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Mr. Townsend is Cerner�s executive vice president and chief of staff, leading Cerner�s business systems and learning organization.
Mr. Townsend joined Cerner in 1985 as a programmer analyst, and within one year assumed the role of project leader of the foreign systems interface engineer team. After leaving Cerner for a few years to lead a family-owned business, Mr. Townsend rejoined the company as project manager for Cerner�s strategic systems and as product line executive for its management systems. Before his current position, he served as the chief engineering officer, where he oversaw product development of Cerner Millennium� .
Mr. Townsend is integrally involved as co-architect in the design, development and implementation of Cerner Millennium at key alpha and beta client sites. In the last few years, he has also led the operations of Cerner�s engineering organization, developing the company�s engineering practices, structure and processes for client/server technology.
Mr. Townsend earned a bachelor�s degree in computer science from Iowa State University. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Kansas City Northland Chamber of Commerce. | 