Bill Berson Email & Phone Number

As a technology strategist and pragmatic CIO, I specialize in developing digital transformation roadmaps and building IT teams that fuel attainment of business objectives. I have a proven track record of successfully executing cultural and technological changes pivotal to mergers, acquisitions, accelerated growth, and turnarounds. My approach includes creating strong partnerships with business leaders to develop technology strategies that alleviate process pain points and create scalability. I transform underperforming IT organizations into high-performing, service-oriented teams that fill capability gaps and deliver results. • Technology Strategist: I create long-term IT roadmaps that drive scalability, increase revenue, and control expenses. I built and executed a digital transformation plan that increased revenue from $745M to $1.2B in four years.• Transformative Change Agent: I eliminate redundancies, improve decision-making, and maximize business process efficiency through consolidation, data democratization, and systems integration. I led the consolidation from five ERP environments in four countries to two integrated cloud-based solutions to support M&A activity and a new international operating model.• Cyber-Risk Manager: I establish information security programs, reduce cyber-risk exposure, and ensure appropriate transparency for balanced risk vs. reward decision-making. I created a cross-functional security governance committee, presented an improvement plan to the board, and upgraded the technology suite to best-of-breed enterprise-grade tools.• Dynamic Leader: I build high-performance, service-centric IT organizations that acutely focus on generating business value. I increased IT engagement scores from 2.1 to 4.3 on a 5-point Gallup Survey scale.SKILLS--------Leadership: Organizational Design, Team Engagement, Global Workforce, Organizational Change ManagementStrategy: Long Range Planning, Business Alignment, Technology Roadmap, Risk Reduction, Expense ControlExecution: Project Management, Process Improvement, M&A IT integrations, ERP migrations, BI adoptionOperations: Best Practices, Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure, Security, Governance, Observability