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San Francisco, Ca, Us

The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world’s largest association of eye physicians and surgeons. A global community of 32,000 medical doctors, we protect sight and empower lives by setting the standards for ophthalmic education and advocating for our patients and the public.Direct and manage AAO IT application development, core business systems, and technical support teams to ensure the technical needs of AAO are met. Work closely with the VP of Information Technology to set division goals and plan at the strategic level to meet the technology needs of the Academy. Specify, recommend, implement and support hardware and software platforms used by AAO. Understand and resolve issues with internal customers so the productivity of both IT and users are enhanced.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Provide IT leadership to L&S and run the LSIT unit responsible for college-level support including consultancy, project and portfolio management, web, data, application, server, instructional lab support, and directory services. L&S is the largest college within UC Berkeley with five deans, 5900 faculty and staff in 74 departments and centers teaching 75 percent of the undergraduate students. Always regarded as one of the best universities anywhere, Berkeley is consistently ranked the top public university in the world.• Chair - IT Community Council (advisory group to the CIO comprised of all IT directors across campus)• One of eleven members of the CIO’s Advisory Board for the Reimagine IT initiative that seeks to develop a three year bottom-up strategic IT plan for UC Berkeley• IT Architecture and Infrastructure (ITAIC) governance committee• Campus Project Management Methodology Group (CPMMG)• CIO’s Computer Standardization Committee

Davis, California, Us

Provide leadership to the VMTH and run an IT Services department of 14 providing a full range of services to the VMTH. Member of an eight-person board of directors and one of only two non-clinical directors. Part of a dedicated team focused on results and maintaining very high standards. The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine was recently ranked 2nd in the country by US News & World Report. Directly responsible for:• 1.6 Million in operations• 500 + PCs/Macs/Mobile Devices• 425 Cell phones/pagers• 70 + Servers• 20 + TB of irreplaceable patient data feeding one of the most productive translational research enterprises in the world• One of the first and best electronic medical records systems for veterinary use with 26 years of development• Financial transactions for 35,000 patient visits per year• Tens of thousands of users at the VMTH, a satellite clinic in San Diego, and remote locations as far away as Africa.Leadership Examples:- Implemented key IT changes that increased revenue and cut costs helping to turn four years of multi-million dollar operating losses into a profit at the UC Davis veterinary teaching hospital.- Leveraged portfolio and project management methodology to align the use of IT resources to organizational strategy.- Delivered high-profile projects within expedited time frames while meeting all business deliverables despite a 15% reduction in staff and furloughs.- History of helping employees who have been difficult to manage, able to collaborate with a wide variety of personalities.“Brian was selected for his current position as Director of VMTH IT Services from a large pool of highly qualified candidates who emerged during a national search. His background, qualifications, experience, and interpersonal skills best matched the desired attributes and he showed (and still shows) an excellent global understanding of the IT needs of a teaching hospital.”- W. David Wilson, VMTH Director, Associate Dean for Clinical Programs

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Lead technical teams of up to 40 members. Successfully completed projects that touched every user in the UC Davis Health System. One of four founding members and lead of the UCDHS PMO. Implemented methodology and software used by the PMO for project and portfolio management. Mentored new project managers and system analysts.

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Developed and integrated applications and instituted business intelligence and reporting in IT: Experienced in .NET, VB, VBA, Lotus Domino, Business Objects/Crystal Reports, Flash, Java, Struts, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, Oracle, and DB2. Developed successful applications with thousands of users.

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Founded and managed UCDHS IT department responsible for improving IT processes: Created a new department for IT process improvement and represented our division to various UCHDS management staff including the UCDHS CEO, Director’s Cabinet, Hospital Operations Committee, and many managers on matters of improving IT responsiveness and service.

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Worked on a team of systems analysts supporting UCDHS business applications: Experience handling sponsors that included senior executive management and multiple business units. Analyzed and documented requirements, designed and tested applications and interfaces, conducted troubleshooting and training on varied platforms.

Ba, Music Performance

Physics, Computer Science, Pre-Pharmacy, And Music

Diploma, Science, Music