I am the Chief Technology Officer of Concurrency, a CIO/CTO advisor, a 14x Microsoft MVP, and a frequent speaker at 100s of events and conferences. I help companies look at the mission of their organization through the lens of transformative technology. I have spent the last 21 years advising enterprise organizations on their technology strategy, challenging them to think boldly and with courage. I work hand-in-hand with business and technology leaders to think about their organization’s mission through the lens of technology acceleration. I am an artificial intelligence, innovation, and cloud ecosystems leader, enabling businesses to take advantage of the benefits to bring about operational savings or revenue production. I am on the short-list of Milwaukee/Midwest leaders in IT and contribute both professionally and community-wide enabling tech throughout organizations that promote everyone having a place to make an impact in tech. Having worked with 100s of companies to build technology strategies, I provide executive, strategic, and practical impact.Career accomplishments:• 21 years in consulting, building Concurrency as a successful company• 14x Microsoft MVP, awarded for exemplary engagement in the community• Board member of several organizations, such as CESMII and CEC• 100,000+ attendees aggregately at in-person or online events• Speaker at major conferences, such as Microsoft Ignite, Summerfest Tech, Smart Manufacturing• Recognized expert in M&A transactions for PE firms and enterprise migration• Helped develop a series of cloud best practices used by millions of consumersClient accomplishments:• $100 million revenue increase for a company by reducing time-to-quote with AI• $40 million operational savings yearly by optimizing supply chain with AI• $50 billion in customer revenue flowing through cloud-based enterprise app• $25 million * 10 projects for distributed valuation and financial management firm• M&A split and merger for three different projects total of $20 billion each – roughly 150k em• M&A “playbook” for 10+ acquisitions for the same company totaling $10 billion• M&A split of global provider of financial services of $2 billion• Client guide for a global systems management platform of $1 billion average revenue• AI customer service platform for quickly answering requests