Cindy Johnson

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Career EVP|CIO|CTO|COO|M&A|BOD & Interim Exec Consulting firm CEO. @ Make Technology Pay Consulting Services - Improving M&A, IT & Software Product Delivery Success
california, united states
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About Cindy Johnson

Unusually Broad Executive background, successful in Business|IT|Consulting and Product in $1B and larger firms, as well as Venture-backed:• BUSINESS & IT EXECUTIVE: BOD $800MM firm, EVP “Super CIO" as first CIO position for an Oil Company, with responsibilities broader than CIO, CIO ($2B), Interim CIO and CTO for consulting clients, Interim M&A Program Executive, Interim COO, Full time and Interim, Data Center|Network|Cloud|Security Executive for over 10 years.• CONSULTANT and CEO own firm: IBM Global Business Services Engagement Lead, IT Strategy ($3MM); Fortium Partners, Interim Exec. firm; 15+ years as CEO of own Interim Exec. Firm -- 100% referenceable clients.• PRODUCT: CTO, HP Executive building P&L Product, "turn around" Interim Product ManagerGIFTED AT LEADING|CREATING IMPLEMENTABLE STRATEGY. My top aptitude, per aptitude tests, is Executive Management and Leadership. In addition, I test out as "ENTJ" i.e. "Visionary Leader" in Meyers Briggs and in the .9% of females and 1.8% of the total with this style, and lastly, I am “whole-brained”, meaning I have a strategic vision and can visualize the key prioritized details, sequencing, and changes needed to execute. My business and hi-tech Executive leadership combined with an equally strong Computer Science aptitude drive successful delivery of business and technology-driven innovation.AS A RESULT: Led 12 Business|Product|IT Strategies and 8 organizational transformations for marquis companies such as Hewlett Packard, LSI Logic, Husky Oil and Apple Computer. TOP PERFORMER, in the top 1%, Amdahl|Fujitsu $2B firm, for the entire 9.5-year tenure.STRONG SALES and sales support, Biz Dev, and “award-winning” Customer Service Manager at companies such as: IBM, IBM Global, Amdahl|Fujitsu, and in own consulting businessI DELIVER! Often after others have failed whether ensuring successful revenue-producing product delivery (HP and as CTO); assessing and turning around organizational efficacy (start-up to $6B); completing M&A integrations; or ensuring $5M - $100M SAP and other enterprise application project delivery successes.

Cindy Johnson's Current Company Details
Make Technology Pay Consulting Services - Improving M&A, IT & Software Product Delivery Success

Make Technology Pay Consulting Services - Improving M&A, It & Software Product Delivery Success

