Bhavin Patel
Director, Information Technology
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Bhavin Patel has been with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research since 2006. In 2020, he took on the role of Director of Information Technology. Patel is a leader in business intelligence, data management and enterprise software engineering, possessing extensive experience in application support, design, development and enterprise-wide IT initiatives. He leads teams to manage data, support research administration software and infrastructure and develop dashboards for various departments, including human research administration, animal research administration, finance, animal operations and conflict of interest.
Patel has led data integration projects, process optimization and the delivery of solutions that enhance operational efficiency, data integrity, vendor application management and compliance. He holds master’s degrees in management of information systems from the University of Illinois at Springfield and Computer Science, specializing in Software Engineering, from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Additionally, he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Nirma Institute of Technology. Bhavin also obtained certifications in data strategy from UC Berkeley Executive Education and applied data science from MIT Professional Education.