Wes Wright
Chief Technology Officer
Imprivata

Wes Wright is the Chief Technology Officer at Imprivata. Wes brings more than 20 years of experience with healthcare providers, IT leadership, and security. Prior to joining Imprivata, Wes was the CTO at Sutter Health, where he was responsible for technical services strategies and operational activities for the 26-hospital system. Wes has been the SVP CIO at Seattle Children’s Hospital and has served as the Chief of Staff for a three-star general in the US Air Force. Wes holds a B.S. in Business and Management from the University of Maryland and received his MBA from The University of New Mexico. Wes is a member of the CHIME & AEHIT Virtual Health Policy Workgroup.

Karen Blake
Director, Hauora Practice
PwC
HiNZ Board Chair

“He waka eke noa”- “A canoe which we are all in with no exception”: This whakatauki reminds us that we cannot achieve the goal of all New Zealanders living well, staying well and becoming well unless we all work together. The HiNZ Board is a vital part of our digital health community enabling us as a sector to collaborate, to share ideas and expertise, and to support the development of our informatics workforce.

As a founding member and Co-Chair of the Clinical Informatics Leadership Network (CiLN), I am able to hear the issues and challenges experienced by our clinicians working in data and digital, and can bring this perspective to the HiNZ Board. I have substantial governance experience, which includes being on the Board of Directors for HL7NZ, and I am the CIO representative on the Health Information Standards Committee (HISO) at the Ministry of Health.

My clinical experience includes 20 years working as a midwife in both NZ and Australia, and as a first responder working in the community as a volunteer operational Firefighter; the majority of our call outs are to medical emergencies and motor vehicle accidents, where I am grateful for many years of experience in managing cardiac arrests. I am completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Informatics, and passed the CHIA exam in 2017.

Jon Herries
Group Manager - Emerging Health Technology & Innovation
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand

Jon and his team are focused on bringing technology to the health sector faster, ensuring that technology provides impact, and establishing a network of interested and expert people and organisations who are working on new technology solutions in health. Jon returned to NZ from four years in Ireland where he was working in Healthcare and Technology consulting for EY. In this role Jon led the development of technology operating models and plans for the National Office of the HSE, SSW Hospital Group and Saolta Hospital Group. He was also lead on planning the work programmes for the National Children's Hospital, the National Forensic Mental Health Hospital and the All-Ireland Congenital Heart Disease Service. He was also the lead on reviewing the immunisation dataset for the Republic of Ireland including the plan to build a National Immunisation Dataset.

Previously Jon established the Alliance Leadership Team and programme for CCDHB and was involved in project management, technology development and analytics in a number of clinical areas. He originally trained and practiced as a Physiotherapist and also completed a post-graduate diploma in Health Management.

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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.