The CIO Is No Longer the One Who Decides | Cletis Earle, Citrix | Healthcare AI

Ten or fifteen years ago the CIO signed the $10 million cheque alone. Cletis Earle on what replaced that. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Cletis Earle is Healthcare Field Chief Technology Officer at Citrix. He explains why governance means a table of decision makers rather than a single signature, what happens when clinicians and researchers get access to the full data set rather than fragments, and why chip proliferation has him optimistic about the jobs coming. KEY FINDINGS • Healthcare buying decisions no longer resting with a single executive • Governance as a collection of experts at the same table • Why that stops organisations simply spending on whatever is available • Clinicians and researchers gaining access to data previously locked away • Tapping the other data set as the route to changing patient outcomes • Clinicians potentially accessing 100% of archival data • Bad actors having the same access to AI as defenders • Chip proliferation over coming years and the jobs it brings NOTABLE QUOTES "It is the collection of experts, and being able to put solutions around it." — Cletis Earle GUEST Cletis Earle, Healthcare Field Chief Technology Officer, Citrix FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/cletis-earle-citrix-healthcare-governance Recorded at ViVE 2026 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — HEALTHCARE AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a