Bridge the science and technology disciplines to architect and articulate solutions for our clients in a way that makes them part of the dialog. Principal adviser to the CEO on issues pertaining to the state and evolution of basic and clinical research focus, discoveries, and methods,Develop and promote our vision for a strong and widely recognized scientific and medical expertise at Digital Infuzion,Develop meaningful relationships with the academic community and articulate our scientific capabilities to our customers and to our staff,Manage and grow our Scientific Data Management line of business, including the development of data semantic frameworks Contribute to articulating and communicating the evolving concepts of scientific data commons and FAIR data.

As VP for Scientific Innovation, Dr. Bour drives the company’s mission to bridge the computer and life sciences and in doing so increase the impact and value of the systems we deliver to our clients. Dr. Bour maintains expertise in the state-of-the-art of basic and clinical research methods and approaches and translates this knowledge into architectural designs that form the basis of our innovative technical solutions. He aligns our strategic growth plans with emerging research and health care trends, thus ensuring that the company is proactive and well positioned to seize future opportunities.Dr. Bour drives the expression of Digital Infuzion’s thought leadership by representing the company at scientific conferences and publishing papers in our fields of expertise.

Responsible for evaluating and optimizing the portfolio of health and clinical informatics products and services across Digital Infuzion. In this capacity, leverages expertise in translational research, data standardization, harmonization, and semantic integration to lead our Research Data Harmonization and Analytics line of business. This includes the technical development and executive management of Data Coordinating Centers on behalf of clients such as the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

WorkoutSoft develops the XtremeFit Tracker suite of software products to help fitness enthusiasts better schedule and track their workouts. The software has a modular design that makes it infinitely customizable. The core modules includes scheduling, rescheduling, weight and rep recording, and reports, supplemented by workout-specific routines and schedules. The XtremeFit Module Editor allows anyone to create custom workouts from scratch or from existing ones using a simple drag-and-drop interface. XtremeFit includes out of the box all the Beachbody workouts such as P90X, P90X+, Insanity, and many others.

Reporting to the Director of the NIH Center for Information Technology (CIT), provide subject matter expertise in all areas of scientific information technology. Perform a comprehensive survey of bioinformatics initiatives in the NIH intramural research program, including opportunities for synergies and collaborations. Lead an in-depth evaluation of the NIH Biowulf high performance computing service, a Beowulf-class compute cluster of over 13,000 cores dedicated to scientific applications. Review all aspects of the Biowulf operation, its financial health and budgetary needs, its technical underpinnings and maturity, and its governance.

Oversee the global operation of a complex IT development and service organization with an annual budget of over $20M serving the needs of 1500 diverse users. Supervise a staff of 110 federal employees and contractors.Establish best-practice project management, investment control, and governance frameworks to ensure that IT resources are applied strategically and align with the business goals of the organization. Establish the NHLBI IT Investment Review Board and collaborate with business owners to define the IT governance principles and methods. Perform risk assessments and impact analysis to ensure compliance with NIST, OMB, and NIH IT security mandates while minimizing negative impacts on the scientific mission.Manage a professional and technical staff engaged in providing complex and computationally intensive modeling and analytics in the areas of bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics and imaging. Develop a mature Enterprise Architecture framework focused on data standards, inter-operability, semantic data frameworks, and business process modeling.Develop a global Digital Strategy in support of an integrated, meaningful, up-to-date, and coordinated web presence. Develop a robust usability and analytics program aimed at measuring and incrementally increasing the impact of the NHLBI web presence.Develop new business processes and supporting technology systems to improve the management and surveillance of NHLBI-funded clinical studies involving human participants. Develop state-of-the-art software applications to more effectively register NHLBI-sponsored clinical studies, semantically define the complete portfolios of studies to enable global reporting, and more accurately track the rate of participant accrual. Directed the modernization of the NHLBI central network-attached data storage infrastructure dedicated to the needs of the intramural research program in support of Next-Generation Sequencing and other high-throughput research activities.

Create and manage a comprehensive bioinformatics and scientific IT program for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH. Responsible for research, development and implementation of bioinformatics solutions and infrastructures necessary to support the scientific and clinical research missions of the NIAID. Responsible for management of the Program from staffing, supervising, capital planning and investment, strategic planning, contract management, and advising the NIAID CIO on scientific computing strategic planning.Main accomplishments:• Communicated the benefits of bioinformatics to management and scientists.• Bridged the knowledge and cultural divides between scientists and IT staff.• Developed a discovery IT infrastructure and integrated seamlessly into the main enterprise infrastructure.• Consolidated and enhanced individual legacy bioinformatics initiatives.• Maintained the Program at the cutting edge of a fast-moving field.• Implemented and followed project management methodology (CMMI, EVM).• Implemented and followed Software Development Life Cycle methodology.• Included bioinformatics in NIAID-wide Capital Investment Planning Control (CPIC).• Forecasted annual budget of $3 million without any cost overrun.• Created, staffed, and directed five functional programmatic sections (Software development, Scientific data analysis and mining, Communication and Outreach, High Performance computing infrastructure, and Bioinformatics training). • Grew a staff of highly qualified Ph.D.-level inter-disciplinary experts from 1 to 20 in less than 4 years.• Contributed to the NIAID Biodefense effort by managing the electronic communication and collaboration infrastructure of the Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesPerform translational research and user support in all aspects pertaining to the use of information technology and knowledge management systems to solve complex biological problems. Develop and deploy software, algorithms, databases, user interfaces and statistical tools in support of the research performed in the laboratory. Areas of focus include: genomics, proteomics, mining of primate experimental trial data, databases and database web interfaces.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases- Train and supervise students and post-doctoral fellows- Advise and assist the Section Chief in the daily operation of the laboratory.- Conceptualize, plan and execute scientific projects and experiments.- Write scientific data reports for internal communication, oral presentations at international meetings and publication in international peer-reviewed journals.