I founded Lights On Advantage in 2022 to offer technology strategy and digital transformation consulting to Fortune 1000 companies and digital readiness training for boards. I also provide digital readiness training for boards and tech coaching to several executive clients.

Accomplishments:+Successfully launched 4 MVPs at two SaaS startups within a 9-month period.+Enhanced developer productivity by 234% without increasing headcount.+Played a key role in fundraising efforts, securing $1 million for a SaaS company and $1.8 million for an ESG startup.Fractional CTO Services: Offering comprehensive assessments, ongoing support, and strategic guidance to optimize your product development, align teams, and drive sustainable growth.Assessment Phase:+ Initial Consultation: Engage with founders/CEO to understand the mission, vision, timeline, and scaling goals.+ Comprehensive Review: Assess the Product Roadmap, PRD docs, current engineering efforts, Agile processes, and product status.+ Team Engagement: Meet with Engineering, Product, Tech Infrastructure, DevOps teams, and consultants/contractors involved.+ Analysis and Recommendations: Evaluate product vision, delivery goals, skill sets, and identify additional needs.Ongoing Services:+ Customized Action Plan: Based on the assessment, develop a tailored plan with ongoing actions.+ Progress Tracking: Ensure alignment with dates, goals, and monitor overall progress.+ Regular Check-ins+ Individual Growth: Facilitate 1:1 sessions to align team members with appropriate growth opportunities and deliverables.+ Transparent Reporting: Provide status updates and progress visibility through simplified dashboards.+ Future-Proofing: Anticipate and facilitate future product requirements and development for long-term sustainability.+ Scaling Support: Assist in implementing future goals and scaling strategies.+ Meeting Facilitation: Establish team meeting cadence and offer guidance in running productive meetings.+ Transition Assistance: Aid in the hiring process to identify and onboard a suitable replacement.

I led technical shared services teams providing software and hardware engineering, data and infrastructure engineering, IT, and cybersecurity, along with product and program management, taking on increasing responsibilities in each role. These cohesive teams had high diversity and retention and were culture carriers for engagement, diversity, coding practices, and more.TRI was the first Toyota subsidiary to be cloud-first and to use AWS. I am proud that my teams developed infrastructure-as-code that helped spark the software-first movement and dev/code collaboration. This was used by several subsidiaries across the Toyota ecosystem, reducing costs and enabling new subsidiaries to be operational and cloud-first quickly.During my tenure at TRI, I held the following positions: VP of Core Engineering, VP of Operations, senior director of IT, and throughout my time, was the head of Cybersecurity.Accomplishments+Sponsored and managed many successful companywide implementations, including critical systems that reduced costs, improved efficiencies, and transformed company processes and culture+Enabled rapid game-changing product capabilities, papers, and patents by building and implementing a flexible cloud-based infrastructure that used millions of CPU and GPU hours annually supporting bleeding-edge ML/AI, autonomous driving, robotics, and enterprise data projects+Created the CORE division to enable shared services—software and hardware development, data and infrastructure engineering, internal tools, information technology, cybersecurity, prototyping, & product and program management—increasing both efficiencies & retention+Developed robust, flexible infrastructure to support rapid growth across three centers of excellence+Directed strategic infrastructure & technology platform investments+Received positive feedback in 360 reviews on building teams where folks feel engaged & supported in their growth and appreciate having a two-way communication channel

At Line2, a leading business VoIP phone service, I reported to the CEO and helped reinvigorate the Customer Support, Billing, Business Intelligence, Fraud, IT, and Technology infrastructure teams.Accomplishments:+ Used advanced data analytics and business intelligence to drive critical strategic decision making across the company+ Implemented wholesale uplift of IT processes and infrastructure, delivering exceptional uptime and seamless business operations support+ Recommended and implemented new technology platforms+ Managed tight financial and operational targets+ Improved Customer Support with reduced budget through strategic outsourcing

At Grid Net, we supported a major telecommunications provider in their growth in providing infrastructure via IoT to the US utility industry. I helped establish and grow the IoT Services Operations group while building out the technical infrastructure for our customers. Accomplishments + Developed outsourced technical and support infrastructure + Implemented key processes such as change control + Established the Customer Support team and processes

Convention Management Resources is an event management company that provides registration and housing services for associations and corporations for large city-wide conventions.I was hired to transform the legacy platform, software, and infrastructure into a state-of-the-art, business-critical customer platform for building thousands of registration, hotel booking engine, itinerary, and e-commerce websites each year.Accomplishments+ Successfully rearchitected core infrastructure and code+ Delivered seamless data center relocation+ Increased capacity and reliability for websites+ Enabled easier audit compliance through upgrades+ Modernized employee-facing technology + Reduced travel expenses and improved overall satisfaction+ Transformed the technology department by building tighter accountability processes and investing in new platforms better aligned to business requirements+ Improved customer retention and customer acquisition+ Prepared the company for successful acquisition by an industry leader

The president of real estate brokerage firm Frank Howard Allen recruited me to position technology solutions as a competitive advantage to more than 1,000 real estate brokers across company footprint. Our solutions included+ Custom technology and bespoke support to retain and acquire top real estate agents+ Award-winning customer-facing real estate websites with millions of pages+ Customized narrated video tours+ Market metrics tools+ Comprehensive neighborhood and area analytics reports for customers and agentsI oversaw business-critical operations, including infrastructure, IT, help desk, application development and support, and vendor management. Accomplishments+ Delivered award-winning customer-facing websites + Implemented mission-critical customer relationship management and content management platforms on time and on budget while maintaining high internal service levels and system uptime

Three of my big loves are operations, IT, and shoes. At Birkenstock, I combined these passions while helping the company achieve lasting results. I reported to the president and oversaw technology investments and operations, including the IT steering committee and the IT and Operations teams. Accomplishments+ Aligned strategic objectives with technology platforms to deliver meaningful business support within strict budget constraints+ Managed and upgraded infrastructure