Charles R. Howell, IT Director or Operations, Floyd Medical Center

Charles Howell joined Floyd Medical Center in 2003 and is currently the IT Director of Operations. Charles’ expertise is in Project Management and most recently with ITIL. At Floyd, Charles was initially hired as a Project Manager with the goal of developing and maturing project management methodologies. Since then, a growing PMO and an IT Governance Committee is in place. The IT department is currently working to integrate project methodologies with the ITIL framework with the goal of being a top performing IT service provider to all their internal customers.

Prior to Floyd Medical Center, Charles has worked for Solucient in Seattle, WA, First Consulting Group and several hospitals including Stanford Health in Palo Alto, CA.

Charles graduated with a BS degree in Business Administration from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. He is a certified Project Manager (PMP).

Charles enjoys hiking in his free time. He lives in Rome, GA. He is currently the planning committee chairman for Rome Confluence, a regional innovation conference that brings together leaders, technologists, educators, entrepreneurs, students and artists.