Speaker's Profile

Rufus Jackson is the Chief Information Officer at HopeHealth, Inc., a position he has held since December 2017. Mr. Jackson graduated from Francis Marion University with a BBA degree in Management Information Systems. He has over 19 years of experience in the Information Technology field. Mr. Jackson began his career in health care as a Manager of Operations and Systems Development at Carolina Crescent Health Plan (MCO). In this capacity, he was responsible for overall operational management and information technology for South Carolina offices. In 2009, Rufus started at McLeod Regional Medical Center as a Senior Systems Engineer. During his tenure there, he was promoted to IT Imaging Systems Manager where he help expand radiology imaging across a total of 7 hospitals and Urgent Care facilities. Throughout his career, Mr. Jackson spearhead various implementation like VMware conversions, Citrix/XenApp deployment, PACS/3D-Imaging solutions, SDWan deployments, and Telehealth solutions.