Kevin Dawson Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, US

Los Angeles, California, US

• Served on the organization’s Executive Leadership Team.
• Accountable for data, information, and technology strategy and product development and delivery.

Washington, D.C., US

• Accountable for digital strategy and operations.
• Served on the organization’s Executive Leadership Team.
• Developed and operationalized strategic data and technology transformation plans for data center, network, ERP, EHR, cyber security, and applications portfolio modernization.
• Served as the organization’s de facto Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
• Improved cybersecurity posture in all categories measured by external audit.
• Changed telecommunication provider, leading to $4 million correction of past bills and $2 million annual savings.

• Accountable for technology strategy, development, and operations.
• Developed novel clinical diagnostic tests.

Torrance, CA, US

• Turned around LA BioMed’s data, information, and technology functions and IT department.
• Developed and operationalized LA BioMed’s first-ever technology strategic plan; defined mission, vision, values, strategic objectives, and aligned them with the organization’s business objectives.
• Adopted industry best practices and standards, including ITIL and ITSM.
• Contributed to the deployment of Cerner Millennium EHR.
• Oversaw the selection, deployment, and integration of many large software applications, including applications for reporting, dashboarding, grants & contracts, compliance, clinical trials, pharmacy, animal health.
• Spearheaded the replacement of HR, finance, purchasing, and other systems with an ERP system.

Boca Raton, FL, US

• Built a new department and business intelligence (BI) program that won Computerworld Magazine’s “Best of BI” Editor’s Choice Award.
• Established a lean BI organization, serving all stakeholders, including clinical, pharmacy, marketing, finance, patient accounts, clinical research, and others.
• Spearheaded data architecture, data governance, and data quality improvement programs.
• Led large system evaluation, selection, development, and deployment projects.
• Provided leadership to CTCA’s ICD-10 transition program.
• Contributed to system-wide large initiatives, including the building of a new hospital.

Duarte, CA, US

• Contributed to COH’s IS&T strategic plan, governance plan, and technology strategic roadmap.
• Directed business intelligence (BI), decision support, analytics, reporting, clinical and translational research informatics, data & systems architecture, business & systems analysis, software development, database.
• Led an interdisciplinary division of 40 professionals.
• Founded a new section for translational research informatics.
• Directed planning, evaluation, use, integration, management, and training of advanced clinical and research information systems and services, including the National Comprehensive Cancer Center Network (NCCN).
• Spearheaded the successful deployment of a clinical data repository. Integrated data from multiple large information systems, including the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), in a HIPAA and IRB-compliant manner.

Davis, California, US

• Directed IT and informatics of multi-organizational research and development programs.
• Invented and developed novel methods of clinical and scientific information management.
• Invented a technology capable of delivering context-specific information in a novel way.
• Directed development of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for the acquisition, processing, quality control, tracking, and distribution of bio-specimens and high-value products and services.
• Defined and prototyped novel algorithms and systems for the analysis of genetic, genomic, and proteomic data.

• Developed and commercialized a biomarker discovery platform using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) that was valued at $25 million.
• Discovered new disease biomarkers.
• Developed novel clinical diagnostic tests and clinical validation studies.

San Francisco, California, US

• Developed informatics tools for gene prediction.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Invented a technology for high-throughput pharmaceutical testing that was licensed by multiple pharmaceutical companies.

Master Of Science - Ms, Medical Informatics

Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics

Postgraduate, Biomedical Sciences

Certified Healthcare Cio (Chcio)

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Technology Management

Md, Medicine