Patrick Steele

Biography

Patrick Steele is an innovative executive with 47 years of experience in healthcare, insurance, corporate retail, wholesale, supply chain, merchandising, and information technology (IT) functions. He recently retired as Executive Vice President and CIO for Delta Dental of California and a member of the Senior Executive Management Team. Delta Dental is an $8 billion enterprise and one of the largest dental benefit administrators in the nation. Prior to joining Delta Dental, he was involved in consulting and business development, and was active in establishing several technology companies that serve the retail sector. As a former member of the executive management team for a $37 billion retailer, Patrick led numerous strategic projects, inclusive of both large and small mergers and acquisitions. He is focused on the power of organizations using technology as a differentiator in their marketplace and is always looking for solutions that fall outside of the usual lines of business he is involved in. To assist in this quest, Patrick sits on the Advisory Board for a Venture Capital firm and is active in the evaluation of new companies for the firm to invest in. He is also a Board member of Dignity Health, a large multi-state Healthcare delivery company based in San Francisco. Patrick holds a BA in Business Administration and a BS in Mathematics, both from the University in Washington.

Research Interest

Informatics