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VP, CEO AND AUTHOR
Andrea Bordenca
Andrea Bordenca resides in Ludlow, MA with her husband Chris Bordenca and three sons. Andrea’s focus and passion as a parent, leader, coach, citizen, and consultant is creating cultures of belonging; for Andrea this means examining societal expectations, norms, and learning to thoughtfully question what others’ expect of us. She has experienced firsthand her authenticity being overshadowed by others definition of success. There were times she didn’t know who her authentic self was. She is learning authenticity is dynamic.
A part of Andrea’s path to creating cultures of belonging is in exploring how to get to our individual authenticity: to learn how to shed old patterns and norms and to make room for emerging patterns requires new questions, new conversations, new neural patterns. With new patterns comes discomfort. Our nervous system wants us to go back to what we learned. How can we begin to look at discomfort from our past to create incredible outcomes now?
FORENSIC ENGINEER
Matthew F. Baretich, P.E., Ph.D
Matt Baretich provides clinical engineering and forensic engineering services through Baretich Engineering, based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He also works for Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is leading a province-wide CMMS replacement project.
Effective January 2026, the Joint Commission has made major changes across all of its standards, including medical technology management. What is changing? How do we maintain compliance and prepare for survey? How should the HTM community react? This presentation takes a deep dive into these questions.
WEDNESDAY PRESENTERS
TECHNICAL OPERATIONS MANAGER, MGB
Samantha Moriarty
Building a Strong HTM Program: Attract, Train, Retain
INSIGHT ARCHITECT, NEUROBUILT
John Walls
The Science of Leadership and Happiness in Healthcare Technology Management
EDUCATION QA ENGINEERING COORDINATOR, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Ben Boossarangsi
MANAGER, QUALITY, SAFETY, & EDUCATION, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Elizabeth Sayles
CLINICAL ENGINEERING MANAGER, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Shane Waltsak
Project Management Fundamentals in Medical Device and System Implementation: Educating BMETs and Clinicians for Success
CLINICAL ENGINEER, YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH
Charlotte Cooperman
SENIOR MANAGER, YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH
Ryan Schafer
Evolving the Role of Clinical Engineering in Healthcare Construction: A Strategic Partnership at YNHHS
SENIOR CYBERSECURITY ARCHITECT, DARTMOUTH HEALTH
Chris Plummer
Cyber Hygiene of Clinical Devices: Observing and Mitigating Unexpected Behavior
GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY LEADER
Joe Burgoyne
Securing Health Delivery Organizations
SENIOR CLINICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Amanda Hunton
CLINICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Lindsey Durgin
CLINICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Steven Hicks
VP ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY, BAXTER
Chris Gutmann
Lessons Learned Supporting Device Integration
OEM Perspective on Device Integrations
VICE PRESIDENT OF HTM, AAMI
Danielle McGeary
Apprenticeship in Action
CLINICAL ENGINEERING MANAGER, DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK
John Waller
Today's BMET's, Tomorrow's HTM Leaders: Leveraging the Variety of BMET Experience
CLINCAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER, YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH
Kate Rescsanszky
BMET Lab Support
VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES, ACERTARA
Dave Dallaire
Common Mistakes Setting up Ultrasound Repair Programs
THURSDAY PRESENTERS
RETIRED WIRELESS TECHNICAL ARCHITECT
Rick Hampton
The HDO Security Open Forum
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, STRATEGIC HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES, LLC
Stephen Grimes
Lessons Learned from Recent Cyber Breaches in Healthcare
CHIEF TECHNICAL ARCHITECT (CTA), OPTIMUM HEALTHCARE IT
Louie Gomez
SERVICENOW PRINCIPAL ADVISORY CONSULTANT, OPTIMUM HEALTHCARE IT
Shelby Johns
BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTANT, OPTIMUM HEALTHCARE IT
Joseph Gucciardi
Why CMMS Belongs on a Platform, Not a Silo
VISN DEPUTY CHIEF HTM
Jessica Hudson-Rahming
Strategic Planning in Action: Crafting Plans and Energizing Workgroups for Success
STRATEGY DESIGNER & TECHNOLOGY PLANNER
Carol Davis Smith
Data Informed Procurement to Support Replacement Forecasting
SYSTEM DIRECTOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, DARTHMOUTH HITCHCOCK
Mike Brilling
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Bill Driscoll
Evolving Health Systems: Technology Program Insights from Two Paths to Systemization
HTM MANAGER, VISN2
Arleen Thukral
HTM AI Use Cases with Humans at the Helm
Nathan Proctor
SENIOR CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR, RIGHT TO REPAIR
What is Right to Repair? Whats coming next?
HTM EXPERT CONSULTANT
Henry Stankiewicz Jr
Incident Investigation & Risk Mitigation in the VA and BIDMC
HEALTHCARE CYBERSECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT, ARMIS
Matt Dimino
Closing the Cyber Gap: Practical IoMT Defense Tactics for HTM Teams
MEDICAL IMAGING PARTS TESTING, REPAIR & INSTRUCTION, RSTI
Ryan Hastings
MRI Basics
CHIEF HTM, MANCHESTER VAMC
Mary Ellen Aleksza
Manchester VAMC 75th Anniversary Review - A Brief History of the Manchester VA
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Larry Lamourine
Yes, you can repair Dental Equipment!
SENIOR BMET, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
Scot Mackeil
Neuromonitoring and EEG Systems; Overview, Testing and PM
PRODUCT APPLICATION EXPERT
Jon Short
PRODUCT APPLICATION EXPERT
Justin Ross
Smarter, Faster, Safer: Optimizing Biomedical Workflows Integrated Testing Platforms
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT EXPERIENCE, FSI
Joe Stockman
DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS, FSI
Mike Zimmer
Maximizing Operational Effectiveness with CMMS