Jeffrey Mills Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

We're here to help changemakers buy, build and run technology that creates value.Technology can create truly transformative change, and its role in business is only growing. In the past two years, more than $1T has been invested in software companies at record prices. In many cases, the underlying tech is the greatest enabler to the strategy. But has the approach to govern technology value creation caught up to the magnitude of the risk? We believe a better way is possible – a more programmatic, proactive approach to actively manage technology throughout the investment lifecycle – and that’s what we do.

Advise businesses on strategies to optimize technology and manage technical and product resources on high-priority initiatives, to drive business growth and facilitate operations.• Kick-started and managed project to build natural language processing (NLP) capabilities, leveraging AWS Comprehend and associated AWS Cloud services, to field out important data from company’s unstructured content increasing potential monetization initiatives.• Work with organization to transform global help desk solution, including ticketing system, resolving current helpdesk inefficiencies and backlog while reducing operating expenses and increasing productivity.• Served as technical advisor during executive meetings and investor pitches for a start-up mobile company in the auto purchasing space to help the organization with raising initial seed money.• Advised a start-up company delivering an on-demand carpooling app on IT strategy, strategic growth planning, and business operations to help organization create presentations for potential investors and partners.

Recruited by CFO to evaluate and transform technical and operations teams, leading an 11-member team. Uncovered gaps in project management, product development, and team engagement. Championed cross-functional approach to problem solving. • Presented recommendations to executives to generate “buy in” for new product development processes to position organization for increased productivity and a more collaborative work environment.• Restructured IT team to optimize staff talents, set priorities, clarify expectations, and streamline workflow, improving morale and increasing team integration into business.• Led IT team, appropriate business units and third-party consulting firm to drive progress on major business intelligence and data warehousing project.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Original team member who directed development of strategic vision, product portfolio and online presence for start-up company that generated $30M+ in annual revenue.• Led the design of SaaS platform to support 1,500+ international newspapers.• Managed $2.5M operating and capital expense budget.• Directed sourcing, interviewing, hiring, and development of 30+ staff resources in the areas of technology, QA, technical operations, and product development.• Spearheaded product development and monetization strategies that spurred 20% year-over-year growth for 8 consecutive years. • Orchestrated vision, strategy and implementation of the organization’s eCommerce platform and third-party online ad solutions to create new revenue streams.• Established and grew satellite office, overseeing team responsible for networking, infrastructure and applications across all 4 company locations. • Served as technical executive lead during due diligence process, achieving successful sale in 2012 after receiving multiple offers.

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Computer Science

Associate'S Degree, Computer Science

Associates Degree, Architecture