Chris Hayden joins Amendola with nearly 20 years of media experience under his belt. He comes from HIMSS where he helped build an event program team from small, regional events to can’t-miss industry gatherings featuring some of the best and brightest in healthcare IT. Working side-by-side with healthcare leaders from across the country has given Chris invaluable experience and a deep understanding of the burning issues keeping healthcare executives, providers and researchers awake at night.

While there, he wrote on the topics of population health, data security and privacy, and patient engagement.

After starting at HIMSS several years ago on the editorial team, Chris used his ability to build and develop relationships, along with skillful storytelling, to parlay his position to manage a small but powerful event portfolio. He has worked with hundreds of speakers from the nation’s leading healthcare organizations and managed Cleveland Clinic’s Patient Experience Forum for two years.

His experience in a newsroom is what informs most of his work. He spent time at several newspapers across New England serving as reporter, copy editor, editor, page designer and photographer.

Chris holds a bachelor of arts in Journalism from the University of New Hampshire.