Ron is currently the Vice President, Innovation/Rural Health and the Chief Information Officer for Eastern Health in St. John's, Newfoundland. Ron has overall responsibility for Health Information Management, Information Technology, Privacy, Clinical Engineering, Strategic Planning and Performance, Protection Services, Rural Health, Legal Services, Supply Chain Management, Medical Device Reprocessing, Infrastructure Support, and Capital Equipment Planning and Capital Equipment Budgeting for the entirety of Eastern Health. Previous to this position, Ron was the Chief Technology Officer at Eastern Health. Prior to that, Ron was the Director for Materials and Biomedical Equipment Support at Eastern Health and had overall responsibility for Supply Chain Management and Biomedical Engineering. Overall, Ron has over 27 years progressive career experience in Healthcare from front line delivery to executive management. Ron holds a Diploma of Technology from College of the North Atlantic, a Bachelor of Technology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a Masters of Employment Relations from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Ron is also certified in Change Management and holds the professional designations of a Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI -ACP), Certified Health Executive (CHE) and Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP). Ron is also a sessional instructor, teaching courses in both the Bachelor of Technology and the Masters of Technology Management programs at Memorial University. Ron also instructs students in the Masters Certificate in Project Management offered by the Gardiner Center of Memorial University and the Schulich School of Business at York University.