Brian Foster Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

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Responsible for the strategy, plans, projects, and organizational change required to enable the organization to improve decision-making and reducing cost by leveraging information assets • Led the business process change to move from paper to electronic documents resulting in reduced effort to create, authenticate, and store documents while making information more available to stakeholders, and enabling automated metrics.• Created the first safety program in the department focusing on hazard identification and remediation, safety procedures for work programs, training, and metrics. • Led the creation and deployment of the departmental Business Continuity Plan (BCP) increasing readiness to respond to events. • Created a standardized methodology for tracking and responding to Public Information Requests. Reduced turnaround time from 10 to 7 days and increased visibility of workload.• Directed the redesign of the county Records Retention Schedule to consolidate similar entries resulting in reduced errors in categorizing county records.

London, England, Gb

Project Manager, Well Delivery Process ImprovementImproved design and permitting process of drilling wells in US Gulf of Mexico through project management oversight.• Automated design document signoff by creating auditable trail of technical assurance review, increasing compliance with corporate standards and records management.• Mobilized team of subject matter experts across company, developing well containment response plan and gaining regulatory agency approval and reducing amount of required paperwork for completion.• Standardized well delivery process utilizing Lean / Six Sigma methods, improving efficiency and understanding of sequencing and reducing rework and overall process elapsed time

Houston, Texas, Us

Director – Legal Business ConsultingDeveloped the consulting practice to help clients improve their information governance capabilities through strategy, policies, process, program management, and organization change. • Oversaw Fortune 100 construction firm implementation of global information & records management strategy, policy, and tools, increasing compliance of and accessibility to information resources.• Designed data mapping methodology, allowing Fortune 500 client inventory maintenance of electronically stored information (ESI) and diminishing cost of litigation discovery.• Devised legacy media process, promoting Fortune 25 client in cataloging and applying retention periods and decreasing 60% retained number of units.• Created Legal Hold Policy and Procedure for Fortune 100 client, standardizing global process for preservation events and deducting spoliation risks during litigation.• Formulated and introduced focused data collection protocol in response to federal class action case, lessening 80% collection set over earlier methods.

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb