Jason Roos
Jason Roos
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Jason Roos has more than 25 years of experience leading and managing information systems and technology organizations across the defense , healthcare , higher education , and high tech industries , including international experience in Europe and the Middle East . He is currently the Chief Information Officer for King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ( KAUST ) located just north of Jeddah , Saudi Arabia . Prior to joining KAUST in July of 2017 , Jason served as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at City of Hope Cancer Research Center in Los Angeles after serving for several years as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Stanford Health Care at the Stanford University Medical Center where he led the overall technology direction and operational delivery for all of Stanford Medicine ’ s Adult Hospitals and Clinics . His career highlights include working as an executive for the leading cyber security firm Symantec , where he led the application development and production support teams supporting Symantec ’ s global e-commerce platform and experience as the Senior Director for Technology with the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Hospital located in the United Arab Emirates . Jason began his career serving in various leadership roles for over ten years at Texas Children ’ s Hospital in Houston , Texas . His military experience includes serving as an Electronic Warfare Signals Intelligence Analyst in the U . S . Army ’ s Military Intelligence Corps , and later as a Medical Service Corps Officer specializing in healthcare technology and biomedical systems management . His formal education includes completing a healthcare administration postgraduate fellowship at Texas Children ’ s Hospital , a MBA from Texas A & M University , a BA from the University of Houston , and a diploma from the Defense Language Institute ’ s school of Arabic in Monterey , California .
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