Fortune S. Mhlanga, dean, School of Applied Computational Sciences, welcomes Troy Tazbaz, senior vice president, Industry Business Unit at Oracle, as a member of the School’s Advancement Council.
Tazbaz is responsible for industry strategy function supporting the evaluation of industry-specific regional dynamics, product requirements, and market planning and orchestration across product development and go-to-market teams. Since joining Oracle, he has established the global data center strategy expanding Oracle’s data center investments for cloud offerings and has been instrumental in driving Oracle’s transition from product to service organization.
“Troy is a strategic leader who is passionate about leveraging technology to enable medical professionals to focus on medical care and drive better patient outcomes,” says Dean Mhlanga. “His partnership will certainly be an asset for the School and Meharry.”
The purpose of the Advancement Council is to provide advice, advocacy, guidance and support to the School. The council is comprised of computing and technology professionals representing industry, business, government agencies, institutions of higher learning, data science leaders in several industries, and Meharry Medical College alumni.
