Brad McFarland

Brad McFarland has over 20 years of work experience in various roles within the technology and engineering industries. Brad currently serves as the Head of Development at Vizrt Group, starting in May 2022. Prior to this, they were the Digital Engineering Manager at Sabel Systems Technology Solutions, LLC from 2021 to 2022. From 2017 to 2021, Brad worked as a Principal Consultant in the field of consulting. Brad has also held positions such as Chief Architect - Digital Twin at Cyient (2019-2020), Director of Product Engineering at WellAware.us (2017-2019), and Engineering Manager at Weatherford (2012-2017). Earlier in their career, Brad held roles including Product Line Director at National Oilwell Varco (2004-2012) and Product Development Engineer at Schlumberger (2001-2004). Overall, Brad's experience spans various leadership and technical roles in the technology and engineering sectors.

Brad McFarland earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University, where they studied from 1996 to 2001. Brad then pursued a Master's degree in Engineering Management at the University of Southern California from 2004 to 2006. In 2011, Brad attended The University of Texas at Austin and completed an Executive Certificate in Technology Commercialization in 2012. Most recently, in 2021, they enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology to pursue a Master's degree in Computer Science, which is ongoing.

Additionally, Brad obtained a certification in Python Programming from DataCamp in January 2018. Brad also received a Python Developer certification from Lynda.com, but specific details, such as the completion month and year, are not provided.