*** I am not currently interested in full-blown IT strategy facilitation engagements. I will consider advisory engagements in and around the need for & development of effective organizational IT strategies. ***I really hate it when I hear senior managers tell me they are not happy with their IT team. It does not have to and should not be that way. What I want to hear and what I should hear is how IT got the job done despite whatever challenges they faced. I help companies build IT departments that get the job done each and every day. I've accomplished this throughout my career by bringing senior management, line management and staff together in a strategic planning process that establishes clear and compelling priorities for IT and addresses the critical gaps across people, process and technology that get in the way of company success. *** All consulting services can be provided remotely *** If there is a lack of satisfaction with your IT team, one or more of the following common problems may sound familiar. If they do, please contact me so we can discuss what can be done to address them and restore trust and respect in IT: • IT deliverables are often late and over budget • The backlog of report requests has business areas frequently creating their own reports, causing data quality and clarity issues • Sometimes managers and executives don't bother to ask IT for information they need• Unclear priorities among competing IT initiatives result in wasted resources and loss of focus• Thrashing among IT projects due to crisis-driven priorities results in lost energy, time and money • Funding and executing some IT projects based on the name/title of the project sponsor(s) results in allocating scarce resources to strategically less important projects • Time, capital and effort are wasted on IT projects that lack a clear strategic purpose • Failure to prioritize multiple “top” priority projects in IT results in key business needs not being addressed • Turnover of IT staff is costly and it takes many months to fully onboard new staff • Managers and executives are frustrated by competing and conflicting numbers and analyses across reports and departments• There is plenty of data, finding the right data and figuring out what it all means is another story• Sometimes senior management doesn’t trust the data they receive requiring extensive manual effort to provide confidence