Experience

Fortium Partners

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jun 2022 - Present



Self-employed

• Independent Consultant - Interim CIO and Advisory

  • Jun 2008 - May 2022

  - Interim CIO for a nonprofit association providing leadership training to over 120 countries. Hired to assess IT delivery capabilities and recommend effective actions. Subsequently provided interim leadership and executed a prioritized list of recommendations. Improved internal customer satisfaction score by 70%. Retained by replacement CIO to develop a comprehensive business architecture. - Interim SVP, Strategic Solutions for Marketing Technology Services firm specializing in Data Analytics, and Data Hygiene. Introduced Data Visualization to address a $5MM market for add-on solution services. - Interim CIO for a complex carveout combined with a merger on behalf of a private equity company. Conducted pre-transaction due diligence and valuation and executed post-transaction creation of a “born in the cloud” company. Services included recruiting and structuring the new IT team. Project was completed ahead of time - saving the client $60MM in transition services fees. - Interim CIO for legal publishing company catering to Midwest law firms. Hired to reorganize and modernize IT operations. Successfully re-organized department reducing costs by 30% while achieving measurable benefits in project execution - Advisor to CTO of a Global Fortune 500 Fast Food Company on Mobility strategy and Phase 1 Implementation. Focusing on technology adoption spending saved the company $5MM. - Advised Global PR firm CFO on multimillion-dollar global PeopleSoft implementation resulting in savings of over $2MM. - Advised CTO to execute data center migration for an international brokerage involving application and data migration. This resulted in on-time delivery of a project that was initially 8 weeks behind schedule. - Advisor to CEO of a rapidly growing mid-west bank on governance and quality assurance best practices. Improved on-time and on-budget project delivery records from 40% to 85%. Show less



PriceWateHouse - Coopers (formerly Diamond Management & Technology Consultants)

• Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Principal

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2008

  Advisor to CTO to design and develop a Solutions Delivery Group to support all aspects of the consumer goods distribution business. Reduced delivery costs by 30%. Advisor to CTO to design and develop a Solutions Delivery Group to support all aspects of the consumer goods distribution business. Reduced delivery costs by 30%.



National Opinion Research Center

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO

  • Feb 2004 - May 2007

  - Developed a comprehensive 3-year roadmap for application, data, and infrastructure consolidation. - Developed Business Case to justify the multi-million-dollar investment. Collaborated with CEO, COO, and CFO to obtain buy-in at all levels. Reduced overall IT budget by 15%. - Instituted corporate standards for IT service delivery and governance policies. Established portfolio management guidelines for prioritizing future projects. - Managed 14-month $8MM overhaul of call center operations and platform. Managed full program involving coordinating activities across 3 time zones with offshore development in the UK and Russia.- Managed a 30-person team consisting of architects and engineers. Responsible for all external vendors and provider management and contract negotiation. Show less



CNA Insurance

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Information Officer

  • Jun 2001 - Jan 2004

  - Developed comprehensive product market strategy in collaboration with Group CIO and executive management targeted at achieving 2X growth in NOI in 5 years. Achieved goals in 2 years along with a reduction of 300 basis points in operating costs. - Developed IT strategy and 4-year roadmap to support business strategy. Roadmap consisted of a services-oriented architecture involving application consolidation and database rationalization, the introduction of e-business technologies, data warehousing, business intelligence, IVR, and imaging. - Managed overall matrix team of 80 staff and 40 consultants and an annual IT operating budget of $30m. - Delivered on all projects planned for the period prior to the division being successfully divested to The Hartford. Spin-off provided an $800m infusion of reserve capital to CNA. Completed projects 5% under budget and 95% on schedule. Show less



DXC Technology (formerly known as CSC)

• Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Principal

  • Jul 1991 - May 2001