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Brad Cline

Brad Cline

Senior Director, Business Applications

Brad Cline holds the position of head of Business Applications at SolarWinds, an IT infrastructure management company headquartered in Austin, Texas, with more than 30 offices and 3,200 employees worldwide. He brings nearly three decades of IT experience to the role, having begun his career as an End User technician before progressing through Network and Systems Engineering roles. He has led diverse teams within various facets of IT, ranging from Global End User Service teams to Engineering and Development Operations. His experience spans multiple sectors, including Pharmaceutical Research & Development and Manufacturing, spanning companies from less than a dozen in size to over 40,000 employees, culminating in his current role overseeing applications managing HR, eCommerce, NetSuite, Salesforce, and the integrated systems for customer and billing management in a multinational SaaS organization.

Posts Featuring Brad Cline

The KPI Commandments: A Guide to Setting Targets in IT

As VP of Business Applications at SolarWinds, I have the privilege of working with a team of IT professionals dedicated to achieving operational excellence. Our internal metrics for mean time…

The True Cost of Downtime

Lost revenue, project delays, customer frustration, damaged reputation… The immediate consequences of system downtime are profound. However, the human impact of technical disruption can have just as crippling an impact…