About
A transformational and innovative technology leader with a proven record of shaping IT strategies that deliver impactful business results. Expertise in managing large-scale digital transformation portfolios exceeding $100M and aligning technology initiatives with business objectives across healthcare delivery, insurance, life sciences, software development, and consulting sectors. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams of over 500, fostering talent development, and navigating Fortune 50 organizations. Focuses on optimizing architectures, platforms, systems, and data to meet evolving financial and operational business needs.
Technology Executive & Chief Architect
As a technology leader, my leadership philosophy centers on visionary strategic thinking, fostering a culture of innovation, and empowering cross-functional teams to achieve excellence. I believe in setting a clear and compelling vision that aligns with the organization’s goals, driving the adoption of emerging technologies to maintain a competitive edge.
Adaptability and resilience are at the core of my approach, allowing us to navigate challenges and embrace change with confidence. I am committed to operational excellence and data-driven decision-making, ensuring that our initiatives are not only innovative but also financially viable and sustainable. Upholding the highest standards of integrity and ethical leadership, I strive to build trust and inspire my teams to deliver impactful, long-term results for the organization and its stakeholders.
- Website: carybrown.me
- City: San Antonio, TX USA
- Contact: LinkedIn
- Available: Consulting, Speaking Engagements
Facts
Industry Certifications Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner & Solutions Architect
TOGAF
SCRUM
Microsoft Certified Professional
Azure Cloud Services
FAA Certified Commercial sUAS Pilot
Years of Experience Software Development
Cloud Computing
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Machine Learning (ML)
Technical Strategy & Operations
CyberSecurity
Budgeting and Financial Management
Regulatory Compliance
Augmented Reality (AR)
Industry Awards InfoWorld, Forrester, Penn State 2014 Enterprise Architecture Award
Industry Verticals Healthcare
Insurance
BioTech
Pharmaceutical
Telecommunications
Electronics Engineering
Media Production
Resume
Summary
Cary Brown
- San Antonio, TX
Education
Bachelor of Arts & Business/e-Business
2000 - 2004
University of Phoenix
Graduated with Honors
Certifications
Federal Aviation Administration - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Pilot
2021
Federal Aviation Administration
Certified under the FAA to fly small Unmanned Aircraft Systems commercially under the FAA's Small UAS Rule Part 107. This certification demonstrates understanding the regulations, operating requirements, and procedures for safely flying unmanned aircraft.
Microsoft Certified - Azure Fundamentals
2021
Microsoft Azure
Earners of the Azure Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
2020
Amazon Web Services
Earners of this certification have a comprehensive understanding of AWS services and technologies. They demonstrated the ability to build secure and robust solutions using architectural design principles based on customer requirements. Badge owners are able to strategically design well-architected distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, efficient, and fault-tolerant.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2020
Amazon Web Services
Earners of this certification have a fundamental understanding of IT services and their uses in the AWS Cloud. They demonstrated cloud fluency and foundational AWS knowledge. Badge owners are able to identify essential AWS services necessary to set up AWS-focused projects.
TOGAF 9 Certified Architect
2013
The Open Group
The Open Group TOGAF certification is used by the world’s leading enterprises to certify a common body of core knowledge about the methodology and framework.
Certified Scrum Master
2011
ScrumAlliance
Scrum is a methodology that allows a team to self-organize and make changes quickly, in accordance with agile principles. The scrum master manages the process for how information is exchanged.
Microsoft Certified Professional
1997
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification validates IT professional and developer technical expertise through rigorous, industry-proven, and industry-recognized exams.
Awards
2014 Enterprise Architecture Award Recipient
2014
InfoWorld, Forrester, and Penn State University Center for EA
The InfoWorld Enterprise Architecture Awards recognizes companies whose practice of enterprise architecture has delivered substantial business benefit to their organization.
Professional Experience
Vice President, Data Strategy & Efficiency
2025 - Present
Premise Health, Brentwood, TN
Industry: Direct Healthcare Delivery
- Leading enterprise-wide data transformation initiatives to enhance clinical decision-making and improve patient and member outcomes across a national healthcare delivery network.
