Innovative, strategic, transformational senior executive with a rare combination of very strong executive leadership skills combined with deep technical ability. Significant expertise/experience in:• Building and leading large teams that are distributed worldwide • Establishing the strategic vision for the team and executing on that vision• Developing and implementing comprehensive information security programs• Building, running and securing SaaS services, cloud platforms and infrastructures• Creating Big Data environments that process both real-time and batch data• Using metrics to drive operational excellence• Transforming engineering organizations with agile development and continuous delivery• Significantly raising the bar on organizational performance• Revamping hiring processes as needed in a competitive environment • Challenging conventional thinking and creating innovative solutions to real business problems• Collaborating with other senior executives to maximize business outcomes• Partnering with customers to deliver products and services that delight • Giving employees a great environment to work in and making them feel valued• Finding and focusing on the right critical priorities for the organization--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Connection notes: I generally only respond to connection requests if I know you well enough so that, after 5 years of zero contact, I'd still remember who you are. Apologies in advance to those who just like to connect to as many people as possible. And, if I reply to your connection request asking "Do I know you?" - that's a bad sign. For an even better explanation, see:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140505155709-1244-to-connect-or-not-connect-this-is-the-question?trk=object-title)