An experienced institutional information technology and biomedical informatics leader with the ability to develop and connect mission and vision to programs and measurable outcomes, design effective infrastructures and business processes, and develop solutions that serve stakeholder needs. I have an academic background that provides an analytical focus, experience in working with large complex organizations with multiple business lines, and a collaborative approach to building and leading teams and delivering results. I have particular expertise in research analyses, biomedical informatics and bioinformatics, high performance and high throughput computing, genomic analyses, data management, collaboration, digital libraries, research applications, museums, and developing collaborative business models for collections managing institutions.I am also a European prehistorian, specializing in the study of the socio-economics of the transition to agricultural societies through the physical and technological study of ceramics.