- Developing and operationalizing end-to-end data and AI strategies to support preventative care, optimize resource use, and enable personalized healthcare at scale.
- Driving cross-functional alignment around data governance, quality, and performance to support innovation, lower costs, and accelerate value-based care delivery.
Executive Director, Enterprise Architecture
2020 - 2024
Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, MA
Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Collaborate across multiple business and technical teams to improve Charles River's ability to provide data and services to customers and partners.
- Focused on developing a cohesive strategy to effectively ingest, contextualize and leverage data for digital transformation at a global scale.
Consultant
2019 - 2020
{app}tatious, San Antonio, TX
Industry: Management & Technology Consulting
- Provided technical and domain leadership to clients pursuing digital transformations within their business and to the cloud.
- Collaborated with customer insight, technology, and design teams to deliver successful architecture, engineering, and deployment outcomes.
Chief Architect, Government Services Business
2015 - 2019
Cigna, Nashville, TN
Industry: Managed Healthcare
- Led strategic technology planning, implementation, and IT platforms related to Government Business Division, representing over $25B of company revenue.
- Transformed IT into a strategic business partner by staying up-to-date with IT industry best practices, architectures, and emerging technologies.
Director, Enterprise Architecture
2011 - 2015
Molina Healthcare, Long Beach, CA
Industry: Managed Healthcare
- Managed Enterprise Architecture organization responsible for providing vision and strategy for all areas of technology including portal, mobile, document management, workflow, data warehouses, claims processing, EDI and Web components.
- Led architecture initiative for several multi-million-dollar Data Analytics, Consumer Marketplace, Mobile and Anti-Fraud, and HIPAA compliance.
- Led the consolidation and rationalization of the company technology stack facilitating the migration of all customer membership onto a single multi-tiered, services-enabled solution framework.
Senior Director, Applications and Enterprise Architecture
2008 - 2011
WellMed, San Antonio, TX
Industry: Managed Healthcare
- Managed Application Development and Enterprise Architecture teams responsible for collaborating with WellMed's business operations and medical management leaders to provide leading-edge solutions that optimize business results.
- Through strong associate, vendor, and business partnerships, the IT organization helped remove barriers to health services and added value to the communities WellMed served through scalable applications, intelligent information, and innovative IT services.
Senior Consultant
2005 - 2008
Tower Strategies, Houston, TX
Industry: Management & Technology Consulting
- Managed Healthcare Solutions Delivery Division providing technical and strategic leadership to senior consultants and clients in large academic medical centers.
- Develop a strong understanding of customer needs and translating business requirements into detailed technical design and roadmaps.
- Over two-years managed the strategic integration of a new partner Hospital system at Baylor College of Medicine
Director of Operations
2002 - 2005
Conceptual Mindworks (Sevocity), San Antonio, TX
Industry: Software Development
- Responsible for designing the scalable architecture and fault-tolerant infrastructure for a SaaS Electronic Medical Records application.
- Reduced Ops costs 32% by replacing commercial technologies with open source solutions
- Managed operational workflow and design requirements for functional requirements
Director of Internet Datacenter Operations
2000 - 2002
Relera Internet Data Centers, San Antonio, TX
Industry: Internet Services
- Directed technical, infrastructure, security, and service operations and oversaw an $8.5M project to build out a 99.999% high-availability infrastructure.
- Oversaw project build-out and hired an effective team to support 99.999% high-availability infrastructure.
- Maintained key relationships with sales, customers, vendors, and other managed services organizations.
Director of Technology
1994 - 2000
HealthAnswers, Austin, TX
Industry: Healthcare Communications, Software Development
- Managed the integration, operations, and acquisitions of information technology assets and resources across the enterprise.
- I led the launch and content sharing relationships for international versions of US-based sites, integrated new technologies to transform product from a static portal into a fully dynamic, personalized, and media-rich consumer healthcare website generating over >250k unique page views per month.
- Integrated new technologies to develop healthanswers.com from a static portal to a fully dynamic, personalized, and media rich consumer healthcare website generating over 200k unique page views per month.
