Our Leaders
At NYSTEC, we see our leaders in action. Meet the people who set the company direction, who lead our client work, and who build relationships with clients and with job seekers.
NYSTEC Management Team
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CFO, Director - Finance and Business Intelligence
CFO, Director - Finance and Business Intelligence
Jasminka Husic serves as NYSTEC’s director of finance and budget. A certified public accountant, she has eight years of experience as a senior staff accountant and five years as a senior software engineer. Before her role as director, Jasminka served as NYSTEC’s comptroller. She is active in the Utica chapter of the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA), an organization with 26,000+ NYS-based CPAs, lawyers, bankers, and other professionals from associated industries. Jasminka holds a master’s degree in accountancy from SUNY Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) and two bachelor’s degrees in business administration e-commerce, with a minor in computer science from Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
Director of Strategy
Director of Strategy
Shannon Kelley is NYSTEC’s Director of Strategy.
With nearly 20 years of experience leading business and technology transformation initiatives, Shannon collaboratively shapes and defines NYSTEC’s company-wide strategy in partnership with the executive leadership team and coordinates strategy implementation across the organization, aligning operations with priorities. In her previous role as NYSTEC’s Service Delivery Director, Shannon defined and led strategies to deliver superior value to NYSTEC’s customers and protect and elevate NYSTEC’s reputation for quality. Previously, Shannon worked as director of programs for the state Department of Health, responsible for advancing New York’s health information technology strategy.
She holds a master’s degree in public health from the SUNY Albany School of Public Health, and she is a certified project management professional (PMP) and a Prosci-certified change practitioner.
Practice Leader - Planning and Design
Practice Leader - Planning and Design
Emily Light is NYSTEC’s Planning & Design Practice Leader.
She is a public health professional with experience in the insurance, healthcare delivery, and healthcare consulting settings. Emily’s career has focused on building new functions, relationship management, strategic planning, portfolio development/management, program management, process improvement, goal setting, and outcome achievement. She is experienced in leading teams, managing complex relationships, team building, conflict resolution, and facilitating change management techniques.
Emily is active in her community and serves on the boards for the Homeless & Traveler’s Aid Society and the Niskayuna Girls Softball League.
Practice Leader-Technical Architecture and Communications Systems
Practice Leader-Technical Architecture and Communications Systems
Bill McBride is NYSTEC’s Technical Architecture & Communications Systems practice leader. With more than 20 years of network communications experience, Bill’s focus has been on providing oversight and managing IT projects specific to network infrastructure, server and application migration, data centers, telecommunications broadband, and public safety. Bill and his team have contributed to the successful planning, implementation, and best practices on major projects for New York City, such as CityNet and NYCWiN, as well as several IT initiatives for CUNY. He holds a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University.
Practice Leader - Funding Strategy and Operations
Practice Leader - Funding Strategy and Operations
Colleen Mooney is NYSTEC’s Practice Leader for Funding Strategy & Operations.
Her team provides strategic planning and subject matter expertise to clients related to federal and state funding for technology initiatives. Colleen also manages a team dedicated to NYSTEC’s service delivery and consulting operations. Previously, she worked at the state Department of Health for more than 10 years, where she provided oversight and subject matter expertise related to federal and state policy, health information exchange, technology, interoperability, contract and vendor management, procurement, and grant writing.
Colleen holds a master’s in public health from SUNY Albany School of Public Health and a bachelor’s in English from the University of Rochester. She is a Prosci-certified change management professional.
Practice Leader - Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Practice Leader - Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Courtney Olsen is NYSTEC’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship practice leader. With more than 15 years of experience, she helped develop policy and budget initiatives for the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Office of Health Insurance Programs (OHIP). Recognized as a compliance expert, Courtney has led and supported work with the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) and OHIP’s Division of Long-Term Care. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Siena College and an MBA from Marist College. Courtney is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).