Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
Strategic technology leader with expertise in Data, Analytics and Intelligence, driving transformative business impact through visionary leadership and measurable growth. Proven track record of building high-performing teams, executing complex technology initiatives, and leveraging business acumen to create innovative solutions. Skilled at developing comprehensive Data and Analytic strategies that align technology vision with organizational objectives, while consistently delivering excellence in execution and fostering collaborative partnerships across business and technology domains. Key strengths include: • Data, Analytics and AI Strategy Development • Technology Leadership • High-Performance Team Building • Business Impact and Growth Optimization • Operational Excellence • Cross-Functional Collaboration
Data, Analytics and AI Strategy Development: • Pioneered a comprehensive data, analytics and AI strategy that transformed the organization's approach to data-driven decision-making, expanding the technical function from a limited scope to a value-generating enterprise capability. • Led the development of a holistic vision that integrated data, analytics, and intelligence to drive business growth. Technology Leadership: • Elevated the data and AI team from 140 to 450 employees and contractors, establishing a world-class technology organization with end-to-end capabilities in descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. • Drove technological innovation by promoting excellence in engineering and delivering production-grade solutions that directly aligned with and supported business objectives. High-Performance Team Building: • Cultivated a high-performing, diverse leadership team with deep expertise in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence. • Implemented Lean and Agile principles to create autonomous, transparent, and collaborative product-based teams. • Developed a culture of trust, innovation, and continuous improvement across the technology organization. Business Impact and Growth Optimization: • Delivered business growth and cost avoidance use cases through data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions. • Managed a €60M annual budget with a demonstrable substantial return on investment. • Created a single source of truth that empowered business users to make informed decisions and optimize operations. Operational Excellence: • Established robust data governance frameworks, including data literacy, stewardship, and comprehensive lineage. • Developed enterprise-level data products that enhanced decision-making capabilities. Cross-Functional Collaboration: • Built symbiotic relationships with business stakeholders across EMEA and global markets. • Served on EMEA Technology and Global Data and AI leadership teams, driving strategic vision.
Established and Scaled Global Software Development Centers: • Pioneered Johnson & Johnson Technology's first Software Development Centre, strategically expanding to five global locations across Ireland, China, Brazil, and North America. • Led comprehensive center establishment, encompassing talent acquisition, stakeholder engagement, and demonstrating significant return on investment. • Successfully reduced operational costs while accelerating high-quality software solution delivery. Global Technology Leadership: • Directed a multinational software development team of 350 employees, focusing on SAP, mobile, web, advanced data analytics and machine learning. • Implemented cutting-edge Lean and Agile methodologies within a complex regulatory environment. • Developed proprietary software solutions across enterprise-wide critical business domains. • Internalized mission-critical intellectual property from software suppliers and vendors. Organizational Culture and Innovation: • Championed diversity and inclusion through sponsorship of WiSTEM2D and Women in Leadership programs. • Created a psychologically safe workplace environment promoting employee autonomy and empowerment. • Strategically managed financial aspects of development centers through optimized global pricing strategies.
Cloud Transformation and Scalability Initiative: • Successfully led enterprise-wide cloud migration of mission-critical educational platforms serving 30 million users, transitioning from traditional data center infrastructure to AWS cloud-native SaaS architecture. • Engineered robust, high-performance cloud infrastructure ensuring 99.99% application availability, scalability, and enhanced security posture. • Reduced infrastructure operational costs by 40% through strategic cloud optimization and modernization strategies. Technology Team Development and Engineering Excellence: • Assembled and led a comprehensive technology team of 300 senior software engineers and specialized technical resources across on-site and offshore locations. • Transformed legacy platform infrastructure into modern, cloud native. Established world-class software engineering practices including: • Test-driven development. • Systematic code review processes. • Continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. • Performance optimization frameworks. • Comprehensive security vulnerability management Comprehensive security vulnerability management. Technology Governance and Best Practices: • Implemented cutting-edge automation strategies to enhance software development lifecycle efficiency. • Developed comprehensive security risk mitigation protocols. • Created standardized engineering guidelines promoting code quality, maintainability, and operational resilience.
• Managed a technical team of 20 software engineers to support the operational and strategic requirements across call center and production facilities, with the requisite budgetary planning and management. • Designed, engineered, and implemented solutions for the Microsoft MSDN/TechNet programs including a Data Warehouse.
Managed an engineering team conducting incremental development and support on internal financial systems. Managed environment configuration including object creation and version control for a major systems implementation.