Curtis Dikes is an experienced leader in clinical and patient safety systems, currently serving as the Director of Clinical/Business/Patient Safety Systems & Innovation at Kaiser Permanente. Previously, Dikes held the role of Chief Nursing Officer for the Americas at Cisco Systems and has contributed significantly to the field as the Immediate Past-President of the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA). Additionally, Dikes was the National Director of Clinical Informatics Technology Integration at Kaiser Permanente. Dikes holds an MSN in Acute/Tertiary Care Nurse Practitioner from the University of Pennsylvania and a Post-Masters Degree in Nursing & Healthcare Informatics from Duke University.