Mr. Dave Garets

President and CEO, HIMSS Analytics

Mr. Garets has 29 years of experience in information technology.  He joined HIMSS Analytics in 2004 from Healthlink where he was Executive Vice President. Prior to that, he was Group Vice President, Healthcare Industry Research and Advisory Services at Gartner, Inc.  Before joining Gartner in 1998, he was with First Consulting Group where he was Senior Manager in Emerging Practices.  Prior to joining First Consulting, he was CIO of Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls, ID for five years. Prior to coming to the health care industry, Mr. Garets spent thirteen years in various management capacities for AT&T. 

He was a course director and served on the faculties of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Information Management Executive Courses for 11 years. He serves on the editorial advisory boards of three health care information technology journals and magazines, on the advisory boards of two technology and communications companies, and the board of directors of HIMSS Analytics.

He is an affiliate professor at the Medical College of Virginia, a HIMSS Fellow, and was chair of the HIMSS Board for 2003-2004. He is an internationally known author and speaker on information technologies, strategies, benchmarking, and the future of healthcare.

Mr. Garets graduated with a bachelor's of business administration in marketing from Texas Tech University.