Delivering business and IT transformations in startup and Fortune 10 environments. Proven record of large scale organizational transformation to Agile & DevSecOps resulting in significant improvements to quality, speed, and cost. Recent successes in security to include Identification & Authentication, Threat Analytics, and securing software and data from hackers and fraud. Successful history in leading large, complex initiatives that solve business problems and facilitate a variety of business goals, including reducing overall costs per subscriber, launching major LTE products, revolutionary devices, and driving the company to become an API provider. Significant acquisition and divestiture experience from complex technology & IP purchases to multibillion-dollar company and customer acquisitions to SEC/FCC mandated divestitures at a rapid pace. Patent-holder with extensive R&D background. Led creation of platforms that managed emerging devices from Apple and Amazon. Facilitated new revenue growth through leadership in the converged OSS/BSS space of integrated services, balance management, LTE policy management, and online charging.Leader and trusted mentor. Managed global IT organizations of up to 2500 people. Known for inspiring loyalty and creating environments where innovation thrives and individual/team ideas make a significant impact on an organization. Extensive R&D experience including as CIO for a start-up company that grew from 3 employees to 200+ and was successfully sold after obtaining two rounds of venture capital funding. Prioritizing IT InvestmentsProtecting Technology-related AssetsOperational Cost SavingsSystems Consolidations, Conversions, MigrationsNew Product Planning and Roll-OutArchitecture, Development & TestSecuring data, encryption, Identity and AuthenticationTalent Identification and Leadership DevelopmentGlobal Workforce Management Start-up strategies, Funding and Exit PlanningTechnology Merger, Acquisitions, & Divestitures