EVice President & Chief Technology Officer, R1 Rcm
Search every verified Brian Gambs interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Brian Gambs, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at R1 RCM, discussed his perspective on working as a technologist at the company in a September 2024 video titled "R1 CTO, Brian Gambs: Why bet on your career with R1." Gambs stated that he values workplaces where he can do his "very best work" and described the role of a technologist as "really hard," requiring risk-taking and experimentation with new technologies, with the understanding that failure is possible. He emphasized the importance of a culture where people feel safe, relationships are strong, and direct, honest communication is "easy and fun" due to trust. Gambs said that he would "bet on R1 as a technologist" because the technology "really matters" to the business, noting that the company works with various technology sets including data, web applications, and machine learning. He added that there is "a lot of opportunity to have an impact and to work with interesting technology with great people."
“When I think about the kind of place that I want to work, it's the kind of place where I have the opportunity to do my very best work.”
“When I think about what it is to be a technologist, it's actually really hard; you have to take risks, you have to be able to try new things, experiment with new technologies and sometimes it's not going to work, you're going to fail.”
“It's really important that people feel safe inside of the organization, and so as I think about culture, it really is just about fostering the kind of environment where the relationships between people are very strong and where collaboration, communication, having direct and honest dialogue is easy and fun because you...”
“As I ask myself why would I bet on R1 as a technologist, the great reason is that the technology really matters; we do a lot of different things with many different technology sets and every one of them is actually important to our business.”
“Whether you're working with data, whether you're working with web apps, whether you're interested in machine learning, we're doing all of those things and many more.”
“There's a lot of opportunity to have an impact and to work with interesting technology with great people.”
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