Rohit Tandon

Rohit Tandon is the VP of IT Operations and Chief Information Security Officer at Essentia Health.  He has 20 years of industry experience in both the public and private sector.  Rohit was the State Chief Information Security Officer at the State of Minnesota and is currently appointed as a Private Sector Member on the Minnesota Cybersecurity Taskforce to develop a statewide cybersecurity plan to protect Minnesotans.  He has worked for Mayo Clinic as a technology leader on Electronic Health Records systems, and championed medical device cybersecurity upstream with manufacturers.  In his career, Rohit has elevated enterprise-wide cybersecurity and technology infrastructure programs by aligning vision and managing resources in complex environments.  By embracing a lifelong learning mindset, he coaches senior executives in a variety of industries to maximize their leadership potential and is an adjunct professor at Metropolitan State University where he cultivates curiosity.