Brad Richards serves as the Health Information Technology Manager for IHIT.He is responsible for providing project management and technical oversight of HIO interoperability projects.Richards works closely with the various project technical committees comprised of representatives of the five independent, private-sector, regionally-based HIOs, providing structure and oversight of the committees to monitor progress of the deliverables.

Richards brings to IHIT over twenty-five years of Information Technology functional and technical experience, including project management using various methodologies, implementation experience in a broad base of environments and business analysis.He had served as the Health Information Technology Manager at Regenstrief Institute.Richards’ extensive experience includes development and implementation of health care systems for the Veterans Administration and Wishard Health Services.He has recently been a consultant for the Beacon Communities Program grant for Indiana Health Information Exchange and a Systems Architect for the Kentucky Health Information Exchange.

Richards studied Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and received a bachelor’s of science degree from the School of Business, Quantitative Business Analysis from Indiana University. He is currently enrolled in the Masters in Science program in Health Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.