Headway, the company building a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access, announced its appointment of Susan Chiang as Chief Information Security Officer. An accomplished technology executive, Chiang brings extensive security and strategy experience from companies like Cloudflare, Uber, and Salesforce, and healthcare consulting experience from Deloitte. She will oversee a team across data privacy and security, engineering and IT to make Headway the most trusted platform for mental health care providers and their patients.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, cybersecurity incidents in healthcare are on the rise. The department reported a 93% increase in large breaches reported from 2018 to 2022, underscoring the critical need for investing in security and privacy as a top priority. This comes on the heels of the company’s announced expansion to Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plans.
“I’m excited to welcome Susan to Headway’s leadership team as we continue our significant investment in data privacy and security,” said Andrew Adams, Founder & CEO of Headway. “As we grow our platform, and expand to Medicare Advantage and Medicaid, security isn’t just a priority, it’s the foundation for everything we build. Susan is the ideal leader to help us make Headway the most trusted company in the space for our providers and their patients.”
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Most recently, Chiang was Acting Chief Security Officer at Cloudflare, a large internet backbone company known for security and data privacy, where she oversaw engineering, operations, and technical program management functions for Security across the organization. Prior to Cloudflare, she was part of the security leadership team at Uber. Earlier in her career, she spent several years at Deloitte, where she focused on technology and healthcare consulting.
“I’m thrilled to join the team and leverage my cybersecurity and healthcare experience to help make it an even more trusted place for its providers and patients,” said Chiang. “As not only a cybersecurity professional, but also a patient myself, I deeply understand the importance of protecting medical data. I look forward to building a world-class engineering team that upholds providers and patients’ trust in Headway as the safest and most secure place for their medical data.”
SOURCE: GlobeNewswire