Senior Executive IT Leader / CIO

Senior Executive who specializes driving chaos to order by transforming IT to meet business needs through building high-performing teams, prioritizing value-added activities, promoting transparency and driving change throughout the organization.

Major factors contributing to my success include communicating a vision that served to professionalize IT, and recruiting and developing the right talent to deliver that vision.

Based on an implementation focused foundation, I have built organizations that partner with the business and enable their strategic and tactical initiatives and deliver competitive advantage.

I am recognized as a highly visible leader, coach and mentor whose commitment to others’ development is respected and sought after.

Select Accomplishments

• Recruited by the CEO to transform IT from a reactive “firefighting” unit to a high performance, customer centric team. 
• Developed and communicated a 5-year strategic vision leveraging existing investments and emerging technologies.
• Implemented an Executive IT Governance and Decision Making Board providing IT Transparency and driving consensus.
• Re-implemented multiple ERP’s into a centralized model based on common, out of the box, functionality. Reduced customizations by ~ 80 % and drove standardized processes. 
• Launched an Information Security Management System (ISMS) and received ISO-27001 certification.
• Migrated the production data center to a private cloud managed service environment. The realized cost reduction was 23% from the in-house model.
• Developed a web based Warehouse Management System that provided streamlined end-to-end processing. This application helped drive an additional $70M in business expansion initiatives.
• Established a PMO and project management discipline that was adopted by the business units.
• Rolled out a Unified Communications (VOIP/Conferencing) platform that reduced telecom costs by 47%.

Core Competencies

• IT Strategy and Business Management
• Transformational IT Leadership
• IT Governance, Value Creation and Budgeting
• Board of Directors and Investor Presentations
• Strategic IT Consulting
• ERP / Integrations
• Customer Engagement & Experience
• Technological and Business Innovation
• Complex Program and Project Management
• IT Security Best Practices and Risk Management
• Merger, Acquisition and Divestiture Management

 Industry Experience

• Supply Chain (Distribution and Warehousing)
• Consumer Products (Retail and Luxury)
• Financial Services (Banking, Investments, Insurance, Leasing)
• Business Development & Sales
• Non-Profit
• Utilities

 Education/Certifications

• Masters of Business Administration, State University of New York at Albany
• Bachelor of Arts, Business, Rochester Institute of Technology
• PMI /Project Management Professional (PMP)
• ITIL Foundations Certification