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John Kalan

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Vice President, Information Technology & Cloud Ops at HITRUST
📍 Dallas, Texas, United States

John Kalan is an innovative information technology executive with over 20 years of experience in engineering management and SaaS delivery. As VP of Information Technology & Cloud Ops at HITRUST, he leads IT, security, and AI governance. He holds a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified CSF Practitioner.

His passion lies in helping teams innovate and transform SaaS delivery for greater efficiency and scale, leveraging strategic partnerships and mentorship. People he has worked with describe him as having one of the greatest minds for managing complicated data center operations.

He is the co-inventor on a patent for a method of authenticating a system based on a certificate.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Vice President, Information Technology & Cloud Ops
Job Level
Senior
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Enterprise AI Governance
He established governance for enterprise AI adoption at HITRUST, focusing on improving productivity while maintaining security, privacy, and cost controls.
Cloud FinOps
He built FinOps practices to increase spend transparency across cloud and AI usage, directly supporting budget discipline and EBITDA objectives.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Vice President, Information Technology & Cloud Ops
HITRUST
11-2023 - 6-2024
Management Consultant (Engineering, Infrastructure, Operations, IT)
Kalan Consulting LLC
1-2023 - 11-2023
Vice President of Infrastructure
OpenText
5-2005 - 1-2023
Vice President Operations & Chief Engineer
Zix - acquired by OpenText
5-2001 - 5-2005
Vice President Development & Operations
Zix - acquired by OpenText
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Education
B.A.
The University of Texas at Austin
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