Brian Burch is a Chief Operations and Technology Officer at Bob Jones University. He possess expertise in it management, integration, it strategy, process improvement, cross functional team leadership and 45 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Brian is a proven IT specialist and leader. I have worked with Brian as both a peer and as his direct supervisor. He has unique business acumen, able to keep complex global IT systems supported and operating seamlessly during tight budget periods. Brian has unquestioned ethics and is a role model for compliance.", "I have worked with Brian over many years in various roles at KEMET Electronics Corporation while he led IT. I worked with Brian as an internal customer and a peer on KEMET's Leadership Team which reported to our CEO. At different times, I was responsible for running two different Business Groups (Film & Electrolytics and Ceramics) and Global Supply Chain (Procurement and Logistics). In terms of major innovations, implementations, and negotiations, I worked with Brian and his team to implement Oracle within all of our manufacturing operations. Additionally, I worked with Brian as IT led an internal restructuring effort to outsource a significant portion of our IT services. Lastly, I worked with Brian when I was responsible for Procurement to negotiate service contracts with IBM and Oracle. I have always found Brian to be prepared, knowledgeable, committed, and responsible to succeed on whatever objectives and projects was agreed upon. He is fact based. Brian implemented a metric driven scorecard to drive transparency and improvement within IT. Brian also helped lead KEMET to decide what should be implemented in order to bring our cyber security up to current standards and then implemented it. He was always thinking, communicating, and working to improve our capability and security. He was always helpful in audits and negotiations as well which were not his primary responsibility.", and "It’s rare that you come across a brilliant mind like Brian Burch’s. I had the pleasure of working for Brian at KEMET on their Microsoft D365 modernization program(HORIZON). I was always in awe of Brian’s ability to command a room and get people on board with ideas—even people who were initially on completely different pages. As a CIO, Program Executive or team member, Brian earns my highest respect and recommendation."