Lynne Briggs is the Vice President and CIO for Versiti – a unique integration of BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Heartland Blood Center in Illinois, Michigan Blood, and Indiana Blood. Besides being a large provider of blood products to its hospitals and health systems, Versiti runs one of the foremost blood research institutes in the world, a world recognized esoteric patient diagnostic reference laboratory, and provides extensive clinical services and translational research in transfusion medicine.
Lynne holds an undergraduate degree in Information Systems and Economics from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin. She has also completed graduate coursework in labor and industrial relations from the University of Illinois.
Prior to joining the blood industry, Lynne has held director and executive level IT positions in supply chain software, behavior health, retail and defense systems. While at Versiti, Lynne has led large and innovative systems, including an industry definition and pilot of the U.S. blood industry’s first FDA-approved RFID solution.
Lynne is the prior chair of the AABB IS Committee, and the ISBT RFID Task Force, and is a current member of the AABB IS and ISBT IT Executive committees. Lynne also serves as a board member for Ascension Health-Wisconsin, and is active with the American Heart Association, and the United Way’s IT/CIO Forum.