- Established and managed a team that redesigned network infrastructure to provide increased security and control, and designed and implemented remote office connectivity to 12 subsidiary companies.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Roundtable of Inspiration
December, 2024
Year End Leadership Roundtable
WIA Leadership board members share their stories—what inspired them to step into leadership, what WIA’s vision means to them, and how they’re making an impact.
Leadership Spotlight
December, 2024
Women In Architecture Leadership Spotlight – Cary Brown
Cary Brown shows how impactful male advocates can be in fostering inclusivity and empowering women in architecture. Read how his leadership bridges innovation and diversity in the latest WIA Leadership Spotlight.
Architecture & Governance Magazine
Digital Transformation at Charles River Laboratories
February, 2023
Accelerating Innovation through Enterprise Architecture
This case study and video highlight the pivotal role that enterprise architecture played in driving digital transformation at Charles River Laboratories. The collaboration with Orbus Software empowered the organization to modernize its technological infrastructure while enhancing customer engagement and operational efficiency. Featuring insights from Cary Brown, Chief Enterprise Architect, this exploration delves into how strategic architecture initiatives can align business goals with cutting-edge technology, ensuring long-term success in a competitive landscape.
Architecting Equity: The Pivotal Role of Allies to Empower Women in Architecture
November, 2023
Women in Architecture takes over the BIL-T Conference
Driving the expansion of women in architecture roles is a movement that takes all of us, and both women and men play a critical role as allies, advocates, mentors, and change agents. In this panel, we will explore the power of diversity in architecture along with what it means to be an ally for women in architecture from leaders who walk the talk. Finally, we will discuss actionable steps that individuals and organizations can take to build a more diverse and inclusive architecture profession.
Architects are from Venus
July, 2023
Impact: Driving Real-World Outcomes with Architecture
The Business Innovation Leadership and Technology (BIL-T) conference series is a place for global conversations and debate on big picture perspectives and how to make a better future for our organizations. The event covers a wide range of relevant and visionary topics and brings together the people who are designing the future: architects, business and technology leaders, futurists and other world changers. We hold virtual events at least twice per year, delivered through a variety of formats including keynotes, locknotes, motivational and leadership talks, interviews, fireside chats, panels, debates, lectures and educational sessions.
Inagural Women in Architecture (WIA) Event
February, 2023
Women in Architecture
Women In Architecture (WIA) is a global initiative and movement to accelerate the pathway for women in architecture and enable them to thrive and contribute with impact.
Putting the Enterprise into Enterprise Architecture - Building Agile EA Frameworks that Enable Transformation & Innovation
October, 2022
SwitchON Americas
As Digital Transformation continues to pick up speed, Enterprise Architects have a pivotal role in recognizing how the IT landscape enables connected experiences across all parts of the organization. SwitchON will showcase the latest developments in enterprise architecture and how EA creates streamlined and agile IT landscapes that support continued digital transformation.
Architecture & Governance Magazine
July, 2022
IASA Global Announces Soft Launch for Women In Architecture
Women in Architecture is a global initiative to accelerate the pathway for women in architecture to amplify the impact of the discipline worldwide. As can be seen in the leadership, the initiative is not simply for women members, but for anyone who believes in promoting and moving forward the mission and vision of the group.
CIOaustin Predictions Panel Speaker
April, 2022
CIOaustin
CIOs must manage not only for today, but for tomorrow, and for years into the future. This implies a constant job of predicting what is going to happen next -- at your company, in technology advancements, in competitive marketplace conditions, and more. Our Predictions Panelists are asked to take the stage and share insights they foresee for 2022 and beyond.
Enabling Transformation at Scale - The influence of Enterprise Architects in the Future Direction of Business
2021
SwitchON Americas
As Digital Transformation continues to pick up speed, Enterprise Architects have a pivotal role in recognizing how the IT landscape enables connected experiences across all parts of the organization. SwitchON will showcase the latest developments in enterprise architecture and how EA creates streamlined and agile IT landscapes that support continued digital transformation.
