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Denver, Co, Us

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

Serving as CDO strategist and architect in a part-time contract role. Highlights:► Lead continuous year-over-year modernization of the organization's entire computing platform, driving digital transformation and operational efficiency.► Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for migrating all departments to secure, scalable cloud environments, enhancing data security and accessibility.► Guide new product development for an advanced data analytics solutions -- now serving over 1,000 customers with cutting-edge insights.► Establish controls and maintain compliance year-over-year with HIPAA, HITECH, Privacy Law, and other Federal and State regulations for the processing of highly sensitive information, ensuring data integrity and trust.► Evaluate and facilitate deployment of automation and continuous innovation initiatives, significantly increasing data processing and analytics productivity across the organization.► Foster a culture of data-driven decision-making, empowering teams with real-time analytics and actionable insights.► Develop leadership and technical skills cultivating a high-performance, future-ready workforce.

Superior, Colorado, Us

Highlights:► Serve as member of Board of Directors and Strategic Advisor for international and mid-market companies with P&L between $25MM to $500MM.► Lead domestic and international organizations through digital transformation and innovation creating high performance teams, efficient processes, and scalable data architectures leveraging established and leading edge solutions.► Respond to business in crisis leading high-intensity global initiatives to mitigate failure risks, identify solution alternatives, implement recovery measures, accelerate decision making, direct complex implementations, and facilitate organizational changes.► Lead Enterprise Data and Performance Management adoption to optimize operational and strategic planning, forecasting and reporting reducing process time by up to 60% with the ability to optimize mergers & acquisitions, new product development, advanced data analytics, generative AI use cases, geographic expansion, and realtime decision making.

Golden, Colorado, Us

As Chief Data Officer, my role focusses on guiding leaders through the transformation, analysis, and application of data (financial and non-financial) to create usable insights and accelerate better decisions. By leveraging the technology of today, all leaders access the hidden insights of their data while maintaining compliance. Established compliance, policies, procedures, security, and standards to engage with international public companies.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

Highlights:► CIO for sell-side and buy-side of mergers and acquisitions for GRH portfolio of North American companies within FirstService (Ticker: FSV) Interstate Restoration, FirstOnSite Restoration, CATCO, Perfection Property Restoration, Super Restoration and others.► Built and managed North America shared services team with 22 fulltime personnel and strategic partners driving a $10 million innovation and implementation budget spanning technology operations, application development, internal audit, intellectual property, finance services and sales support.► Deployed a scalable and disaster ready portfolio of cloud technology platforms, mobile-ready applications, and global vendors allowing for a seamless transition to work-from-home response to COVID-19 and enabling ongoing and future acquisition integration to proceed on-time and on-budget.► Championed selection and deployment of Salesforce sales and service platform achieving first year adoption targets of 95% while delivering under budget for P&L exceeding $250MM.► Selected and led data analytics architecture and solution implementation built on Microsoft Azure and Alteryx to deliver market and sales insights across customer, geography, industry and salesperson.► Formed and led North America audit compliance team working with leadership and auditors to establish policies, procedures and controls enabling the business to achieve regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX) and privacy law compliance.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

► CIO for sell-side M&A activity leading intellectual property, technology and compliance diligence for Global Restoration Holdings portfolio of North American companies -- Interstate Restoration and FirstOnSite Restoration.► Established the enterprise cloud strategy and standardization on core platforms including Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Azure, Boomi, Crowdstrike Falcon, Hubspot, Workday Adaptive Planning and Salesforce - Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Community Cloud and Field Service Lightning.► Socialized technology-driven culture change through the global deployment of mobile-first hardware standards and real-time modern collaboration technology solutions including Microsoft Office 365 which enabled over 300% productivity improvement for business units adopting Microsoft Teams.► Led Azure infrastructure design and deployment supporting on-premises platform migrations for accounting and operations to Azure cloud with near zero downtime, secure mobile access anywhere, and lower total cost of ownership.► Designed and initiated rolling implementation of near zero footprint branch office architecture eliminating local file servers, domain controllers and phone systems.► Selected and implemented advanced security platforms including Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection, Multi-factor Authentication and Conditional Access Management to mitigate growing cyber security risks.

