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Las Vegas, Nv, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Launched an entrepreneurial venture in conjunction with 5 industry leaders, providing contracted services to client organizations. In this position, I support organizations by identifying areas of opportunity and implementing strategic technology and business improvements, enabling scalability and growth. I utilize a forward-thinking approach to align the organization’s future needs with available solutions in the marketplace.➥ Appointed as Interim CTO for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, designing and launching a 3-year plan to modernize technology and support the $500MM upgrade to David Geffen Hall.

New York, New York, Us

Led the execution, improvement, and utilization of global information systems for 20k+ employees across the company. In this position, I supported the operation during a high-profile merger of AOL & Yahoo!, resulting in the establishment of Verizon Media. I led the strategic planning for future forecasting, quarterly OKR planning, and roadmap development to establish lean IT operations that effectively met the ever-evolving business needs of the organization. I was responsible for the results of 500+ employees and managed a $150MM budget.➥ Championed the development and creation of a Total Cost of Ownership model, providing transparency and visibility into technology spend and ROI, integrating real-time data to support critical decision making, and improving procurement practices.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Responsible for ensuring all Yahoo's are productive! From all corporate applications to the help desk. Ensuring our customer experience and Marketing teams have the best technology and process to win with out consumers.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Prepared the business for IPO and to pioneer the role as the first CIO for the company, establishing a technology team and delivering solutions and tools to execute ERP, Tax, Financial Planning, and Sales.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Worked with Leadership team to understand strategic priorities. Provide a plan for the future.Taking Pabst to the next level in IT services and systemsMajor transformation of IT services at lightning speed. - Moved datacenter to IaaS, Hybrid private VM environment and Public Cloud- Implemented SaaS solutions for email, file sharing, social collaboration and Performance Management. - Implemented SFA application reducing 4 hrs wk of manual report creation per Sales employee- Transformed IT team from keep the lights on to strategic business partners- Removed need for $1.2M capital spend and supplying immediate business benefit.- Implemented a new Marketing microsite infrastructure to support digital marketingFeb 2013Hostess cake business was purchased by the same owners of Pabst. Played a critical role in the rebirth of the Twinkie. Consulted to new owners on IT structure, negotiated multi year and multi million dollar outsourcing contracts for SAP and all IT functions for four manufacturing plants and new distribution channel. Negotiated the purchase of all new software for the company and implemented plans and project teams to execute on delivery.

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Provide the strategic level connection between the business and its information technology infrastructure and systems. Responsibility to introduce and formalize the Enterprise Architecture discipline. Led the development of the first iPad application for RedBull Sales team. Removing the need to carry paper binders around in trade, improving brand image and distribution of new content. One of the first solutions to leverage the Box Platform for delivering documents to an iPad in a high fidelity custom application.• Build out Architecture team both dedicated and virtual• Embed the Architecture point of view into all projects• Develop and implement architectural guidelines and procedures• Test emerging technologies and introduce them to the IT team and the Business• Manage the application and technology landscape using the T.I.M.E. rating and educate relevant IT Team members

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