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Amazon best selling author of Driving Digital, The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology. Successful CIO leading digital transformation, innovation, agile, and data science programs in multiple organizations. Delivered new revenue generating products and drove efficiencies through data programs. Transformed underperforming businesses by investing in strategic technologies, enabling agile practices, outsourcing commodity services and establishing performance metrics. Recognized as a top 100 social CIO, blogger, and industry speaker. • Spearhead change and establish entrepreneurial culture by leading vision, strategy and execution of product and application development practices on SaaS, analytics, and content products. • Deliver innovative solutions by leveraging experience in diverse industries: B2B financial information services, construction management information, B2C business/financial publications, digital advertising, media, SaaS technology providers, travel, genetics and health care; in early stage, entrepreneurial and mid-tier enterprises. • Accelerate product development, delivery and release processes by leading agile methodology and business culture; focus on business/IT collaboration yielding product improvements that engage customers. • Create enterprise data view by connecting CRM, financial, marketing and other data sources and enabling business data scientists to self-develop business intelligence dashboards. • Optimize IT organizational performance through training, mentoring, selective hiring; lead blended internal/outsourced/offshore teams and establish vendor management practices to ensure service level quality.

* Corporate Chief Information Officer with substantial in-house experience on Recruiting and Sales Strategy having come from the Business side of the house. High premium on using technology to drive the business and make operations more efficient. •Corporate Vice President of Training with broad experience in all aspects of how to recruit, technology training, social networking strategy, salary & fee negotiation and time management. Direct experience with Staffing & Publishing Industries. •Guest speaker, Board Member, Teacher and Mentor to a wide variety of business professionals and students in both the Public and Non-Profit Sector. •Particularly interested in database design and use of Social Networking tools to drive business. •Certified Predictive Index (PI) Behavioral Analyst focused on individual behavior as it relates to corporate performance in the workplace. . Specialties: Teaching, Coaching, Mentoring, Technology for the non-technical, Recruiting Strategy, use of Social Media, Behavioral Analysis, Process Efficency

30 years of Digital Technology Leadership experience with Fortune 500 Companies with industry expertise in Healthcare, Retail and Industrial. Have experience in digital marketing, sales automation, product development and customer experience. Led major enterprise-wide digital transformation for resulting in revenue growth, customer growth, improving customer/user experience and productivity improvements.