Denver, Colorado, Us

► Hired to lead IT and fix the recurring failures and service degradation of their logistics management system affecting services across all national customer locations► Re-negotiated national vendor contracts for new services reducing major costs by 35%► Deployed ITIL service strategies and support systems to optimize centralized user support gaining 100% user engagement and acceptance within 4 months► Architected and implemented virtualized infrastructures, cloud communications, and cloud applications for Corporate, Field Services, HR/Safety and Call Center Operations each within 90 days► Developed complex financial models and management reporting systems for financial planning, service pricing, vendor analysis, operational performance scorecards, and employee performance incentives► Led RFP process to select an application development vendor for $1.5M custom logistics system which tracks inbound freight, dock activity and delivery performance

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

► Led the multi-year strategy and execution of $25M combined P&L and CapEx for technology and health & safety supporting more than $2B of investment in operational improvements, new construction and green-field site startup► Drove the virtualization and implementation of network infrastructure and financial systems including Microsoft Dynamics AX, Oracle Hyperion and others across 6 locations for the enterprise to achieve high availability, centralized security and 4-hour deployment of production ready environments at any location► Directly recruited and managed the central corporate IT organization of 12 managers and staff with matrix management responsibility for an additional 25+ remote employees and contractors► Led the design and formation of a corporate IT shared services structure and the internal charge-back rates to effectively allocate centralized IT operating expense to operating business units► Developed and led the standardization of policies, procedures and IT general controls to achieve compliance with SOX requirements resulting in approximately $500K internal and external audit savings

► Formed consulting and managed services company achieving year-over-year profitability averaging over 40% annual revenue growth► Marketed and acquired international clients in North America, Europe, and Asia► Contracted to serve as senior executive - CIO, Technology Strategist, Security Advisor - for public and private companies► Led the evaluation, design, development and implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta) / GP (Great Plains) / NV (Navision) / SL (Solomon)► Architected and implemented international virtual networks and highly-available infrastructures for multi-billion dollar public corporations utilizing best-of-breed solutions from APC, AT&T, Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, Juniper, IBM, MacAfee, Microsoft, Oracle, SolarWinds, Symantec and others► Managed major initiatives for clients in the areas of business and technology strategic planning, custom application development, IT operations management, performance management, business process reengineering, supply chain automation, and organizational planning► Managed regulatory compliance for public, private, and non-profit organizations including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), and No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

► Architected the IT strategy and implemented cloud applications, virtualized financial systems, international network security and SharePoint-enabled processes► Managed all aspects of the design and deployment of the new IT operations required by Franco-Nevada to successfully spinoff from Newmont Mining within the required timeframe► Led the selection, negotiation and management of strategic vendors in the USA and Canada► Developed and maintained IT general controls to achieve compliance with both the Canadian Securities Administrators and the US Securities and Exchange Commission

► Architected and implemented the upgraded network and centralized server infrastructure to integrate all locations into a single domain► Implemented and managed the centralized ERP (Microsoft Dynamics AX) including international consolidations► Collaborated with department leaders to develop budgets and centralize procurement activities► Implemented SOX controls and internal auditing support processes required as company went public

North Ridgeville, Ohio, Us

► Brought in for emergency recovery and rebuild after total network server and domain failure► Implemented new network and server infrastructure and Microsoft domain upgrade► Implemented Microsoft Great Plains ERP on-time, on-budget► Deployed new thermal monitoring for critical production heat-treat operations► Performed advanced cost analysis to identify hidden product line profitability

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

► Rescued failing ERP deployment and management distrust throughout operations across the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore► Led management team through global Six Sigma initiative to identify and capture a $2M cost savings opportunity generated by the ERP re-implementation► Centralized data center operations and implemented a distributed shared-services model for IT operations and support► Designed and implementedalanced Scorecard reporting for operations

► Led rapid P&L growth to exceeding $12MM building services providing Digital Strategy, Corporate Branding, Business Transformation, and Product Development.► Drove international expansion of services to clients in North America, Europe and Asia► Led numerous engagement to transform business processes, adopt new technologies, accelerate decision making, improve financial management and increase profitability► Developed integrated delivery methodologies, sales strategies and new lines of business► Implemented and managed internal budgeting, revenue planning and internal management reporting

Systems Strategy, Enterprise Accounting & ERP System Implementation, and Financial Performance Management leadership for companies worldwide including the Fortune 500. Vendor Relationship Manager and Practice Leader for enterprise systems.

West Hartford, Us

Systems Strategy and Financial Performance Management consultant for companies worldwide including the Fortune 500. Industrial engineer for GM automotive manufacturing and assembly facilities.