• IT Department Special Projects Director for a global logistics services company. Provided change agent leadership services for IT transformation initiatives. Portfolio of responsibilities included implementation of leading practices in software development, requirements management, architecture, design, project management and vendor management. Reporting directly to the CIO, the objectives are to transform IT into an agile, effective and efficient delivery and support organization, capable of extending company services worldwide.

• IT Department Director: Served in an interim director capacity for a health care equipment manufacturer. Provided stability and leadership while directing new organization’s development. Identified top priority projects, employee skill gaps, and performance reporting metrics and governance structure. Conducted interviews and hiring of new staff.

• Managed Services: Consulted with an international IT services firm on managed services strategy and approach. Coached team on problems facing the industry, context, opportunities, and value add service models. Assessed target company IT structure and organization’s services, strengths and weaknesses. Provided recommendations for successful initiatives, addressing critical issues and benefits.• IT organizational performance, effectiveness/efficiency: Performed evaluations of IT group people, process and technology practices, issues, problem/incident management, future direction and capabilities. Developed findings, conclusions, and recommendations deliverable, with ranked initiatives.• SmartGrid: Assessed various western states/regions in their deployment of SmartGrid technologies. Includes extensive research with customer, regulatory and operations analysis, interviews of public and private energy service providers, policy staff, academia and managers. Developed a regional profile and scorecard deliverable.

IT Software Integration & Systems Engineering Manager. The organization performs architecture, design and integration for company projects. Also responsible for software systems leading practices, architecture, engineering & design competency centers, SOA & middleware.