CIO / SENIOR IT EXECUTIVE• Two decades of intrapreneurial leadership experience developing innovative technology platforms and teams to support rapid business growth, increase productivity, and reduce business risk• Five years involved in M/A of companies on both sides of transactions• Strong understanding of business and operations enables optimal alignment of IT with both strategic objectives and unforeseen needs.• Strength in cutting overall IT costs more than 60%, including storage, projects, and research.• Proven ability to slash application build cycle time by 90% by standardizing and simplifying development.• Knowledge of an array of enterprise hardware, software, operating systems, networks, cloud systems, collaboration tools, security solutions, and programming languages. Details available on request.• Passion for coaching international youth soccer underpins a teamwork philosophy of winning by getting all team members to play at their best.• Demonstrated competencies in:Efficiency Methods Risk Assessment & MitigationData Reporting Systems Team Building & LeadershipCloud Environments Business Continuity & Disaster RecoveryApplications & Database Development Software Selection & MigrationData Storage Management IT Audit Leadership & ComplianceContract Negotiation Vendor Selection & Management
Gabstin Llc
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Chief Technology OfficerGabstin Llc Jan 2021 - PresentIT venture capital consultant with a strong background in technology and business strategy. Analyzed and evaluated investment opportunities, conducted market research, and developed financial models. Proven track record of identifying and securing profitable investments in early-stage startups. Worked as CTO/Advisor to two pre-seed startups. • Financial modeling and forecasting • Investment strategy development • Negotiation and valuation of technology products • Organization and team management • Business development and growth strategy • Technology and Market evaluation and analysis • Led development of MVP
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Chief Technology OfficerKathy Kuo Home Feb 2020 - Mar 2021Ny, Ny, UsOversaw all IT functions for the E-Retailer and worked with CEO to resign the organization during a high growth period. Revenue jumped 800% in 1 year and employees went from 20 to 150Redesigned workflow for many of the business operational teams allowing greater efficiencies and tracking. Designed and led implementation of Salesforce platform to replace home grown system. This included marketing, CRM, and ERP systems.Renegotiated contracts resulting in a yearly saving of over $4MM.Created a system of controls to enable company to acquire necessary funding.Mentored junior team members in non IT functions to align overall business and personal goals.Managed IT systems that went from hosting $12MM in annual revenue to $100MM in annual revenueLed engagements with all vendors and developer teams including all contract negotiations. -
Svp/CioSesac Oct 2014 - Apr 2019UsOversaw all IT functions and budgets, directing 100 resources, for this US-based music rights organization that collects for both mechanical and performing rights. Represented Sesac to CISAC.• Built the largest music rights database in the world running over 1 trillion calculations per month, distributing over $800,000,000 per year.• Identified efficiency improvements and cost savings, including saving the portfolio $2M and reducing monthly calculation time to 24 hrs. (from 37 days) by moving to cloud-based computing.• Reduced OPEX by over 60%.• Led the technology due diligence for the $25MM acquisition of Harry Fox.• Led the all technology components during Blackstone’s purchase of Sesac in 2017 for $1.3B.• Wrote and Implemented all SSAE audit compliance policies and procedures.• Served as the CIO of a Pan European joint venture with SUISA (Mint).• Built a royalty reporting system that allowed publishers real time access to 6 billion rows of statement data. -
Global Head It AssuranceReed Elsevier Apr 2013 - Oct 2014London, Uk, GbLed IT auditing globally for this FTSE 25 company (with a $3B IT budget and 17,000 employees in 108 countries) that holds Elsevier, Reed Business, Lexis Nexis, Lexis Nexis Risk, and Reed Exhibitions. Reported to the Board of Directors on IT strategy and compliance for areas with $30MM in material impact.• Identified $60MM in annual cost savings opportunities and collaborated with the CIOs to implement efficiencies.• Convinced the subsidiary CIOs to move from owned data centers to AWS, saving tens of millions of dollars.• Engaged the corporate security team to close security weaknesses.• Led the IT component of the Due Diligence exercise in the acquisition of 34 companies -
Senior Director It OperationsValue Line Llc Jul 2012 - Apr 2013Top IT executive position, reported to CDO and directed 34 resources, all IT functions, and budgets.• Changed development group to hybrid onshore/offshore structure reducing development cycles by 50% for same cost • Stabilized infrastructure eliminating non planned downtime within 60 days by instituting private cloud server environment• Led training for PMO office to elevate their understanding of Project Process and Reporting by using PMP principles
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Vp Corporate ItMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia Feb 2006 - Jun 2012New York, Ny, UsOversee all aspects of Corporate IT. Including all Financial Applications, Development, Servers, Networks, VOIP , Customer Service and all IT compliance. -
Director Corp ItMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia Feb 2006 - Mar 2009New York, Ny, Us
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Director ItHoulihan Lawrence Jan 2001 - Feb 2006Rye Brook, New York, UsOversaw all IT aspects for the company. During my time there I drove down IT spend 40% while increasing many services. Was incremental in the expansion of the company for 24 to 40 locations
Stephen Rollins Education Details
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St. John'S University -
Stony Brook University
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Stephen Rollins works for Gabstin Llc
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Stephen Rollins's current role is CIO / SENIOR IT EXECUTIVE.
What schools did Stephen Rollins attend?
Stephen Rollins attended St. John's University, Stony Brook University.
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