Garo Doudian named Chief Information and Security Officer (CIO/CISO) at NextGen Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare named Garo Doudian as Chief Information and Security Officer. Prior to this role, Doudian held CISO and other cybersecurity leadership roles at Moody's Analytics, Green Dot Corporation, Paramount Pictures, and Herbalife International.

According to the release, Doudian's job at NextGen Healthcare is to lead how information systems and security policies are developed, implemented and enforced. The release on Business Wire lists Doudian as one of three additions to the executive leadership team, with Diane Kaye named chief product officer and Jacob Sims named chief technology officer.

The company says Doudian brings more than two decades of leadership experience in information security and infrastructure. The release says that at Risk Management Solutions, part of Moody's Analytics, he was directly responsible for the global information security program, including compliance, cloud engineering, product security and business continuity. His company profile says that as Senior Vice President and CISO for Moody's Analytics-RMS, he rebuilt the security program around DevSecOps, cloud security automation and product security. The profile says he also led the M&A security process covering the sale to Moody's and the integration of technology, process and people that followed. Before RMS, Doudian was CISO for Green Dot, which the profile describes as a FinTech and regulated bank holding company, and led security programs integrating its financial platforms with Walmart, Uber, Intuit and Apple. The company's profile says that during his time at Green Dot, Doudian also served as CIO. According to the company, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and holds the CISSP and CISM certifications.

SecurityWeek describes NextGen Healthcare as a provider of healthcare technology solutions.