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Career EVP|CIO|CTO|COO|M&A|BOD & Interim Exec Consulting firm CEO.
california, united states
Website:
makeitpayconsulting.com
Employees:
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Cindy Johnson Work Experience Details
  • Make Technology Pay Consulting Services - Improving M&A, It & Software Product Delivery Success
    Ceo And President
    Make Technology Pay Consulting Services - Improving M&A, It & Software Product Delivery Success 1995 - Present
    San Francisco Bay Area | Additional Geographic Locations
    In addition to the full time executive positions I have held, founded this firm to provide a range of interim executive and strategic consulting services, including M&A. Representative Engagements:Interim VP / CTO for “stealth-mode” dot-com in pursuit of VC funding. Partnered with Founder/CEO, after only technical staff member and CTO became unable to work, to finalize a product plan and create a functionality specification to redevelop two patented revenue-producing internet advertising products. Hired and managed an offshore vendor specializing in Agile and a development toolkit that ensured quick time to market and dramatically shortened development cycles. Both products were delivered in less than two months. Hosted on Amazon Cloud.Interim M&A Program Executive – Global Infrastructure Operations, SAP BusinessObjects After merger of two $500M corporations, implemented program saving 55% of budget, reduced global data centers from nine to two, and server count (i.e.1062) by 1/3 through Virtualization (VMware), avoiding the need to acquire 12,000 square feet of new Data Center Space. Led selection of standardized enterprise ERP and business applications; led several competitive bids, including outsourcing the wide area network (WAN) to meet expanding needs, reducing costs by 40%. Advised CIO on outsourcing projects – assessing advisability, key contract terms and strategy.Product Management Consultant: Hardware Diagnostic & Repair Tool, Network Appliance Assessed the “root causes” of 10 years of poor customer adoption by Enterprise Class Global Infrastructure Operations Customers of NetApp’s critical hardware diagnostic and repair tool. Delivered over 40 software product changes based on extensive user experience interviews and developed solutions for numerous enterprise security and Sarbanes-Oxley risks.Interim Senior Director, Global Server & Network Operations, Applied MaterialsInterim VP | Chief Information Officer (CIO), Storage Dimensions
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  • Fortium Partners Lp
    Partner/Area Managing Partner, Western Region, Northern California
    Fortium Partners Lp Jul 2015 - Nov 2016
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Joined Fortium as a San Francisco Bay area Partner initially and then promoted to Area Managing Partner in early 2016. Fortium is a firm comprised of the world’s foremost C-level technology leaders (i.e. CIO, CTO, CISO). Area Managing Partners recruit these executives as regional Partners for the firm.Fortium Partners provides interim and fractional IT leadership and technology advisory services. As Area Managing Partner I led a team of Partners with 20+ years’ experience as C-Suite executives of significant, recognizable companies, bringing our clients a unique perspective that results in better outcomes, lower risk, and shorter time to value.Some of my specialty areas are: Interim CIOCorporate and IT strategic planning (led 12)IT-business alignmentBusiness and IT turnarounds (led 8)M&A merger integrationLarge-scale project rescues
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  • Ibm Global Business Services
    Senior Managing Consultant, It Strategy And Change Management / Governance Practice
    Ibm Global Business Services Mar 2007 - Dec 2007
    Los Gatos, Ca (Traveled 80% Of Time)
    Representative Engagement:Engagement Lead for $1.6B Electronic Design Automation firm: Delivered Applications and Business Process assessment and improvement recommendations with implementation roadmaps. Led and helped sell this seven-figure engagement, viewed as most successful IBM engagement client had experienced. SCOPE: After two mergers, led client team in assessing 100+ IT applications; identified level 1, 2, & 3 business processes in-scope for this set of SAP and business suite applications. This was an enterprise suite selection and re-architecture project, a best practices business process assessment and improvement project, a realignment of IT priorities and investment to be in line with business strategy KEY FINDING: discovered that 60% of the “Client Executive picked” critical business processes were NOT supported by any information systems or were poorly supported. Counter to this, some of the highest investment was on unimportant business processes. Technology spend was misaligned, and in opposition to strategic business need. Recommended highest priority areas/gaps to fill first. Recommended standardized application suite (SAP plus other packages) to be migrated on to and proposed the migration path for each application. Identified which applications to decommission.
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  • Infousa.Com -- Lost Vc Funding Year 2000
    Vp | Chief Technology Officer (Cto)
    Infousa.Com -- Lost Vc Funding Year 2000 "Bust" Jan 2000 - Dec 2000
    Redwood City, Ca
    Recruited to this Trident Capital VC-backed firm, to spearhead all website, and wireless software development, as well as responsible for hosting decisions. The S-1 was completing its finalization before the initiation of the “Roadshow” when funding was lost, and the company closed its doors.RE-ARCHITECTED a high transaction volume web site (1.5 million page views/day), circumventing web sales losses of $500K/month by resolving time critical scalability, performance and capacity issues. Evaluated and selected a Java™ technology-based application server (e.g. BEA, Websphere) and Complex Website Content Management System (CMS) to replace existing custom code that was not scalable.
  • Hewlett Packard Professional Services And Outsourcing Division
