Brian Bruce

▪ 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.

* 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 standard ITIL processes for incident management and change control.

* Formed IT Steering Committee and developed multi-year roadmap to improve support. * Implemented companywide CRM and collaboration solutions. * Automated transactions and reduced operating costs by deploying a B2B e-commerce application. * Implemented data warehouse and portal for standard 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 Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) IT process design and key control implementation. * Implemented ITIL processes / tools to manage incidents, requests, requirements 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.

* ▪ The merger of ValleyCrest Companies and The Brickman Group created an industry leading landscape design, development and maintenance business with over $2.3 B in annual revenue and 20,000 employees. * ▪ Responsible for leading IT strategy, business support, applications and technology infrastructure. * ▪ Promoted to SVP and subsequently executive staff. * ▪ The team transitioned business units to a standard ERP and processes. In addition, we have deployed strategic new capabilities including mobile apps for over 4,000 crew leaders in the field, along with sophisticated BI tools for performance management and analytics. * ▪ Our IT function has supported the integration of 6+ ongoing acquisitions to enable standard business solutions. * ▪ BrightView completed its IPO on the NYSE in 2018.