Kent Petty
Full Name
Kent Petty
Title
Information Protection & Security
Organization
HCA Healthcare
Speaker Bio
Petty has physical security responsibilities for all HCA sites worldwide including 186 Acute care hospitals, 1300+ outpatient care and physician practice facilities, 170+ Urgent Care Centers, 104+ Free Standing Emergency Rooms, 124+ Surgery Centers, 15 Division Offices, Galen College of Nursing campuses, HealthTrust, Parallon BPG, HCA UK (London), and more-than 280,000 valued employees. Overall we protect between 450,000 and 500,000 souls every day.

He has worked for Fortune 500 companies, including Marriott International, HCR ManorCare, American Medical Laboratories, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers as well as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Public Health Service.

For 31 years, Kent served in the active and reserve components of the U.S. Navy as a Naval Intelligence Officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Decision Sciences from George Mason University and has completed his master’s certification in Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College.

He is also qualified as an Information Dominance Warfare Officer (IDWO), a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO), and is a standing member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).