    Global Program Executive $1.5B Outsourcing And Professional Services Division (P&L)
    Hewlett Packard Professional Services And Outsourcing Division 1998 - 2000
    San Jose, Ca
    Recruited to lead cross-functional team of sales, marketing, finance, and technical project management resources that developed and delivered a new worldwide web hosting and Internet Services Provider (ISP) services business cloud, leveraging their market leading SAP outsourcing business.REDUCED TIME TO MARKET AND INCREASED GROSS MARGINS from a loss to +41% by partnering with internet “pipe” vendors to build an outsourced Cloud services business with sophisticated automated operations, using HP market leading tools such as HP OpenView. Earning $40M in its first partial year, beating revenue goals by 200%. Delivered an Outsourcing capability competitive analysis, as part of the division’s strategic plan, resulting in a decision to shift strategy from building in-house to acquiring. Identified market-leading outsourcing company acquisition targets.
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  • Technology Credit Union
    Elected Board Member -- $800Mm
    Technology Credit Union 1993 - 1997
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Elected to Technology Federal Credit Union's Board of Directors ($800MM). I led the Technology Subcommittee and was a member of the Human Resources and Nominating subcommittees as well.
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  • Lsi Logic
    Vp | Chief Information Officer (Cio)
    Lsi Logic 1992 - 1995
    Milpitas, Ca
    Recruited to redesign, rebuild and optimize the Global Information System and Technology delivery system with a multinational staff (i.e. Germany, Japan, U.S) of 200 and $38M budget for this world-class semiconductor manufacturer. Prepared and delivered complex RFPs and bids for large outsourcing and “Big 5” SI contracts, ranging between $5M and $100M. Led and partnered with Executive Team in formulating and executing a three-year Business and IT strategic plan. Prevented $400M in revenue losses during a crisis, by rewriting 600,000 lines of code for a mission-critical Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) software application used in LSI's Joint Venture Japanese wafer FAB to manufacture each chip. REBUILT / REPLACED THE APPLICATION PORTFOLIO delivering enterprise software benefits of $165M+, and generated infrastructure operations savings of $30M, while dramatically improving service. Hired 60% new staff. Rebuilt information systems, implementing ERP, Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Oracle HR and CRM, Disaster Recovery, and rebuilt staff to align with new business strategies and new skill requirements. Led business process design in preparation for system implementations; spearheaded a cross-functional team in redesigning key manufacturing, order management, forecasting, and activity-based costing (ABC) processes.
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  • Husky Energy Acquired Husky Oil, Whom I Worked For During This Time
    Evp | "Super Cio" – Business Information Management With Broader Responsibilities
    Husky Energy Acquired Husky Oil, Whom I Worked For During This Time Feb 1991 - Jun 1992
    Calgary, Alberta Canada
    Recruited as one of five executive officers reporting to the CEO, with BOD responsibilities, to take over as super-CIO and oversee a 160-person organization with a $50M budget leading corporate strategic planning, business process redesign and benchmarking, financial reporting, Global IT Application Delivery and IT operations. After benchmarking Husky’s key business metrics, led an executive improvement team to perform business process redesign, saving $20M in the first nine months without requiring any IT technology changes.SUCCESSFULLY REBID AND DELIVERED $20M of systems and technology for a sophisticated multibillion-dollar refinery. This project involved the selection and implementation of a complete set of Hydrocarbon and business systems (i.e. SAP), in seven months, in 70% less time than originally forecast. Current yearly revenue is $1.2 billion.
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  • Apple Computer
    Director, Global Server, Network Operations, And Security
    Apple Computer 1988 - 1990
    Cupertino, Ca
    Recruited to re-architect and transform organizational performance. Responsibilities encompassed seven of Apple’s largest global data centers, and a worldwide voice and data network, managing 238 employees and a budget of $64 million. BUILT information security, help desks, Network Operations Center (NOC), automated operations, established a budget -- cutting 40%, built performance tuning and capacity planning and other key areas of the organization. Rebuilt technical staff as well as hired and promoted 15 new managers, re-setting direction to provide leadership in delivering financially responsible customer service. Created a three-year strategic direction, developing a state-of-the-art infrastructure to replace seven computing architectures, 17 data centers and 18 networks.
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  • Fujitsu Acquired Amdahl Whom I Worked For During This Time
    Director, Global Server, Network Operations, And Security
    Fujitsu Acquired Amdahl Whom I Worked For During This Time 1979 - 1988
    Sunnyvale, Ca
    Recruited to lead 4 data centers, staff of 220, $63 million budget -- considered among the largest and most complex on the West Coast. The data centers were:• Worldwide production data center & global network staff of 180. These responsibilities included: 40 technical support programmers, global voice & data network & data center operations, client support help desk, security & disaster recovery. Led designing and building a new data center. Other three data centers were: Customer benchmarking, UNIX software development, engineering product certification center.Manager Technical Support Services - Managed 40 Technical Support programmers. 1982 to 1985Award Winning (see on LinkedIn Awards) Customer Support Manager, Staff Software Instructor and Course Designer. 1979 to 1982
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