Sudhakar Gummadi is Chief Information Security Officer at the Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. With more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and healthcare, he brings a practical perspective on protecting sensitive information while enabling innovation and business transformation.

A recognized security leader, Mr. Gummadi received Evanta’s Top 25 Global CISO Leadership Award in 2014 and a Foundry CSO Award for Zero Trust Data Governance in 2016.

Before joining HMSA, he served as an Executive Cyber Security Advisor and Consultant at Anthem Inc. and as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Molina Healthcare, a Fortune 200 company. During his decade at Molina, he built a mature enterprise information security program, partnered with HIPAA, privacy, compliance, legal, and vendor teams, and became the company’s first CISO in 2013.

He is a Carnegie Mellon University–certified CISO executive and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He holds master’s degrees in public administration and computer science and previously held roles at Symantec and HP (EDS).