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Mitzi Cardenas

Sr. Vice President — Strategy, Business Development
and Performance Integration
Chief Information Officer

As chief Information Officer, Mitzi Cardenas is responsible for all planning, implementation, operations and evaluation of programs for information services, and she provides leadership to the organization in developing leading clinical and administrative information systems and technology.

Cardenas has more than 25 years experience in health care information technology and other industries. Before joining TMC in 2008, she was Director of Information Systems at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.  In that role, her responsibilities included oversight of the organization's clinical and business applications; research, selection, planning, design, implementation and maintenance of application systems and supporting infrastructure; vendor and technology selection and contract negotiation; and providing consultation and guidance to senior leadership and clinical staff in information technology efforts.

Cardenas also worked for Axiom Resource Management, a professional consulting firm, as a senior systems engineer.  At Axiom, she was a consultant to the Military Health System in the area of standardization and data management processes.

She also was employed at Baptist Health System in San Antonio, where she was director of systems integration.  Part of her duties included management of all aspects of data administration, system interface/integration support.

She received her bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Arlington and a master's of science degree from Troy State University.