Defining Your Cloud Enterprise Imaging Strategy A Leadership Conversation on the Strategic, Operational and Cultural Shift

Cloud enterprise imaging is more than a technology transition; it’s an organizational transformation. Join Steve Johnson, Sr. Director of Information Technology, Tampa General Hospital, and Charles Morris, Director of Enterprise Imaging Strategy, AGFA HealthCare, for a candid discussion on what it takes to move confidently to the cloud and scale enterprise imaging across a complex healthcare system.

This Main Stage conversation explores how a cloud-first approach enabled enterprise-wide imaging across all locations, specialties, and workflows supporting massive scale, speed of execution, and operational resiliency. Learn how leveraging proven architecture and phased adoption helped minimize risk, supported continuous expansion, and created a foundation designed to look forward from day one.

When
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
1 PM

Where
Main Stage

Charles Morris

Director of Enterprise Imaging Strategy, AGFA HealthCare

Charles Morris has been with AGFA HealthCare for 20 years, serving in various regional and global roles across the EMR and Imaging business units.

Currently, Charles is the Director of Enterprise Imaging Strategy for North America, where he oversees the strategic direction of the AGFA HealthCare Enterprise Imaging Platform. His primary focus is analyzing industry trends and driving technology adaptation to meet those trends.

Before joining AGFA, Charles was a co-founder and CTO of two technology startups in Northern California. He holds a dual degree in Mechanical and Civil Engineering from the University of the Pacific and later earned both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and an MBA from Texas A&M University.

Steven Johnson

Sr. Director of Information Technology, Tampa General Hospital

Steve Johnson, is the Senior Director of Information Technology – Enterprise Imaging for Tampa General Hospital (TGH), a nationally renowned nonprofit academic health system. With his over 20 years of expertise in both Information Technology and Enterprise Imaging, Steve is responsible for further integrating Tampa General at an enterprise level and overseeing Tampa General’s dynamic growth of its Enterprise Imaging IT systems, throughout the state.

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Steven Johnson

Sr. Director IT Enterprise Imaging

From Strategy to Execution: Implementing Enterprise Imaging in the Cloud—Lessons from the Field

Healthcare organizations often struggle to translate enterprise imaging cloud strategy into execution. Common challenges include unclear migration paths, disruption to clinical operations, fragmented ownership between IT and imaging teams, and extended timelines that delay value realization. Many organizations underestimate the operational and organizational complexity of moving enterprise imaging to the cloud.

This session draws on real-world healthcare system experiences migrating enterprise imaging to the cloud, highlighting lessons learned from multi-department imaging environments. Examples include an organization that successfully modernized legacy  PACS environments while maintaining clinical continuity, improving system reliability, and accelerating modernization timelines through a phased, governed approach.

When
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
3 PM

Where
AWS Booth #1823

Charles Morris

Director of Enterprise Imaging Strategy, AGFA HealthCare

Charles Morris has been with AGFA HealthCare for 20 years, serving in various regional and global roles across the EMR and Imaging business units.

Currently, Charles is the Director of Enterprise Imaging Strategy for North America, where he oversees the strategic direction of the AGFA HealthCare Enterprise Imaging Platform. His primary focus is analyzing industry trends and driving technology adaptation to meet those trends.

Before joining AGFA, Charles was a co-founder and CTO of two technology startups in Northern California. He holds a dual degree in Mechanical and Civil Engineering from the University of the Pacific and later earned both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and an MBA from Texas A&M University.

Steven Johnson

Sr. Director of Information Technology, Tampa General Hospital

Steve Johnson, is the Senior Director of Information Technology – Enterprise Imaging for Tampa General Hospital (TGH), a nationally renowned nonprofit academic health system. With his over 20 years of expertise in both Information Technology and Enterprise Imaging, Steve is responsible for further integrating Tampa General at an enterprise level and overseeing Tampa General’s dynamic growth of its Enterprise Imaging IT systems, throughout the state.