Profile
Brian is a strategic and purposeful Program Leader with over 20 years of experience navigating complex portfolios in highly regulated, multinational organizations. He is known for driving transformative portfolios that deliver substantial business value through innovative solutions and disciplined execution and governance. Brian excels in collaborating with functional and technology leadership stakeholders to continuously improve organizational process effectiveness and lead product development initiatives from prototype to market-ready products while ensuring alignment of organizational strategy with business objectives and customer needs.
Professional Background
Brian has held multiple Director roles at Siemens Healthcare, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cooper Surgical, and Xerox. He has led the revitalization of PMO operations with over $75M R&D Portfolios, advancing New Product Introduction (NPI) management frameworks. Brian has driven the use of Agile within the delivery of complex products to global markets and led improved change management and design transfer processes.
Education
Brian holds a M.S. in Engineering Management from Rochester Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University at Buffalo. He is also a Certified Scrum Master.
Furthermore
Brian is an avid sailor, having sailed the waters of the Great Lakes, the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea. He also enjoys woodworking and recently completed a full-sized, work-from-home desk for his wife.