Meet the Changemakers: Colin Clapper

HIMSS serves the global health information and technology communities with focused operations across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Our members include more than 80,000 individuals, 480 provider organizations, 470 non-profit partners and 650 health services organizations. The HIMSS staff is made up of changemakers who collaborate with members to reform the global health ecosystem through the power of information and technology.

Colin Clapper is Desktop Engineer at HIMSS.

How long have you been at HIMSS?

I started working for HIMSS in September of 2013 as a Service Desk contractor.

How do you support our mission statement?

Supporting the business in our mission is a lot of fun for me. In my time at HIMSS, I’ve had the privilege to meet just about all of our employees and get to know what they do. IT is a fast-moving and constantly changing world, which mirrors healthcare amazingly well. If I can help keep the office infrastructure and the employees up to speed, then the business will have all the tools that they need to excel.

How do you know your work at HIMSS makes a difference?

In my time at HIMSS I’ve had the opportunity to visit just about every site location and help support many of our events. For me, that is where I really get to see all of our efforts in IT paying off. It’s amazing to see how many people we can bring together to help improve the state of healthcare. When we visit office locations, we get to see long thought-out strategies in action and the impact they have on everyone’s day-to-day activities.

What’s one thing you wish everyone knew about the work you do at HIMSS?

Our work in IT really shines when we have collaboration from the business. We are all problem solvers at HIMSS; let IT solve your problems! Don’t be afraid to lets us know of any challenges you run into. We can help!