Houston, Texas, United States
Strategic technology executive with 12+ years of progressive leadership converting enterprise IT into a measurable driver of business growth, cost efficiency, and organizational scale. Repeatedly recruited to build technology functions from the ground up at organizations where infrastructure, governance, and security programs did not exist — delivering results that register on the income statement, not just the IT dashboard. Operates as a trusted advisor to the C-suite: at Wonderfield Group, served as the direct technology partner to the Global CEO, CIO, and CFO — translating capital forecasting, ROI analysis, and 5-year technology strategy into executive decisions that shaped the direction of a 2,500+ location global franchise enterprise. Brings rare convergence of financial stewardship ($4M+ budget, $900K first-year savings, $1.5M in negotiated rebates), enterprise compliance depth (SOX, J-SOX, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR), and modern platform fluency — paired with the leadership range to build high-performing teams and the executive presence to represent technology strategy at the highest levels of an organization. Core platforms and technologies: Microsoft Azure • Entra ID • Intune • Autopilot • Microsoft 365 • Dynamics 365 BC • Microsoft Fabric • Power BI • Microsoft Copilot • Copilot Studio • SharePoint Online • Exchange Online • Windows Server • Hyper-V • FortiGate • Cisco Meraki • VMware ESXi • VEEAM • ConnectWise • Azure DevOps • Kubernetes • SQL Server • PostgreSQL • Supabase • PowerShell • Python • Salesforce • HubSpot • NetSuite • Okta • JAMF • Datadog • Splunk Open to Director of IT, VP of IT, Head of IT, VP of Technology, CIO, and senior IT leadership opportunities in Houston and remote.on.
Partnered with Executive Leadership to build and govern a $4M+ annual technology budget — introducing multi-year capital forecasting and ROI frameworks that brought IT investment into alignment with enterprise financial planning and consistently delivered below projected spend. – Identified and captured $900K in first-year cost savings by evaluating the full technology portfolio, consolidating redundant systems, and renegotiating vendor contracts – Negotiated $1.5M in vendor rebates to self-fund a new enterprise connectivity strategy across 2,500+ franchise locations, eliminating the need for additional capital allocation and delivering the program at net-zero incremental cost to the business. – Developed and presented a 5-year technology and AI automation roadmap to senior leadership, translating infrastructure investment decisions into projected business outcomes aligned with growth strategy and NIST compliance requirements. – Directed the selection and global launch of FranConnect CRM across all brands, stabilizing franchisee data integrity and giving regional leadership reliable visibility into franchise operations for the first time. – Consolidated the company's collaboration infrastructure from Google Workspace into Microsoft 365 with zero-trust security architecture — eliminating a redundant platform, reducing licensing overhead, and achieving 98.9% uptime for 150+ users across a fully remote international workforce. – Reduced employee onboarding time by 35% and integrated 50+ new hires in 12 months by designing a fully automated onboarding pipeline using AI agents to manage provisioning, training sequencing, and system access. – Owned enterprise security, risk, and audit governance — achieving and maintaining full compliance with SOX, J-SOX, and ISO 27001, directly supporting the organization's financial reporting obligations and audit readiness posture.
Oversee all company Technology and Software Organized and coordinated Onboarding for all new associates Purchase and maintain inventory for all hardware and associate equipment in an international fully remote environment Manage all shipping and logistics for a multi-national team Maintain Auditing and accounting for all SaaS and cloud based systems Enforce IT security policies and best practices throughout the company Create company founding documentation for IT Security and use policies Create Runbooks and documentation on Company operations and software in use Administer company website and social operations Served as sole point of contact for all company end user support requests and needs
• Manage and oversee all day-to-day IT operations. • Deploy and structure new encrypted password management system. • Reorganize, structure, and manage AMS360 agency management software. • Responsible for onboarding and off-boarding of employees when necessary. • Create lead funnel and optimize sales and renewal pipeline in agency zoom. • Manage transition company from ADP to Paycor payroll management software. • Build Company recruiting platform and recruit new hires and manage project of new company website. • Coordinate company marketing events, create and manage Zoho CRM platform for contact management. • Negotiate and manage all company outsourcing contracts and create Employee KPI and Commission Structure. • Build a fully AMS integrated targeted email marketing platform for new, existing, and prospective client marketing. • Introduce methods for tracking project management, workload planning and corporate business performance metrics. • Complete overhaul and upgrade of all internal IT infrastructure and perform Network Hardening and Penetration testing. • Design workflow process for company outsourcing team, manage SEO, PPC, and social media advertisement and marketing.
• Managed all company IT operations and overhaul Buildertrend Project Management Software. • Collaborated on IT infrastructure design for new commercial construction projects. • Organized all IT functions around partnerships to better support business unit goals. • Designed and rolled out automated process for Sub-Contractor onboarding and document management. • Mobilized industry specific keyword and PPC advertising campaigns to target industry decision makers and partners. • Structured Expensify expense management software to decrease over one million dollars in uncategorized project expenses. • Performed website analytics and user interaction optimization, designed & created new company portfolio and marketing materials.
• Organize Cloud Beds Hotel management system for bookings and check-ins. • Build and integrate Whistle automated text messaging platform for hotel management. • Lead coordination of complete hotel rebrand and completed graphical design of hotel marketing materials. • Create ZOHO CRM platform for manage social media outreach, contact management, and targeted email campaigns. • Design and develop new company website and created lead funnel resulting in a 20% increase in confirmed bookings. • Configure Google, Facebook, and ZOHO analytics to track lead conversion.