Brian Thomas, Mba, Facht Email & Phone Number

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Podcast Host at Coruzant Technologies, home of The Digital Executive Podcast - top Spotify Celebrity and Tech Podcast - top 5% of podcasts worldwide; #11 on Apple Podcasts.

Olathe, Ks, Us

As Deputy Chief Information Officer, Brian oversees the operations of the County's Technology & Innovation Department, which includes Infrastructure, App/Dev, GIS, Service Desk, Customer Service, Security, ERP, and R&D.Key Results: - Provided both strategic and tactical direction for a department of 120 technology staff. - Led large enterprise initiatives, including cloud migration strategies, Office 365 migration. - Introduced new technology solutions for the County including self-service and productivity tools. - Employed machine learning chatbot technology at the Service Desk. - Launched and directed several performance improvement processes to streamline operations. - Engaged leaders and staff to build a more collaborative, consensus-driven culture.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of technology-enabled business solutions and supporting services, enabling first-class healthcare delivery.Key Results: - Earned the trust of the chief executives, which resulted in being named Interim Vice President of Operations (90-Day assignment), as the company’s organizational structure was being reformed. - Advanced strategic goal attainment by planning and delivering $2.4M in Board-approved capital projects, with the work effort including budget formulation and management plus project life-cycle management. - Expanded patient accessibility by simultaneously opening two new clinics on time and within the $2.5M budget. - Attained greater operational efficiencies and reduced management by developing a comprehensive Strategic and Operational three-year Technology Plan that included budget, staffing and capital equipment components. - Strengthened company communications, productivity and throughput with the successful implementation of an extensive e-mail migration plus a large-scale company network and phone system overhaul. - Increased efficiency and productivity and enabled faster connectivity for the medical staff with the introduction of several new technology tools including Dragon Medical and a “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) platform. - Contributed $800K in cost savings by successfully renegotiating several large vendor contracts including an EMR and ERP system.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Responsible for leading a diverse engineering and technical team in enterprise infrastructure delivery and support at Carondelet Health System's two large hospitals and three long-term care facilities. Scope of services encompassed approximately 4,500 end user devices, 110+ servers, 220 networking switches and an enterprise Avaya phone system.Key Results: - Provided seamless customer service during St. Joseph data center stabilization and St. Mary data center 12-month, under budget build. - Recognized for technical expertise and, as a result, consulted on infrastructure projects specific to new system implementations, infrastructure remediation and strategic technology planning. - Enabled hospital physician mobility by implementing a seamless BYOD platform that aligned with Ascension national office's technology program and standard goals. - Viewed as a trusted advisor by leadership, local hospital executives and the physician staff who regularly requested technology guidance plus extended the invitation to temporarily co-chair the Medical Informatics Committee. - Tapped into regularly by Executive Leadership and Hospital Administrators for strategic guidance and strategic plan preparation expertise and capabilities specific to IT operations, projects and Meaningful Use's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). - Recognized by Ascension at the nation level for successfully implementing complex clinical solutions, including integrating a new enterprise Cardiology PACS system with the existing enterprise Radiology archive.

- Provided strategic planning for both technology and business environments while supporting multiple physicians and office staff. - Reported to the President. Led 3-person, $500K annual budget organization.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

- Provided strategic leadership for two-thirds of a 100+ person IT department, including crucial clinical project implementations in a demanding, large two hospital environment. - Reported to the CIO. Led 54+ person, $50M annual budget organization, which included Managers of Network, Infrastructure, Desktop, Client Services and Clinical Support Services.

Lawrence, Kansas, Us

- Led engineering design and support of infrastructure team in a demanding patient-care environment that encompassed a med-sized hospital with a dozen clinics. - Reported to the Director of Technical Services. Led 8-person engineering team, $5M annual budget organization.

Houston, Texas, Us

- Responsible for the security, management and uptime of the corporate data center for a Fortune 500 Company. - Reported to the Director of IT Operations. Led 8-person team, $10M annual budget organization.

Nashville, Tn, Us

Responsible for the technology support and daily claims operations at one of the largest claims clearinghouse in the nation.

Washington, Dc, Us

Certificate, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Iot, Cloud, Blockchain, And Cybersecurity

Certificate, Artificial Intelligence

Certificate, Organizational Leadership

Mba, Business

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science