Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area
When ERP programs stall, M&A integrations get complicated, or AI initiatives never move beyond pilots, I help turn them into measurable business results. I’m a CIO and enterprise technology leader with 20+ years of experience leading complex transformations across ERP, enterprise applications, AI, and M&A integration. My focus is making technology work for the business, not just keeping the lights on. What I do: → ERP & Enterprise Applications. Lead-to-Cash, finance, and operations modernization across Oracle, NetSuite, Salesforce, and ServiceNow. I’ve helped retire legacy PeopleSoft and Oracle EBS environments and migrate to modern cloud ecosystems, delivering multi-million dollar annual savings. → AI Enablement. Practical automation, not hype. I’ve helped drive up to 90% reduction in manual work across finance, RevOps, and supply chain through AI-enabled workflows built on enterprise application platforms. → M&A Integration. Seven acquisitions and divestitures since 2019, including $3B+ transactions. TSA exits in three months. Full IT integrations in five. Zero downtime. → Governance & Scale. Public company and PE-backed environments, including SOX, SOC ITGC, CapEx/OpEx governance, and board-level reporting. I’ve led these transformations across $500M+ SaaS, $1B manufacturing, financial services, and regulated healthcare environments, managing global teams across North America, EMEA, and APAC. Member: Forbes Technology Council | Harvard Business Review Advisory Council If you're leading a transformation, integration, or AI enablement initiative and need someone who has done it before, let's connect. Open to CIO, SVP/VP Digital & IT, and Enterprise Applications roles across the U.S. and Canada.
Building the enterprise advisory practice and AI-enabled governance platform that solves the problem I spent 24 years watching destroy programs: undocumented processes, unowned master data, and governance that exists on slides but not in practice. Thriven operates across three divisions: ▸ Enterprise Advisory Independent advisory to C-suite leaders navigating ERP implementations, M&A integrations, and AI transformation programs. Fixed-fee engagements. No SI conflicts. The hard questions nobody else is positioned to ask. ▸ Governance Platform (patent pending) An AI-enabled business process intelligence platform that captures process knowledge bottom-up from operational contributors, maps it against industry blueprints, detects gaps and SOD violations, generates RACI ownership, maps SOX controls, and orchestrates MDM templates derived directly from documented processes. Built for enterprise readiness before ERP, AI, or M&A initiatives. ▸ Career & Mindset Coaching For senior professionals navigating the AI era. Positioning, transition strategy, and the mindset shift from employee to builder. Core focus areas: Process governance · Master data orchestration · SOX compliance readiness · AI enablement & human-in-loop design · ERP readiness · M&A integration advisory · PE portfolio transformation Serving US, Canada & global markets · 100% remote