Brian Carter

Brian Carter is the Chief Operating Officer at Validic. Brian has held this position for 4 years and 6 months, and they are also the Chief Product Officer and SVP Product. Prior to joining Validic, Brian was with Cerner Corporation for 15 years, where they held various positions, including Senior Director of Personal Health, Director of Social Business Networking, Director of Consulting Methodology, Senior Manager of Corporate Training, Technical Trainer, and System Engineer.

As the executive responsible for personal health solutions at Cerner Corporation, Brian led a high-performing, $50 million line of business focused on driving a connected and integrated approach to health care. Their technology enabled providers, patients, and their families to work together toward a common goal of better health at a lower cost. Brian drove the vision, strategy, software development, business development, and client relationships for Cerner's Consumer Health portfolio. This portfolio included Cerner’s premier patient portal solution (HealtheLife), which is used by over 3,000,000 patients, and Cerner Wellness, which reaches over 12,000,000 members. Additional solutions include a personal health management website (cernerhealth.com) and a health competition website (cernerhealthwins.com).

In their previous role as Senior Director of Personal Health at Cerner Corporation, Brian was responsible for the acquisition integration of a $45M company. Brian also orchestrated collaboration of executives and stakeholders across the organization and was responsible for business development and contract negotiation. Brian regularly communicated with press and analysts, including CNBC, Reuters, and Forbes. Additionally, they led strategic direction and innovation of a product management team from concept to launch and had executive oversight of consulting and support operations. Brian was also responsible for evangelizing patient empowerment, high-quality design, and user testing. Brian provided strategic sales support in high-value opportunities and was responsible for positioning, pricing, and packaging. Lastly, they managed staff development and training programs that reduced time to competency for new employees from twelve months to six months.

Prior to their work at Cerner Corporation, Brian was with Validic for 2 years 8 months as the General Manager & Sr. Director of Population Health Management. In this role, they were responsible for the daily activities of a $50M P&L and executive management of the acquisition integration of a $45M company. Brian also interacted with C-suite members of leading health care organizations on a daily basis.

Brian Carter attended the University of Missouri-Columbia from 1996 to 2000, where they studied computer science.