Christopher D. Riha is currently a self-employed as a consultant working with several companies in healthcare, as well as a guest lecturer at Virginia Tech University in the Biomedical Engineering Department. Prior to his current consulting work, Chris was the Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at a Fortune 500 medical device manufacturer, worked as the Lead Health System Engineer at MITRE, and as an independent consultant for 4 years, providing Clinical Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Project/Program Management expertise to a wide variety of clients. Mr. Riha also had a 14-year tenure Carilion Clinic. He was responsible for managing up to 70 FTEs in a dynamic and mission critical environment, reporting to the C-suite and clinical leaders of the organization. His responsibilities at Carilion included management of the Clinical Engineering Department, as well as application support for all clinical, and business applications, for a $1.2B healthcare delivery organization.

Francisco Rodriguez Campos, Ph.D., is a Principal Project Officer in the Device Safety group at ECRI Institute subject matter expert for medical imaging technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Oncology, IV compounding robots, image guided surgery. Before joining ECRI Francisco was a Neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania. He also served as project manager for a Medical Technology assessment project for the El Salvador Social Security Administration, consultant to PAHO/WHO in the deployment of medical technology-related projects in El Salvador and Nicaragua, Director of the Clinical Engineering graduate program at Universidad Don Bosco. Dr. Rodriguez-Campos obtained his Ph.D. and MSc (Fulbright Scholar) in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Connecticut with a focus in Electrophysiology, Physiological Modeling, and Clinical Engineering and is a certified Magnetic Resonance Safety Officer, MRSO (MRSC™).

Mike Powers is the Network Director of Biomedical Engineering at St. Luke's University Health Network. He has contributed regularly to the Health Sector Coordinating Council regarding cybersecurity of medical equipment. He is the current chair of the AAMI Healthcare Technology Leadership Committee. Prior to St. Luke's he was the System Director for Field Service in Healthcare Technology Management at Intermountain Health. He has an MBA in Healthcare Administration from Wilmington University and is a Certified Diversity Professional.

Elizabeth (Liz) Sayles currently serves as the Manager of Quality, Safety, & Education within Biomedical Engineering at Mass General Brigham in Boston, MA. She is also a Part-Time Associate Profession with the College of Biomedical Equipment Technology. With 20 years of experience in healthcare, her journey began with a BMET co-op at the Technical Services Partnership at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, VT, where she discovered her passion for healthcare technology management. Since starting her career as a Biomedical Equipment Technician in 2006 with Technology in Medicine in the Boston metro area, Liz has advanced through various roles, joining Brigham and Women’s in 2014 as a Clinical Engineer/Team Leader. She has continually grown her expertise in HTM leadership and nursing. Liz holds two graduate degrees in Business and Information Technology from the University of Massachusetts - Boston, and two undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Vermont and Nursing from Regis College. She is also a Certified Healthcare Technology Manager (CHTM).

Amy Klemm is a Clinical Engineering Regional Director at TRIMEDX. She has held multiple roles throughout her career at TRIMEDX including Site Manager, Senior Site Manager, System Director, Area Director and currently Regional Director. Her experience prior to TRIMEDX includes working for Sodexo Healthcare Technology Management as a Senior Manager and a Regional Safety Coordinator. Amy graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and a Master of Science (MS) both in Biomedical Engineering, and she is a Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE).

Kim was the Director of the Regional Clinical Engineering Service Program based out of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa, Canada from 1997 until his retirement in March 2023. He remains on at CHEO in a part time consultative basis. He is an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Kim was the recipient of the 2017 ACCE Advocacy Professional Achievement in Management / Managerial Excellence Award and was made a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 2018, a Fellow of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society in 2020 and a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Engineering in 2021. Kim has served the ACCE Board pf Directors since 2018. Kim holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Carleton University.

Arif is the Chief Biomedical Engineer at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Arif is a VA TCF Preceptor for clinical engineers/BMETs, an Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering at University of Connecticut. Arif has three decades of clinical engineering experience in both public and private sector and has worked at several university hospitals. He is nationally recognized as a resource and educator on codes, standards, accreditation, quality assurance, safety, clinical engineering education and certification. He is a frequent author and speaker at local, national, and international venues. Arif was the Senior Clinical Engineer for a national Independent Service Organization that managed medical equipment across the United States, and Chief Biomedical Engineer at VA Nebraska and VA South Texas. He has served on the ACCE Board for more than a decade in various leadership roles. In 2013, he received the ACCE Professional Development/ Managerial Excellence Award. In 2012, he received the AAMI Leadership Award and in 2022, he received the ACCE Tom O'Dea Advocacy Award.

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