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Opinder Bawa is the Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at University of San Francisco, where he is responsible for institution wide technology and innovation advancement.

Just prior, Opinder was the Chief Technology Officer for UCSF, and Chief Information Officer for UCSF School Of Medicine. In these roles he provided leadership in technology, innovation, planning and delivery of solutions and services across research, education and patient care.

Opinder is well known in Silicon Valley for building high quality technology teams, providing meaningful vision and creation of industry-wide recognized products. Over his career he has also developed award winning service organizations known for their innovation, domain expertise and customer satisfaction. He has over 20 years of experience in business solutions, client engagement, information technology, innovative approaches and business development.

Prior to UCSF he held other executive roles, including Chief Technology Officer at Boston City Hospital and a Senior Vice President at The SCO Group where he led their world-wide software product lines and customer services.

Opinder’s career background includes leadership and technical roles at Acta Technology, 3Com Corporation, Citibank, Toshiba, IBM and Metaphor. Opinder has also been a board member of technology startups and a seed investor. Some of these ventures included ESapio, eTrons, netERP, QVR Corporation and ValuStream.

Opinder holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from City University of New York and an executive master’s degree in Business and Information Technology from University of Phoenix.