As the Director for CDW Advisory Services, I lead the business transformation consultancy that delivers advisory services to clients seeking positive business outcomes by leveraging information technologies. My team and I help clients optimize their IT investments, rationalize applications, modernize their hybrid data centers, enhance business resilience, streamline processes, and manage organizational change. We have a record of growing 20% year-over-year by profitably providing significant value to our client's executive leadership, even in challenging economic and business conditions. We achieve this by applying our diverse talent, international staffing capability, and extensive experience in successful transformation programs.I am a seasoned IT leader and educator with over 40 years of experience transforming businesses through technology. I have a doctoral degree in organizational leadership and information systems technologies, a master's degree in business administration, a bachelor's degree in information systems, and a certification in health information and management systems. I also have a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, focusing on semiconductor design and computer science.In addition to my IT leadership role, I serve as a faculty member and a research fellow at the University of Phoenix. I teach, mentor, and coach doctoral candidates in agile leadership, business analytics, cybersecurity, and business information systems. I apply the university's Scholar, Practitioner, and Leader model to help develop well-rounded professionals and academics who can constructively lead others to new heights in their field. I am also a subject matter expert on quantitative correlational and ex post facto research designs. I guide and support students, faculty, and alumni in considering these methods for their research projects.My mission is to create business value through the application of technology and to share my knowledge and expertise with others who aspire to do the same. I am passionate about finding innovative solutions to complex problems and enjoy collaborating with diverse and talented teams across domains and industries. I am always eager to learn new skills and explore new opportunities that challenge me and help me grow as a leader, a scholar, and a practitioner.
Listed skills include Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, and 45 others.
