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Mary Ellen Woods

Leadership Coach at Braven
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Seasoned IT leader with 30+ years of experience in leadership, strategy, and operations.
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Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States, US
Skills
  • It Strategy
  • Strategy
  • Leadership
  • It Management
  • Enterprise Software
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Mary Ellen Woods is a seasoned IT professional with 30+ years of experience in leadership, strategy, and operations. She has held various roles in IT, including CIO, Software CTO, and VP & CIO, and has provided consulting services focusing on social enterprise leadership. She has a strong background in IT management, governance, and integration, and has worked with companies such as HP, Veolia Water NA, and Woods Advisory Services.

Experience

  • Braven
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States
    • Leadership Coach
      • Jan 2024 - Present
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States

      I served as a Leadership Coach for a cohort of National Louis University students. We worked to ensure that they had the skills and experience necessary to get a good first job, an internship or graduate school acceptance.

  • University of Notre Dame
    • Fellow, Inspired Leadership Initiative (ILI)
      • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

      I have recently completed a year of scholarship, reflection and design focusing on social entrepreneurship, educational equity and journalism. Mentored award-winning student entrepreneurs through ND’s incubator – The IDEA Center and the McCloskey Business Plan Competition.Wrote a bi-weekly column for The Observer, the Notre Dame student newspaper with a circulation of 15,000. Recognized as "best of the week" for four of 14 columns.Helped Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship candidates prepare for successful final interviews.

  • Woods Advisory Services
    • Chicago
    • Managing Director
      • 2014 - 2021
      • Chicago

      Provided consulting services focusing on social enterprise leadership. An operations-focused leader, delivering practical solutions, emphasizing best practices at best cost. Prior to ILI, Mary Ellen spent her career as a CIO leading large corporate IT teams.

  • HP
    • Software CTO
      • 2012 - 2013

      Recruited to partner with super-global General Electric. Accelerated value from investments in HP Software. HP divested the Software division in 2016.

  • Veolia Water NA
    • VP & CIO
      • 2009 - 2011

      Directed all aspects of IT strategy, operations and execution. Led the North American CIO Council. Managed capital and operating budgets of $50 million and a staff of 250. Responded to challenge by CEO to grow revenue by 200%.

  • Woods Advisory Services
    • Greater Chicago Area
    • Consultant
      • 2007 - 2008
      • Greater Chicago Area

  • Brunswick Corporation
    • Various, IT
      • 2005 - 2007

      Various roles in IT at Corporate and Life Fitness

  • RR Donnelley
    • Director, IT
      • 2002 - 2003

  • J. C. Whitney
    • Director, IT
      • 2000 - 2002

  • Smurfit-Stone Container
    • Division CIO
      • 1993 - 2002

  • Inland Steel
    • Manager
      • 1982 - 1993

Education

  • University of Notre Dame
    Inspired Leadership Initiative
  • Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago
    MPP, Finance
  • University of Notre Dame
    BA, Government

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