Webinar, Re-Chartering EA to Focus on Business Outcomes
2014
Planview Worldwide User Conference
This session will offer key insights into the approach Molina Healthcare has taken in reshaping Enterprise Architecture to tackle hurdles, such as defining how EA aligns with and supports the business, demonstrating the business benefits of an EA program, and how Molina uses Troux to improve the quality of information for decision making through the development of capability maps, standards, and customized roadmaps
Care Management System Development: Transforming Patient-Centric Care
2011
Impact: Enhancing Healthcare Delivery through Technology and Innovation
This video showcases the development of a cutting-edge care management system designed to streamline patient care, improve outcomes, and increase operational efficiency. By leveraging advanced technology and user-centric design, the system facilitates better communication between healthcare providers and patients, enabling personalized care and proactive management. Cary Brown shares insights into the architectural strategies and technical innovations that brought this impactful solution to life, emphasizing its role in shaping the future of healthcare management.
Health Data Management Magazine
Mobile Tech: One App at a Time, Print, Author: Beckie Kelly Schuerenberg, Managing Editor December 2007
Finding the Right Computer Cart, Sidebar – Making The Case For Carts, Author: Zack Martin, Managing Editor August 2006
Mobile Apps: Plenty of Choices, Challenges (Special Report), Author: Zack Martin, Managing Editor July 2006
Selecting the Right Mobile Devices and Wireless Network, April 17th, 2006
The Texas Lyceum
February 2, 2010
Quarterly Meeting Subject: Our Growing Lives Online: Safe or Not? Panel Topic: Healthcare Security & Privacy; Moderator: Dr. Adolfo Valadez, Assistant Commissioner for Prevention and Preparedness Services, Texas State Department of Health ;Panelists: David Finn, Health Information Technology Officer, Symantec; William Phillips, Chief Information Officer, University Health System; Cary Brown, Senior Director of Applications and Enterprise Architecture, WellMed Medical Management, Inc.
San Antonio HIMSS Chapter Monthly Lunch & Learn
San Antonio HIMSS Chapter, The Role of Accountable Care Organizations in the Evolution of Healthcare
New Internet Data Center opens in San Antonio
2001
Denver-based Relera Inc. opens Internet Data Center in San Antonio
The new Internet Data Center in San Antonio will "allow businesses to focus on what they do best," Brown says, "instead of worrying about the complexity of maintaining an in-house infrastructure."
New Internet data center opens in San Antonio
Relera opens data center in San Antonio, teams with ManagedStorage
Associations
Board of Directors
February, 2022
Women in Architecture
Women In Architecture (WIA) is a global initiative and movement to accelerate the pathway for women in architecture and enable them to thrive and contribute with impact.
Founding Member
April, 2024
Chief Architect Network
The Chief Architect Network is a global community of over 300 chief architect executive thought leaders, representing approximately 225 Fortune 500-scale companies. As a 501(c)(6) non-profit, we offer vendor-neutral, no-cost membership. Our services include in-person and virtual events, peer-led calls focused on top priorities, local communities across the US and Europe, leadership development through mentoring, coaching, and LIVE broadcast events, fostering collaboration and growth among industry leaders.
Founding Member
May, 2021
Chief Architect Forum
The purpose of the Chief Architect Forum is to test, challenge and support the state of the art and science for Business and Technology Architecture and its evolution over time. We are passionate about the importance of Business Technology Architecture and our ambition is that this will become the preeminent, cross-industry, global meeting place for leaders in Architecture. Established by Iasa Global which was founded in 2002 we had a simple mission and driving passion to improve the quality of the Technology Architecture industry. We have created the opportunity to network, created a powerful Book of Knowledge, established recognized accreditation programs and continued to advance the professionalism of technology architecture at every opportunity.
Member
2018
Association for All IT Architects
Established in 2002, the association is committed to improving the quality of the BT architecture industry by developing and delivering standards, education programs and developing accreditation programs and services that optimize the development of the architecture profession. The Iasa network and membership consists of approximately 70,000 people in over 50 countries.
Contact
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