Charles (Rusty) Patel

Charles (Rusty) Patel is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, a position he has held since June 2007. In this role, Rusty is responsible for global Information Services including the management of business unit and corporate shared application services, business continuity, infrastructure and operations, and information security and risk management.

Prior to joining VWR, Rusty held a variety of leadership roles at Motorola, Inc., from 2002 to 2007. He was IT leader for the North American region of the global handset business, CIO for the Integrated Electronics Systems business unit and Vice President of Information Services supporting enterprise Sales, Service and Marketing. Previously, he was with A.T. Kearney, Inc. as a Principal in the Strategic Information Technology Practice. In this position, Rusty was responsible for business development, client services and intellectual capital/practice development supporting automotive, financial services and pharmaceutical industries. He began his career at Electronic Data Systems Corporation as a systems engineer, where he provided a variety of system integrator services for Delphi Corporation including support for business development activity implementing supply chain solutions for international joint ventures and acquisitions.

Rusty graduated from Marquette University with a bachelor of science degree in accounting and a master of business administration specializing in management information services from the University of Notre Dame.