R. Bruce Johnson, Manager IS, New York, Global Interoffice Coordinator, Bryan Cave LLP
Bruce. Johnson is responsible for the management and planning of information technology for the two New York offices of this 810 attorney general practice law firm with 17 offices world-wide. He is also the technology liaison between all the remote offices and the headquarters in St. Louis. All the Bryan Cave offices are part of a wide area network centered in St. Louis, with a disaster recovery center in Kansas City. Mr. Johnson was previously IS Director of Robinson Silverman which merged with Bryan Cave in July, 2002. Prior to Robinson Silverman, Mr. Johnson was affiliated with the 700-attorney international law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell for 8 years where he was the Director of End User Computing. Before joining S&C, Mr. Johnson was associated with Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte & Touche) for 19 years where he was responsible for the acquisition, control and support of over 5,000 personal computers in 100 U.S. offices. Before joining Deloitte, Mr. Johnson was with IBM for 10 years where he held several marketing and training positions. Mr. Johnson has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan. He is active in several technology user groups and is a frequent speaker at law firm technology conferences and industry trade shows. From 1997 until 2001, Mr. Johnson served as the New York Region Vice President for LawNet, the national legal automation users group. He was selected by Computerworld as one of their Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2002.