christchurch Press, where she won a NZ Canon Media Award and a NZ Reporting Diversity award. Based in Auckland, she is committed to communicating news, experience and knowledge throughout New Zealand’s data and digital health sector.
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