Thomas P. Penno

Since 2004, Mr. Penno has been the COO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange, the nation's largest health information exchange organization. He leads the company's day-to-day financial and operational activities. Mr. Penno also leads the organization's long-term strategic initiatives and planning. IHIE connects the state's hospitals, physicians, long-term care facilities and other healthcare providers, enabling medical information to follow patients regardless of treatment location to improve care coordination and patient outcomes. Physicians in the IHIE network provide care to over ten million patients.

Mr. Penno joined IHIE after spending nine years at Bangs Laboratories, Inc., a supplier of materials used in Life Science Research and Diagnostics manufacturing. As President, he led a successful change in direction from distribution to manufacturing. This effort led to the sale of the company to a leader in the industry. Prior to that, Mr. Penno spent 15 years in the Life Science and Biotechnology markets in various Sales and Marketing functions. Mr. Penno received his Bachelors in Biochemistry and an MBA from Purdue University and also did graduate work in Pharmacology.