Mr. Groschl is system vice president and CISO at City of Hope, where he leads the organization’s enterprise cybersecurity strategy across clinical care, research and corporate operations. He’s been tasked with protecting sensitive patient information and critical research data since joining the organization in January 2026. He oversees risk management, security operations, threat and vulnerability management, identity and access governance, data protection and incident response, and has advanced the adoption of “zero trust” security principles. With more than two decades of cybersecurity experience, Mr. Groschl previously served as CISO and director of healthcare technology management at Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital, where he directed a $65 million enterprisewide cybersecurity and infrastructure transformation. At Texas Children’s, he reduced ransomware risk by 80%, cut zero-day remediation time from 60 days to 24 hours and remediated more than 900 control deficiencies, all while cutting disaster recovery times by 75% and identity and access management provisioning times by 80%. Mr. Groschl has earned recognition including “Top Global CISO” for 2025, CISO Connect “A100” honors in 2025 and 2026, and more. He also serves as a board member for Gartner C-Level Communities’ Houston CISO group and SecureWorld Houston.
