Brian Bruce
EVP & Chief Information Officer at BrightView Landscapes- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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BrightView Landscapes
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United States
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Facilities Services
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700 & Above Employee
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EVP & Chief Information Officer
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2013 - Present
▪ The merger of ValleyCrest Companies and The Brickman Group created an industry leading landscape design, development and maintenance business with over $2.8 B in annual revenue and 20,000 employees. ▪ Responsible for leading IT strategy, governance, business support, applications and infrastructure. ▪ Promoted to SVP and subsequently executive staff. ▪ Our team transitioned business units to a standard ERP and processes, while ensuring SOX readiness. In addition, we have deployed strategic new capabilities including mobile apps for 4,000 crew leaders in the field, a CRM platform for 1,500 sales / account managers, a next gen customer portal, and sophisticated BI tools for performance management and analytics. ▪ We have also supported the integration of 30+ acquisitions, enabling standard business solutions. ▪ BrightView completed its IPO on the NYSE in 2018. Show less
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ValleyCrest Companies
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United States
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Environmental Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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VP & Chief Information Officer
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2013 - 2014
▪ Team successfully implemented ERP, CRM and content management solutions to support finance, HR, accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory management and other business functions. ▪ Company was acquired by KKR, resulting in a merger with The Brickman Group and new leadership role. ▪ Team successfully implemented ERP, CRM and content management solutions to support finance, HR, accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory management and other business functions. ▪ Company was acquired by KKR, resulting in a merger with The Brickman Group and new leadership role.
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QLogic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cavium, Inc.
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United States
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Computer Networking Products
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200 - 300 Employee
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VP, Information Technology
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2011 - 2013
▪ Led global IT team in support of business functions including product engineering, sales, finance, HR, operations, supply chain and contract manufacturing. ▪ In addition, the team managed the technology for engineering, data storage, networking, security, desktops, mobile devices, help desk and data center operations. ▪ Successfully implemented global ERP solution for internal and external stakeholders. The team's achievement was recognized with a CEO Award. ▪ Facilitated divestiture of business unit to Intel Corp. ▪ Transitioned select application maintenance responsibilities to offshore partner. ▪ Implemented ITSM processes for incident management and change control. Show less
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KB Home
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United States
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Real Estate
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700 & Above Employee
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Chief Information Officer
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2003 - 2010
▪ Formed IT Steering Committee and developed multi-year strategic roadmap. ▪ Implemented companywide CRM and collaboration solutions. ▪ Reduced operating costs by deploying a B2B e-commerce application. ▪ Implemented data warehouse and BI portal for business performance reporting. ▪ Led process and system integration for 4 acquisitions. ▪ Negotiated and managed IT co-source arrangement for application and infrastructure services. ▪ Overhauled infrastructure components including national telecom, VOIP, disaster recovery, data center operations, server virtualization, security, email and data storage. ▪ Led SOX 404 IT process design and key control implementation. ▪ Implemented ITSM processes to manage incidents, requests and releases. ▪ Defined IT performance metrics and significantly improved service levels. ▪ Substantially reduced IT costs over several years through vendor negotiation, team consolidation and system standardization. Show less
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Partner
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1988 - 2003
▪ Responsible for leading large-scale business change and system initiatives. Managed projects up to $25 M budget with team of 100. Led system development and implementation of client business solutions across North America, Europe and Asia. ▪ Communications & High Tech industry practice with additional experience including Consumer Products, Industrial Products and Media & Entertainment. ▪ Led process reengineering, application development and global rollout for the Intel Inside Online Network, a system to manage $800 M in annual market development funds. Transformed program operations from internal to customer-driven, enabled by a B2B e-commerce application. ▪ Subsequently at Intel, led reengineering for intel.com Content Management functions, and separately global process design for a HRIS implementation. ▪ At Caterpillar, conducted Sales Management business and system diagnostic. ▪ At DFS (Duty Free Shoppers), led development and rollout of a global Merchandise Planning and Distribution system. ▪ At Walt Disney, assisted the home video division with implementing a retail direct strategy. Led requirements definition, selection and implementation for a Sales and Inventory Planning system. ▪ At CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce), assisted with ERP implementation. ▪ Additional consulting work at Apple, Sun Microsystems, Times Mirror and Toyota. Show less
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Education
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UC San Diego
BA, Economics -
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Executive Development Program