Executive level strategist and IT leader with over 25 years of experience across numerous industries. Proven ability to articulate technical concepts to business leaders and leverage technology to drive process improvement. Experience with Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. CORE COMPETENCIES:LEADERSHIP | HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT | COLLABORATION· Possess the ability to quickly gain trust, negotiate business objectives, have a constructive debate, and work directly with other stakeholders and leaders.· A proven track record of developing talent and providing strong leadership, coaching, and mentorship. · Comfortably navigate in a fast-paced environment full of ambiguity, risk, and competition.· Build alignment between business and IT to deliver maximum value from technology investments.· Control the overall cost of IT while making strategic investments in technology, gaining competitive advantage, and building new capabilities for the future.TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT· Assess current technology operations to ensure effectiveness and alignment with business needs.· Identify opportunities to reduce ineffective IT spending.· Implement an IT financial management model, ensuring dollars are put to the best possible use.· Develop a process for communicating the effectiveness of IT operations to build credibility with key business and IT stakeholders.PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGY & EXECUTION· Lead the formulation of the company’s technology vision and product roadmap and communicate the vision and priorities across the company to all.· Play a leading role in evaluating market and technology trends and their implications for the company’s technology vision.CYBERSECURITY | IT RISK MANAGEMENT· Provide vision and leadership for all aspects of IT / IS Risk Management, including initiatives to ensure the security and integrity of business processes, data, systems, and networks and for maintaining an effective Information Security Program across the company.· Assess the security of customer information and the critical data that drives the business.· Prepare for and assist with annual third party audits.· Ensure all key vendor partners have similarly strong Cybersecurity postures.