Barry Brunsman

Barry Brunsman

Global Leader, CIO Center of Excellence

KPMG International

Barry Brunsman is leader of the global CIO Advisory Center of Excellence (CoE) and a principal in KPMG’s CIO Advisory practice. In his nearly 30 years of global consulting experience, he has worked across most industry sectors in the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition to his CoE responsibilities, Barry leads the US CIO Advisory healthcare team. Previously he led the US Consulting IT Strategy practice for 7 years. He has primarily focused his personal practice on technology strategy and IT operating model design and implementation for the last 20 years. He has also held industry leadership positions including serving as the interim CIO for a US financial services institution.

  1. Area of expertise
    • IT Management 
    • IT strategy
    • Leadership and ambiguity
    • Mergers and acquisitions
    • Strategy
    • Technology
  2. Education & qualification
    • B.S. Chemical Engineering from the University of Nebraska

    • MBA (with Distinction) from DePaul University

    • MS Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy (expected completion May ’22) from New York University

    • Doctor of Management from Case Western Reserve University

  3. Accreditations
    • Health Informatics, University of South Florida (expected completion date summer 2022)

    • Global Executive Leadership Development, Yale University School of Management

    • Financial Trading and Risk Management, Illinois Institute of Technology

    • DevOps Foundation certified

    • DevOps Leader certified