Nebraska’s healthcare ecosystem depends on cybersecurity leaders who can protect sensitive systems while supporting care delivery, compliance, operational continuity, and patient trust. The people in this feature reflect that responsibility across provider networks, health systems, healthcare data infrastructure, and healthcare-focused technology environments. Their backgrounds span enterprise security leadership, infrastructure modernization, risk management, privacy, and the practical work of strengthening resilience in organizations where uptime and trust matter every day.
Lisa Bazis — Chief Information Security Officer & Executive Director of Enterprise Technology, Nebraska Medicine
Lisa Bazis serves as chief information security officer and executive director of enterprise technology at Nebraska Medicine, where her role sits at the intersection of cybersecurity, enterprise technology, risk, and innovation in academic healthcare. Her profile reflects a leadership scope that spans cyber resilience, infrastructure and architecture, regulatory alignment, AI and innovation, and executive engagement with senior stakeholders. She has been with Nebraska Medicine since 2018 as CISO and previously spent nearly two decades at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in engineering roles, giving her a long-standing foundation in healthcare technology environments as well as the operational realities of securing complex clinical and institutional systems.
Michael Kearns — Chief Information Security Officer and Director of Infrastructure & Networking/Communications, Nebraska Methodist Health System
Michael Kearns holds a dual leadership role at Nebraska Methodist Health System as chief information security officer and director of infrastructure and networking/communications, combining enterprise cybersecurity oversight with broader responsibility for infrastructure, networking, biomedical support, and large-scale IT operations. His profile points to a hands-on executive role that includes building the health system’s security program, leading BC/DR initiatives, overseeing threat intelligence and phishing awareness, managing major budgets, and directing sizable technical teams. Earlier roles at the same organization and his broader focus on aligning security with patient care, compliance, and operational execution make him a strong example of a healthcare cybersecurity leader with both strategic and operational depth.
Mark Gorrell — Chief Information Security Officer and Privacy Officer, Professional Research Consultants, Inc.
Mark Gorrell serves as chief information security officer and privacy officer at Professional Research Consultants, where he brings extensive experience managing information systems in large and complex healthcare organizations. His background includes prior service as CIO and CISO at PRC, as well as senior leadership roles at Baystate Health, Georgetown University Medical Center, Santa Rosa Health Care Corp, and other healthcare-focused organizations, giving him a long track record across hospital systems, physician group practices, and healthcare IT strategy. That mix of executive leadership, healthcare operational knowledge, and responsibility for both security and privacy makes him a strong fit for a Nebraska healthcare-focused cybersecurity feature.
Robert Wagner — Former Chief Information Security Officer, CyncHealth
Robert Wagner previously served as chief information security officer at CyncHealth, where he was responsible for information and data security for an organization focused on health data exchange across Nebraska and Iowa. His profile reflects a career built around advancing technology and security across healthcare, finance, and higher education, with an emphasis on governance, resilience, and business transformation. Before CyncHealth, he held a long-running leadership role at OrthoNebraska that included CISO responsibilities alongside broad operational oversight, which adds further depth to his healthcare experience and reinforces his place among Nebraska leaders who have shaped cybersecurity in health-related environments.
Where healthcare security and operational resilience meet
What stands out across this group is how closely cybersecurity in Nebraska’s healthcare sector is tied to continuity, trust, and institutional resilience. These leaders are not just responsible for protecting systems and data. They are helping secure the digital environments that support care, healthcare operations, and the broader infrastructure patients and organizations rely on every day.
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