Brian McCartan has been named vice president for finance at the 天美影视传媒, Executive Vice President Jeff Scott announced today. McCartan joins the UW after serving as the chief financial officer at Sound Transit for the past 11 years. He begins on Feb. 26.
McCartan鈥檚 portfolio at the UW will include leadership of many of the central business services of the university, namely the Office of the Controller, Treasury Office, Enterprise Business Services and the Finance Transformation Program.
鈥淏rian brings a wealth of diversified and highly relevant experience in the public sector to this important administrative position,鈥� Scott said. 鈥淗is prior work makes him well-suited to lead the finance team, oversee our cash management and help us to transform and adapt to new technologies.鈥�
At Sound Transit, McCartan developed the financial plans for the $90 billion Sound Transit 2 and 3 programs. He also led the development of the agency鈥檚 budget and financial systems to support the build-out of the regional high-capacity transit system. 聽He was also responsible for the information technology, risk management and asset management departments at Sound Transit.
Prior to Sound Transit, McCartan served as debt manager at the City of Seattle, financing the capital programs for the city and its utilities, and as an international economist at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., helping administer U.S. international monetary operations.
McCartan graduated from the聽UW with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in philosophy and political science. He has a master鈥檚 degree in international relations (finance and economics) from Yale University.