Running the engine room in a tanker is fabulous training for business because of the demand for leadership, problem solving, and commitment to delivery. John is a proven leader with track record of effectively bridging business operations and information technology to deploy diverse digital transformation solutions across large enterprises. With deep experience in strategy, technology, and operations, John is coaching the CIO of a major State of Texas agency while serving on several boards, including a Smithsonian advisory board. Industries:Financial Services • Public Sector • TransportationKey Roles:• Chief Information Officer – Three assignments in Fidelity’s private equity portfolio• Cybersecurity, digital transformation, back office automation• Industrial Operation and AutomationBig Wins:• Launched an eDelivery program which achieved 5-year savings goal ($60M increase annually) in 3 years• Established cybersecurity program governance which combined the NIST Cybersecurity Framework with a business relevant construct: Customer Protection, Insider Threat, and External Defense • Restored IT operations recovering from 3rd party data center disasterLeadership Skills:• Building effective teams, driving employee engagement • Gaining partnership and resource commitments from line of business peers• Articulating program value propositions in business-relevant terms• Identifying best practices to drive customer adoptionProgram Management Skills:• Establishing program strategy and roadmaps• Designing fair, deployable, and meaningful metrics / scorecards• Writing and presenting effective business cases• Managing a hybrid mix of waterfall and agile methodologiesAnalytic Skills:• Developing quantitative operational models• Identifying relevant patterns / anomalies in data sets• Creating structured data sets from unstructured documents using Excel, et al Systems Development Life Cycle Skills:• Applying product management discipline• Optimizing business processes• Managing offshore developmentJohn volunteers with several community service organizations and has led hurricane/storm restoration work on the ground in Mississippi, New York, Vermont, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama