- WHAT WE DO:CIO Professional Services assists Senior Executives to strengthen the linkage between Business and IT. As proven CIO’s we help you remove barriers and improve return on IT investment while advancing your success. You will achieve your goals faster with less risk and disruption through our business-driven IT approach. Maximize your ROI on IT.® WHO WE ARE: - A firm of hands-on executives focused on maximizing the business return of your IT investment - Blend of veteran CIOs and Partners of Big 4 consulting firms - Each with a minimum of 20 years of experience successfully dealing with the intersection of business and technology SPECIFIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE: - Business Alignment, IT Strategy and Process Improvement - Cyber Security - Interim and Fractional IT / CIO Executives - Program Management & Project Rescue - Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning - Strategic Sourcing, Negotiation and Vendor Management - Cost Reduction and Containment HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT: - Our Professional Services team is comprised of world class practitioners who have “been in the trenches” and been accountable for the P&L - Seasoned Business Leaders with a Technology Background - Solution focused but Solution Agnostic - Client Advocates " World Class Solutions delivered by World Class Practitioners"

Hiring, supervising, training, developing and evaluating IT staffOverseeing all day to day IT functions, specifically; involving hardware and softwareNegotiating, monitoring and maintaining IT contracts or agreementsDeveloping and monitoring IT budgetsManage data center and network connectivity, and network and application securityDesign and implement enterprise software solutions both in-house and SaaS

Sigpro is a 10 year old privately held engineering firm developing products and services for the SME VoIP enterprise with a design center in China. Key products include a solid state ipPBX and SIP edge devices which when combined with Sigpro’s VoIP network delivers a complete turnkey solution. Sigpro entered into an acquisition agreement in November 2005 with GuestTek, a Canadian public company and the largest provider of internet services to the hospitality industry. GuestTek’s installed base includes more then 3,500 properties and 500,000 rooms. Sigpro extended the ipPBX product line to meet the unique requirements of the hospitality industry.

TelePacific Communications is a leading provider of business telecommunications network solutions providing local, long-distance, data and Internet services to small-to-medium sized businesses in Nevada and California. With thousands of customers, TelePacific is one of the largest telecommunications companies headquartered in California. TelePacific provides local and long distance voice services, internet, colocation, VPN, Web Hosting and security services. As General Manager I directed 24 account executives divided into 3 sales teams in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Yipes is an example of new telco service providers that take LAN Ethernet technology into MANs and WANs. Not only do these optical IP networks offer a 4-to-1 cost savings relative to ATM/SONET networks, but users can dial up or down their bandwidth in seconds. Gigabit Ethernet is taking new opportunities from SONET and over time will encroach on the installed base.

Founded in 1990, Electric Lightwave, LLC (ELI) is one of the nation's leading Integrated Communications Provider of local telephone, data, network, and long distance services to small and medium enterprise businesses.Launched the San Francisco Bay Area Market. Responsible for sales and engineering teams in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

Brooks Fiber was sold to WorldCom in 1998 for $3.4B. At that time Brooks operated fiber and voice networks in 44 markets.Managed the Silicon Valley market, Brook's largest market at the time. Responsible for P&L, sales, operations and customer service.