- DisrupTV
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. The audience can expect A-list guests, the latest enterprise news, hot startups, insight from influencers, and much more. Tweet questions to #DisrupTV or @DisrupTVShow. We broadcast live on Zoom.
Show Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConstellationR
Featured Guests:
Aaron Miri
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Dell Medical Center
Aaron Miri is the Chief Information Officer for The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin. Aaron brings more than 15 years of healthcare experience driving growth and innovation, leading both provider and commercial healthcare enterprises, and providing thought leadership and close collaboration with state and federal representatives. As CIO, Aaron is passionate about humanizing technology by collaborating with clinicians, technology partners, and business champions to truly transform healthcare delivery for consumers, patients, and providers. In 2020, The United Stated Senate congressionally re-appointed Aaron for a second term to the Health and Human Services, federal Health IT Advisory Committee (HITAC), established under the 21st Century Cures Act. Furthermore, he was elevated to the role of Co-Chairman of the HITAC. The United States Senate first appointed Aaron to the HITAC in 2018.
In 2016, The Obama Administration, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, appointed Aaron to serve on the Health IT Policy Committee established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Aaron is the prior Chair of the HIMSS National Public Policy Committee and serves as an expert adviser to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and to other congressional panels engaged in numerous Health IT policy topics. Aaron also serves as an advisor to the National Academy of Medicine on the topics of healthcare privacy, security, and data.
Prior to joining U.T. Austin, Aaron served as the Chief Information Officer for Imprivata, where he helped to build and transform a global commercial enterprise focused on healthcare cyber security. Prior to Imprivata, Aaron was the Chief Information Officer for Walnut Hill Medical Center, and former CTO for Children’s Health System of Texas, located in Dallas, Texas. Aaron has successfully led organizations that achieved the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award, HIMSS Level 7 EMRAM status, HITRUST CSF designation, and he led the first provider organization to receive the SECURETexas Health Information Privacy and Security certification awarded through the Texas Health Services Authority. Aaron is also a proud member of the CHIME CIO Faculty and routinely mentors early careerists through CHIME, HIMSS, and other national Health IT associations.
Aaron received his MBA with distinction from the University of Dallas, and his Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington. Aaron is a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer through the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, a distinguished Fellow with the Health Information Management Systems Society, and he is a Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute.
Aaron is a nationally recognized 2020 “CIOs to Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review and was honored with the 2016 Computerworld Premier 100 Technology Leaders award, 2017 Texas Health IT Leadership Award, and the 2019 Constellation Research Business Transformation 150 award. He serves as a board member with The Sequoia Project, serves as a global CIO board advisor for Dell Inc., and as an industry advisor for numerous healthcare startups and leading venture capital corporations.
Follow him on Twitter: @AaronMiri
Angela Yochem
EVP & Chief Digital and Technology Officer
Novant Health
Angela Yochem is EVP & Chief Digital and Technology Officer for Novant Health, a super-regional healthcare system with one of the largest medical groups in the US. She and her teams deliver the world-class consumer capabilities, differentiating technologies, and advanced clinical solutions that allow the high-growth system to provide remarkable patient care.
Angela has served as EVP/CIO at Rent-A-Center, Global CIO at BDP International, Global CTO at AstraZeneca, and divisional CIO at Dell. She’s held tech exec roles at Bank of America and SunTrust, and held senior technology roles at UPS and IBM. In these roles, she built B2B digital product lines, grew digital retail channels (B2C), created technical services lines of business, and transformed global technology capabilities.
Angela is an Independent Director with Zurich American Insurance Group, and has been a Director for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, BDP Transport, BDP Global Services Asia and Europe, and Rocana, with experience on Audit, Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, and Governance/Policy committees. She remains an Entrepreneur in Residence, Mentor, and Advisor for venture groups and incubators on both US coasts. Angela serves on the board of Freedom School Partners, a non-profit committed to promoting literacy in the Charlotte area, and co-chairs the executive team of the Go Red for Women Charlotte organization, part of the American Heart Association. She is a Trustee of the Charlotte Regional Business Initiative, and is an advisory board member for the American Hospital Association Innovation Council, the University of Tennessee Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, and the University of North Carolina Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics.
Angela has a Bachelor of Music from DePauw University and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee, holds three US Patents and is an author with Addison-Wesley and Prentice-Hall.
Follow her on Twitter: @AngelaYochem
John Nosta
President & Founder
NostaLab
A leading voice in the convergence of technology and health, John helps define, dissect and deliberate global trends in health technology and innovation. He is consistently ranked among the top names in almost every digital health list and has sustained that position for several years. Beyond simply an influencer, John is also defined as “most admired” to “top disruptor” in digital health, life sciences and the pharmaceutical industry. He is also a member of the Google Health Advisory Board and a World Health Organization technology expert. Further, John is also a frequent and popular contributor to Fortune, Forbes, Psychology Today and Bloomberg. He has also been published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals including The American Journal of Physiology, Circulation, and The American Journal of Hematology.
John is the founder of NOSTALAB—a digital health think tank that is focused is on guiding companies, NGOs, and governments through the dynamics of exponential change in technology marketplaces.
Follow him on Twitter: @JohnNosta