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Karl Harris

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Chief Information Officer at Westcoast (Group) Limited
📍 Greater Reading Area, United Kingdom

Karl is a C-Suite technology leader at Westcoast Group with over 15 years of experience aligning IT strategy with business goals. He specializes in digital transformation, leveraging AI, Zero Trust, and Agile practices to drive innovation and growth. Colleagues have described him as a "genius with systems" who gets results.

Beyond his corporate roles, Karl has an entrepreneurial spirit, having co-founded an mHealth start-up. This venture focused on developing a mobile app to improve medication adherence for patients, showcasing his interest in using technology to solve practical, real-world health challenges and improve outcomes.

He co-founded a mobile health tech company, designing an application to help patients take their medication correctly.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Chief Information Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Reading Area, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Karl shows up

Trusting
Self-Assured
Socially Adept

They are more likely to be open to unproven but exciting technologies. They like to keep things under control. They are charming and have the ability to align others behind their decisions.

Priorities

Topics Karl cares about

Practical AI Adoption
His focus is on leveraging practical AI, bots, and generative AI to reduce costs, enhance operations, and deliver tangible business value, as stated in his professional summary.
Digital Transformation
As a self-described Digital Transformation Leader, he is focused on executing strategies that align technology with business objectives to deliver exceptional value and growth.
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Career

Work history

1-2016
Chief Information Officer
Westcoast (Group) Limited
5-2014 - 12-2015
Senior Program Manager and Head of the Westcoast Group PMO
Westcoast Group
9-2009 - 9-2011
E-Marketing Consultant
Mirada Medical
7-2009 - 5-2014
Head of E-STRATEGY AND SERVICES EMEA
Avnet Technology Solutions
7-2009 - 7-2011
Product Development Director
Adherence Science (mHealth Start-up)
In the press

Media appearances

Technology That Can Help Businesses Survive – Karl Harris (CIO, Westcoast Group). Featured in YouTube
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Digital Leaders Week: Building High Performing Teams whilst ... – Karl Harris, CIO Westcoast Group. Featured in Vimeo
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Education
1993 - 1997
BA (HONS) Business Studies
Kingston University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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