Kevin Dean Kevin Dean is the Healthcare Interim Global Lead for the Cisco Internet Business Solution Group (IBSG), focusing on helping healthcare and public sector leaders develop strategies and implementation plans for "Connected Health" information management and technology. He has experience in numerous aspects of health IT strategy and execution, including helping to develop the UK NHS IT strategy while on secondment from IBSG. He and his team are now working with national and regional governments around the world, as well as advising the European Commission and World Health Organization (WHO). Kevin's team provides advice for groundbreaking projects such as the Health Academy, a joint WHO/ Cisco initiative to provide health education to schoolchildren in developing nations. Since joining Cisco in 1999, Kevin has also become a trusted adviser on e-business strategy to some of the world's largest companies and public organizations, across many industries including energy, transportation, and retail. Kevin's background is in consulting, working primarily in the oil, chemicals, and pharmaceutical sectors. He has concentrated on supply chain management and purchasing, but has also been involved in activities such as large-scale global enterprise management system implementation; assessment of investment priorities for EU funding, and guidance and assessment of investment success for government programs including advanced robotics. |