As a results-focused IT strategist and digital transformation expert, I bridge the gap between technology and business. By balancing clear communication, transparency, accountability, and ethical integrity, I build consensus between senior enterprise leaders and board-level executives for innovative transformation.“David has been recognized as a 2024 Large Corporate Finalist by the Dallas CIO ORBIE Awards for his outstanding leadership, management effectiveness, and business value created through technology innovation as CIO at CiCi's.” – Kayla Privett, Executive Director at Inspire Leadership NetworkWhen a cyber threat targeted the company’s mail servers, I leveraged my experience to maneuver, manage, and miti-gate challenges, minimizing interruption of daily business.Crucial to navigating our response to the cyber breach involved a strong leadership team to change and adapt – to go through a digital metamorphosis. The constant cascading flow of issues required a nimbleness to manage unrecognized activities, and confidence in making rapid decisions that held long-term implications to protect all data.In tandem with maneuvering through the threat for the first four to six weeks, we developed a comprehensive long-term plan to fortify our cyber defenses and safeguard against future breaches.The non-stop decision-making demanded when blindsided by a data breach is unlike the gradual process of planning and executing long-term technology transformations.We overhauled and modified our entire enterprise, involving a comprehensive corporate infrastructure migration, completed cloud ERP migration to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC 365) for our distribution company, and implemented a new network and restaurant system (back office and point of sale (POS)) in 300+ restaurants sim-ultaneously, in 16 months.The result of the enhanced operational efficiency and strengthened cybersecurity posture is a cost savings of ~$5MM. • Drove 5%-10% incremental company-wide sales growth by bridging business and technology• Elevated IT team performance on a $400MM annual revenue scale by emphasizing inclusion, empathy, digital metamorphosis, and accountability• Led digital transformation initiatives that achieved double-digit sales growth, contributing to operational improvements• Championed AI initiatives; created proprietary search systems and optimized routes using triangulation techniquesI’m open to a conversation to explore strategic digital transformation solutions in our ever-changing technology space.