An experienced IT leader in the insurance / financial services industry with 34+ years of success driving organizational and technical transformation at Fortune 50 scale. Leader, strategist, and problem solver with extensive record of success driving strategies from concept through implementation resulting in material impact on the bottom line. Unique ability to simplify complex topics to facilitate understanding and gain buy-in at all levels of the organization and produce practical implementations. Seen as a pragmatist versus a theorist and utilizes decades of experience with different technologies, methodologies, and leadership roles (and styles). Extensive experience architecting and subsequently leading system integration and application transformation efforts across multiple systems and technology platforms.Strong engineering professional with hands-on experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (private cloud) / Pivotal Web Services (on AWS / public cloud), IBM z/OS and Enterprise Architecture. Proven track record of building, leading, and participating in elite-talent teams as well as identifying and developing top talent. Embraces new technology, ideas, and people and quickly learns, assesses, and acts believing that many things viewed as “new” are actually improvements on ideas that have been around for decades.I am looking forward to working with you to make your IT ideas real.My key areas include:Pivotal Cloud Foundry | Private Cloud | Public Cloud (PWS / AWS) | IBM z/OS | IT Strategy | Enterprise Architecture | System Integration | Application Transformation | Agile Methodology | Project Management | Leadership | Vendor Management | Business Process Improvement | Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)