"Learn the business and enable the business; alignment in itself isn’t enough anymore."

PATRICK THOMPSON
EVP of Administration and CIO
Amedisys

Patrick joined Amedisys in 2010 as Executive Vice President of Administration and CIO. He is responsible for the strategic vision of Information Technology for the company and also oversees the Human Resources and Contracting departments.

He has held positions as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Information Officer of The Shaw Group, a fortune 500 companies, as well as EVP and Chief Information Officer at Turner Industries, a privately held fortune 500 company. He was also the Chief Operating Officer of a two billion subsidiary of The Shaw Group.

Patrick has served on several technology boards and was honored with Top 100 CIO awards for both CIO and Computerworld magazines. He was also acknowledged in ExecRank’s Top 500 CIO Rankings.

Patrick graduated from Louisiana State University.

Challenges in technology to meet enterprise needs in 2013 & expectations.
Balancing cost cuts with demand of enterprise needs are some of the biggest challenges that we are faced within 2013.

The areas in business environment where solutions do not yet exist or not up to the mark, and which if existed, would've made job easier.
Slate computers that are secure for the healthcare industry that also have touch pad and high performance would be a solution that would make our job easier.

Technology Trends Impacting Enterprise Business Environment.
Social networking in the enterprise for business improvement.

My roles and responsibilities as a CIO
I am currently an EVP of Administration (Sourcing and HR and IT) and CIO.

Lessons I learned as a CIO that can help you
Learn the business and enable the business; alignment in itself isn’t enough anymore.