CORE CIO on driving innovation in organ recovery and education

June 14, 2024

8 Min Read

Bruno Mastroianni

Chief Information Officer, CORE

Bruno Mastroianni has been in Information Technology leadership roles for over 25 years primarily in Higher Education and Healthcare focusing on innovation, technology and business strategy. Bruno recently joined CORE (Center for Organ Recovery and Education) as the Chief Information Officerand is responsible for technology strategy and managing overall IT operations.

Sajid A. Khan

President, MicroAgility

Sajid, the founder of MicroAgility, brings over 30 years of experience in business transformation, with past roles at Deloitte, Merrill Lynch, and JP Morgan. At MicroAgility, he champions a people-first, agile approach to digital transformation, blending technology with human experiences. This vision has led to strong partnerships with businesses of all sizes, including Fortune 500 companies.

Bruno & Sajid talk about technology strategy, healthcare innovation and C-suite reccommendations

Sajid Khan

Bruno, Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule for this Interview. Can you begin by sharing your perspective on the role of CIO in an Organ Procurement Organization as CORE?

Bruno

CORE is one of 58 federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the United States. CORE works closely with donor families and designated health care professionals to deliver the gift of hope by coordinating the surgical recovery of organs, tissues and corneas for transplantation. CORE also facilitates the computerized matching of donated organs, tissues and corneas.

The CIO role advises and guide business leaders on technology and innovation, manages risk to an appropriate level, and is always looking for opportunities to not only manage costs but to increase the speed to delivery, enhancing security practices and ensuring system availability in an environment that the technology solutions are critical in helping to save a life.

Sajid Khan

Would you like to share some of your challenging initiatives at CORE?

Bruno

The key challenges that we are facing at CORE are the same issues that every CIO is facing. Increased requirements for security, analytics, mobile access, and cloud solutions drive strategy decisions for all organizations balanced with the ongoing operational needs and staying current with technologies.

Being an Organ Procurement Organization it is imperative that we make sure our data is secure and our systems are always available for our staff and need to make sure these technologies are in alignment with our business.

It is also important that CORE understands what measures are not only important to us but how we compare to other Organ Procurement Organizations so we can all work to having the best practices possible to save as many lives as possible.

Sajid Khan

How effectively nonprofit healthcare companies have been innovating in the last few years?

Bruno

Healthcare organizations have faced a similar balancing act that other organizations face with determining the priorities for the organization while meeting the demands of staying current with technology. It is all about the leadership at the organization and the focus of the team over the years.

The requirement to balance internal and external drivers while implementing technologies to differentiate your organization is a key to any business. There are healthcare organizations have been successful at implementing core Electronic Health Record systems while deploying innovative solutions designed on the iPad and iPhones.

CORE’s leadership and board has recognized the importance of technology for its business and has kept current with technology solutions implementing solid business continuity systems while implemented very sophisticated intranet, creating a paperless board utilizing Apple iPads and on premise private cloud infrastructure.

Sajid Khan

What are some of your plans for future as a CIO at CORE?

Bruno

I look forward to being an active contributor in the Organ Procurement Organization community while implementing and maintaining the state of the art infrastructure implemented in the environment. We will be working to improve our security practices, evaluate and pilot cloud solutions.

We will also be spending time building analytics working with key OPO partners to develop comparatives and best practices to improve our focus, processes and quality of our services.

Sajid Khan

What’s been your splendid achievement in your career?

Bruno

I have been fortunate to work in a number organizations in my career that recognizes the importance of external validation to demonstrate the organization is focused on the right technology solutions to support the business. I have been fortunate to be a leader at organizations with great teams that enabled my organizations to be on the Most Wired three times.

At my last role, we implemented many very successful projects that enabled us to meet the HIMSS Stage 6 certification prior to me leaving to come to CORE. These type of changes come from a lot of hard work with a great team including IT team, physicians, nurses, management and the entire staff delivering technology solutions all with the intent to improve care provided to the patient.

Sajid Khan

Could you please share your leadership Style? Does your leadership style vary with the role?

Bruno

My leadership style is adaptive to the team and individuals that I work with and report to me. It is key to highlight individual strengths and support areas for improvement to build a high performing team. I empower individuals and working teams to complete the tasks at hand and provide assistance, mentoring or coaching when necessary.

It is critical to support your team, be available to them and make sure they have the tools and resources needed to be successful. Being new to CORE, my style needed to adapt to the differences from my last employer which is much larger. It is imperative that I adapt and understand the Organ Procurement business and styles of team members.

Sajid Khan

What advice would you offer for other information executives who aspire to follow your footsteps?

Bruno

It is important to become the go to person at your organization while demonstrating leadership. Volunteering for projects and teams that you can help make a difference. It is also very important to do a lot of listening, be thoughtful on your responses and do not be afraid to take risks and make mistakes.

Learn from your actions and make sure you are working in an organization that recognizes your talents and helps to get the experience and opportunities needed to get to the level you desire. Great leaders always support their teams and make sure they are successful.

I have always looked for organizations that have been a good fit for me personally and professionally. I am fortunate to have become part of the CORE that have values that align with my personal beliefs. Make sure when you consider where you will work that it is in alignment for you.

Sajid Khan

Anything else you would like to share with our readers.

Bruno

We all should work somewhere that matches our personal goals with a great team that empowers you to be successful. Working for an organization like CORE is life changing for me. Not only do I work with great people, have a great team and work with very current technology, we make a difference every day.

There are many very important jobs out there at great organizations, working in an organization that saves lives is amazing find the best roof repair in san diego ca near me. Nationally, more than 110,000 people are awaiting an organ transplant. At least 18 will die each day without receiving one. Without the organ donor, there is no story, no hope, no transplant. Please become an organ donor today.

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