Mary Finlay

Mary Finlay is a Professor of Practice at the Simmons School of Management as well as a career coach and mentor for IT executives.

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Mary Finlay is a Professor of Practice and brings 25 years of experience into her classes of IT Management, Project Management, and Health Care Technology. She also teaches in the Harvard School of Public Health's program on project management and is co-director of the Cash Catalyst IT Leadership Development Program. She does selective consulting engagements in the areas of individual and organizational effectiveness. Previously, she was the Deputy Chief Information officer of Partners HealthCare System, Inc. and Chief Information Officer of Brigham and Women's Hospital.Mary is the former Chair of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, an association of 500 members. She currently serves on the board of YearUp and the Boston Chapter of SIM (Society of Information Management). She has been recognized with leadership awards from the Simmons School of Management, CIO, the New England Business and Technology Association, and Babson College. She received her BA from Allegheny College and her MBA from the Simmons School of Management.

Career Coach and Mentor at Mary C. Finlay Coaching and Mentoring

October 2012 - Present | Boston, MA

Mary provides both coaching and mentoring services. Coaching is structured and goal focused. Goals are established in the areas of improving performance and developing skills. Coaching sessions are focused on identifying the steps needed to achieve these goals. The goals may be related to improving job performance, developing leadership skills or figuring out the next steps in your career journey. Mentoring is more informal and is focused on providing advice, guidance, or support. The focus of mentoring is on more general career and personal development. The agenda is set by the mentee with the mentor providing support and guidance to prepare the mentee for future roles.

Deputy CIO at Partners Healthcare

March 2000 - November 2010

Chief Information Officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital

October 1996 - October 1999

Professor at Simmons School of Management

January 2011

Program Faculty at Harvard School of Public Health Center for Continuing Professional Education

June 2010

Simmons College - Simmons School of Management

1987 – 1990

MBA

Allegheny College

1976 – 1980

BA

Concentration: Psychology; Writing