Most Powerful Women 2016: Nicole Tremblett

When it comes to variety, you could say that Nicole Tremblett has just about done it all in terms of technology — even though she has worked at the same company for two decades. A graduate of Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, Tremblett has held numerous positions at HCA Holdings, the country’s largest for-profit hospital company. In her current role, to which she was named in the summer of 2013, she helps plan and strategize the priorities of an organization comprising more than 4,500 tech professionals.

Previously, Tremblett was CIO of Parallon’s Business Performance Group, a role that called on her to develop and implement initiatives focused on cost effectiveness, service quality and customer implementation within the support services division of HCA. Before that, she helped build the technology infrastructure of HCA’s physician services division.