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Austin, Texas, United States

• Lead a team in developing strategic technology initiatives aligning with organizational goals.• Enhance technology frameworks for short-term functionality and long-term growth.• Cultivate an innovative culture for continuous improvement and proactive problem-solving.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Directed the IT budget, cloud/server infrastructure, data center services, and performance management teams. • Spearheaded operational improvements that increased efficiency, reduced costs, and improved service quality across multiple IT platforms. • Built and led cross-functional teams that drove the adoption of strategic technology initiatives, significantly enhancing operational capabilities and business outcomes. • Championed a data-driven culture, integrating advanced analytics into strategic decision-making processes to optimize performance and growth. • Tackled complex business challenges and forged key strategic partnerships.

Austin, Texas

Guide the strategic vision to advance technology strategy, streamline operational efficiency, and drive digital and business transformation across multiple divisions. Plan and execute cross-functional projects, programs, and business initiatives to enable long-term success. Implement processes, tools, frameworks, and best practices to uncover gaps and drive alignment.- People Management. Coach, develop, and lead a team of 30 inspiring a culture of inclusion, innovation, and growth.- Strategic Planning. Provide thought leadership in strategic and annual planning, emerging technology, IT governance, trend analysis, forecasting, financial analysis, modeling, reporting, and budget management ($1.5M+).- Change Agent. Drive strategic planning, working in partnership with cross-functional leaders to define strategic priorities, action plans, KPI’s, and incorporate data-driven insights to continually evolve, transform, and improve.- Project & Program Management. Direct the leadership and vision for complex, high profile projects. Own detailed analysis, vendor management, research, development, and process engineering to design sustainable new programs. - Innovation. Saved $25M+ for Texas taxpayers by modernizing products, projects, and processes while advancing the employee and customer experience.

Austin, Texas

Shaped IT strategy, roadmaps, processes, design, architecture, and modernization. Enabled continuous improvement and cross-functional alignment through detailed data analysis and IT reporting. Forecasted and managed a $1.5M+ budget. Partnered with IT Division Chief to improve IT operations, cost effectiveness, service quality, and IT operational efficiency. - Long-Term Vision. Played a key role in developing agency-wide strategies, policies, and procedures.- Technology Advancement. Drove transformation through competitive analysis, technology modernization, and current/future project and program management. Served as expert in service development, delivery, and deployment.- Project & Product Portfolio Management. Planned, organized, and managed complex technical products while operationalizing priorities across the agency. Leveraged automation, BI, and ML to drive improvements.- Continuous Improvement. Implemented data-driven improvements to increase derived value of strategic business and technology initiatives. Leveraged data analytics and reporting to improve performance and solve complex problems.- Risk Management. Identified and managed existing/emerging risks, and established best practices to address gaps.

Austin, Texas

Drove forward the technology strategy to produce long-term growth and efficiency across the agency. Analyzed industry trends, uncovered technology gaps, and worked with cross-functional teams to improve technology, systems, and products. Created planning documents to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations. Owned the risk assessment process.- Budget Management. Planned and managed resources and $110M+ CapEx/OpEx budget.- Analysis & Reporting. Leveraged in depth analysis, reporting and actionable insights to persuasively recommend technology and strategies to enhance organizational agility and drive operational excellence.

Austin, Texas

Managed technology contracts, analysis, forecasting, budgeting, planning, and reporting to advance technology. Managed a $28M data center services contract while handling cost accounting, processes, and controls to ensure contract ROI.- Financial Model. Informed future decision making by creating a financial planning model and consolidation methodology which reduced invoice validation cycle time from 4 weeks to 2 days and reduced budget variance to >5%.

Austin, Texas

Coached, developed, and led a team of 25 program coordinators to design, develop, and continually improve innovative grant programs. Oversaw a $1M operating budget, forecasting, financial management, and compliance reporting. Ensured contract compliance with federal, state, local, and funding policies. Designed a contractor performance evaluation process.- Analytical Planning. Advanced financial/operational success by developing budgets, strategies, business plans, and reports to forecast resources, budget, and operating needs and expenses. - Strategic Partnerships. Built relationships with program stakeholders (City of Austin, AISD teams, contracts, community groups, parents, students, volunteers, outside partners) to drive forward organizational goals.- Team Leader. Hired, mentored, and led seven teams of employees and volunteers.

Austin, Texas

Cerificate, Managerial Leadership

Certificate, Executive Leadership For Information Technology Excellence (Elite)

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Bachelors, Creative Design