Ed Kopetsky, was the Chief Information and Digital Officer for Stanford Children’s Health. Ed was a CIO of the Year. He is a lifetime achievement award winner.

Served as EVP and CIO in several leading healthcare organizations. Prior to becoming CIO in 2009 at Stanford Children's Health/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, developed client relationships and consulting business for IBM and Healthlink. Performed strategic planning and assessment of IT organizations, and led a team of client partners to grow and manage the business. Helped grow Healthlink to $100M and was a member of the leadership team in IBM after it acquired Healthlink in 2005. Previously served as EVP & CIO at Centura Health (1996-2000) and Sharp Healthcare (1986-1996), and Regional CIO for the Veterans Administration (1982-1986).