Preston is recognized as a visionary Chief Information Officer and board member with a proven track record of driving organizational transformation, fostering innovation, and delivering exceptional results. With a career marked by transformative achievements and deep expertise in cybersecurity, M&A, governance, operations, digital healthcare, compliance strategies, and risk management, Preston has consistently demonstrated his ability to cultivate strong relationships across C-suite executives, strategic partners, customers, and board committees. Preston the President & Managing Partner, Simons and Associates LLC has joined the KnectIQ Advisory Board where he provides strategic insight for their infrastructure cybersecurity products.Most recently, as CIO at Verily Life Sciences, LLC, an Alphabet Company he led and built the company’s IT strategies, systems, and processes. He successfully developed a team of IT professionals, transitioning network and technology infrastructure in-house from the parent company, Google, resulting in substantial cost savings and technology independence.Preston has directed worldwide P&L, budgets, and headcount up to $1.3B and 4400 employees. He has been an active participant in numerous boards of directors and subcommittees, contributing distinctive expertise in cybersecurity, compliance strategies, investment prioritization, risk management, succession planning, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across various industries, incorporating AI to create new growth opportunities. As one of the key executives contributing to the successful diversified Healthcare and Life Sciences business separation, he played a pivotal role in generating $45B in accretive market value. He has been instrumental in completing 18 business and technology mergers and acquisitions ranging from $125M to $7B, driving seamless functional consolidations and spin-offs.Leading enterprise-wide IT strategy as the Executive Vice President and CIO at Aurora Health Care he played a critical role in improving cybersecurity, as well as facilitating the merger with Advocate Health to form Advocate Aurora Health.At Abbott Laboratories Preston served as the CIO, Vice President, and Corporate Officer, Information Technology where he led all aspects of the corporate Shared-Services IT group, yielding annual savings of over $180M and 63% ROI.Preston is an Advisory Board Member of Infinity Systems. He has deep expertise across Healthcare, Technology, and Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices industries.
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