Nayan Patel, a 20-year veteran of Information Technology, currently serves as the IT Portfolio Manager for Baylor Health Care System. In this role he is responsible the project management and reporting tools, time reporting, and project governance. Mr. Patel also serves as a consultant for strategic business processes solutions for the healthcare system, which includes value model realization for the electronic health record, executive portfolio management, and system interface analysis of the Baylor clinical infrastructure. He is a popular speaker at IT/PPM events and in other forums, and is widely quoted in the various trade publications. Mr. Patel received an MBA from Southern Methodist University, and a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Tennessee. He is currently a member of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS, currently serving on the Board of Directors for DFW-HIMSS), Microsoft Health Users Group (MS-HUG), and the Project Management Institute (PMI).