Brian Bark is the executive vice president, chief information officer for Sinclair Broadcast Group. He is an experienced information technology and business executive, responsible for evolving and shaping a new enterprise information management technology strategy and organization. The organization’s mission is to enable a clearer picture of the business, maximize return on IT investments, generate operational efficiencies, and strengthen the delivery of IT services.

Prior to joining Sinclair in June 2018, Bark was Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s chief business and digital innovation strategist, North America, in HPE’s Office of the CTO. There, he was working with HPE’s enterprise customers collaboratively to translate HPE’s portfolio of assets and services into actionable and quantitative plans that drive business performance and achieve desired outcomes.

Previously, Bark worked at Smiths Group from 2000-2015, plc., a London based FTSE 100 engineering/manufacturing business. His diverse industry background includes wireless telecommunications components, security and defense equipment, medical devices, and energy services. In his most recent role, Bark was the global vice president of service and also held management responsibility for Smiths Detection’s operating units in Brazil and Canada. Prior to that, he was senior executive officer, Americas, and global VP of enterprise solutions for Business Information Services, the information technology central service for Smiths Group. He joined Smiths in June 2000 and held many divisional executive level positions including CIO at Smiths Detection, Smiths Interconnect, and executive CIO at John Crane.

Prior to joining Smiths, Bark enjoyed a professional baseball career highlighted by a period playing in Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox in 1995. He holds a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina State University and a master’s degree in information systems from UMBC.

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