Solano EDC Speaker Series: A.I. Speaker Bios

Wednesday 28 February 2024 12 - 1:30 PM

Tim Flanagan

Chief Information Officer County of Solano

Dr. Vincent Liu

Jim O’Connor

Research Scientist III Professor of Education & Kaiser Permanente Founding Dean Emeritus Division of Research of the College of Education and Health Sciences Touro University California

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Tim Flanagan

Chief Information Officer – County of Solano

With over 25 years of leadership, Tim Flanagan is a pioneer in technology-driven innovation in public service. Currently the Chief Information Officer & Registrar of Voters for Solano County, he has reshaped governmental operations through strategic IT implementation. Tim's extensive experience includes overseeing a $7 million IT budget at Marin County and leading business modernization as an Enterprise Systems Manager. As the owner of Flanagan Consulting Group, he showcased hands-on expertise in managing and upgrading the PeopleSoft ERP solution. Tim is also a distinguished speaker on technology integration in government and business, sharing insights from transformative projects at the County of Marin and global financial processes at the United Nations.

His passion for innovation and successful IT implementation make him an inspirational figure, motivating others to embrace technological advancements for improved public service.

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Dr. Vincent Liu

Research Scientist III – Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

Vincent Liu, MD MS is a Research Scientist III at the KP Division of Research whose work focuses on EHR data, machine learning, and health system evaluation with a particular focus on acute care, including sepsis. He is also the Regional Medical Director of Hospital Advanced Analytics/Augmented Clinical Intelligence for KP Northern California and directs the Informatics track of the KP DOR Delivery Science Fellowship. His group’s work is funded by NIGMS, NHLBI, AHRQ, and the Moore Foundation and he has served as an invited expert on committees for NIGMS, NQF, and NCQA.

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Jim O’Connor

Professor of Education & Founding Dean Emeritus of the College of Education & Health Sciences – Touro University California Dr. Jim O’Connor is a Professor of Education and Founding Dean Emeritus of the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California (TUC). He has formerly served as the Dean of the College of Education, Director of the Physician Assistant Program, and Director of the Instructional Technology Department at TUC. He is currently Director of the Center for Innovative Learning and Teaching for the Touro College and University System’s Western Division, where he oversees the Immersive Technology Learning Center, the Simulation Center, the Media Recording Studio, the Clinical Skills Center and faculty development. He is completing his 17th year at Touro University California.

Prior to coming to Touro University California, he was a Professor in the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Iowa, a Center Fellow at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and an AssociateProfessor of Education at California State University. He also served as Supervisor of the Surgical Assisting Department at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio, and was one of the first surgical physician assistants in the United States.

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Dr. O’Connor has a PhD in Cognitive Psychology specializing in learning, instruction and cognition. His Master’s degree is in Adult Counseling, and his B.S. degree is in biology and chemistry. He has extensive experience in applications of innovative technology, classroom management, motivation, wellness, critical thinking and problem solving, cognitive psychology, neuroscience and learning.

Jim is also a Voice Over professional, and his hobbies include swimming, scuba diving, reading, cooking, traveling, music, theatre, and cinema. He has lived in Ohio, Alaska, Colorado, California, Iowa and North Carolina.

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Chris Van Pelt

Co-Founder of Weights & Biases

Chris Van Pelt is a co-founder of Weights & Biases, a developer MLOps platform. In 2009, Chris founded Figure Eight/CrowdFlower. Over the past 12 years, Chris has dedicated his career optimizing ML workflows and teaching ML practitioners, making machine learning more accessible to all.

Chris has worked as a studio artist, computer scientist, and web engineer. He studied both art and computer science at Hope College.

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