Senior technology executive with broad operations experience and a proven track record of leading strategic business initiatives that deliver bottom-line value while reducing expenses. A strong, focused leader committed to building high performance teams that deliver results through innovative solutions designed to meet critical organizational, process, and technology challenges. Significant experience in mergers and acquisitions with a reputation for successfully integrating business units and cultures. A highly ethical leader who has earned the trust and confidence of CEO’s, Boards of Directors and Executive Management teams. Selected accomplishments include:• Technology Leadership – Full accountability for a global IT staff of 130 with a budget of $40 million. Supported 150 local offices globally using standardized business applications and network infrastructure enabling efficient work sharing and communication across the world.• Managing Business Growth – Key member of the executive leadership team that successfully grew the firm from $20M to over a billion dollars in top line revenue.• Innovation – Created the first CIO role and held that leadership position for more than 20 years. Chairman of a new operating company in India whose mission was to provide lower cost IT services to all CDM group companies. • Business Diversification – Anticipated and supported the firm’s technology infrastructure as it grew from a U.S. Northeast based regional entity to a diversified global company.• Mergers/Acquisitions/Integration – Participated in the due diligence for over 60 acquisitions and led the successful technology integration of the acquired firms onto standard platforms with cohesive technical teams. The largest and most recent of these was a $180 million top line revenue company that was integrated into the parent in 9-months with immediate cost savings exceeding $1M.
Listed skills include Strategy, It Strategy, Management, Leadership, and 26 others.