Brett J. Davis has been named general manager of Deloitte Health Informatics (DHI), a newly launched business providing advanced analytics services and products to healthcare providers, researchers and medical manufacturers’ managers.

Davis, who recently joined Deloitte Consulting as a principal, will expand DHI's solutions and network of collaborators in helping health organizations reduce costs, improve outcomes and shrink time involved in developing new therapies.

Previously, Davis was senior director of business development for the health sciences global business unit of Oracle, helping launch its healthcare analytics and translational research solution areas. He has also held leadership roles at IBM's healthcare and life sciences business, most recently as a business unit executive for the public and healthcare sectors.

Davis has published white papers and has spoken at conferences and groups, and his commentary has appeared in InformationWeek, Computer World, Advanced Clinical Trials and Health Data Management.

Davis’ board affiliations include the Personalized Medicine Coalition, the Dean's Advisory Board of the Jefferson School of Population Health and the External Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics.