CIO Symposium Contributor

Bio

As CIO Rich has led the transformation of Boston Scientific’s IS organization, creating a Global organization focused on delivering Competitive Advantage for Boston Scientific. Rich and his team have pioneered many innovative uses of technology at Boston Scientific, including most recently completing a global rollout of innovative mobility program. Rich is actively engaged in shaping direction in the Information Technology community at large and his team’s efforts have been featured in two books, several magazine articles, and most recently in an Execs Talk Apple Video Segment.

Prior to Boston Scientific, Rich was a Partner at Accenture where he led the Contracting Excellence and Supply Chain practices within the Health and Life Sciences Industry vertical. Rich holds more than 15 European Patents and two United States Patents for the development of modeling tools to support Business Strategy and Market Entry for new wireless technologies.

Rich earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago with concentrations in Finance and Economics.