Mr. Albert retired from the Air Force in 1998 after 20 years of directing several of the nation’s largest information technology programs and communications centers. He was also responsible for numerous worldwide research and development efforts to advance the state-of-the-art in high-speed supercomputing, networks and space technologies. Further, he taught for three years at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell. His last role in the Air Force was as a Special Assistant and Speechwriter to the White House and Secretary of Defense on defense and information technology programs and issues.
Since his retirement, Jim has been Chief Information Officer at Bristol Hospital in his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut. He is currently Vice-President and Chief Information Officer for Masonicare, headquartered in Wallingford Connecticut, the largest post-acute health system in Connecticut and largest Masonic healthcare organization in the country.
Mr. Albert holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Univ. of Connecticut in Risk Management and a Master’s Degree in Technology Management from The American University in Washington, DC. He is currently President of the Central Connecticut Chapter of the Society for Information Management, Chairman of the Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Special Interest Group of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a Past-President of the Franco-American Club of Bristol and past member of the Rotary Clubs of Lowell and Bedford, Mass. He is married with two daughters attending college in Houston, Texas and Boston.
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