Victor M. Font Jr.

Strategic Technology Leader | Fractional CIO | IT & Cyber Governance Expert | Published Author | FedRAMP Readiness | Board-Level Advisory | Digital Transformation & Enterprise WordPress / Formidable Forms Specialist

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

About

[email protected] ☎ 1-919-604-5828 ♦ Author: Cybersecurity Governance: A Boardroom Blueprint, The Alien Deception Chronicles, The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC, and many more. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Victor-M-Font-Jr/author/B00DW7KVK2 ♦ Served on the North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. ♦ Co-Founder of North Carolina Executive Roundtable Technology leadership is not about systems. It is about stewardship. I lead organizations through complex digital transformation by aligning strategy, governance, and execution. My work sits at the intersection of enterprise architecture, cybersecurity governance, and operational accountability — where technology must not only function, but defend, scale, and produce measurable business value. Over the course of my career, I have led large-scale initiatives across heterogeneous technology environments, guiding teams through the full systems development lifecycle while holding P&L and budgeting responsibility exceeding $70 million. I have served in hands-on engineering roles, architectural leadership positions, and executive decision-making capacities—giving me a rare dual fluency in both boardroom priorities and production realities. My focus areas include: • Enterprise IT governance and defensible oversight • Digital transformation strategy and modernization • Complex systems integration across diverse platforms • Secure, scalable application architecture • Financial stewardship and operational accountability I build technology organizations that operate as strategic business partners—not cost centers. That means translating risk into clarity, complexity into structure, and innovation into competitive advantage. I am particularly energized by the future of computing: the convergence of governance, security, automation, and enterprise software architecture. The organizations that thrive in this era will be those that treat technology not as infrastructure, but as institutional leverage. If your organization is navigating growth, regulatory pressure, modernization, or structural complexity, I bring the strategic lens and execution discipline to move from activity to measurable outcome.

Experience

  • Strengthening Governance. Enabling Resilience. Building Defensibility. at CyberGovernanceCenter.com
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Cybersecurity Governance Strategist specializing in Defensible Oversight Evidence aligned to Federal-Grade Frameworks for Boards, Executive Leadership, and Judicial Programs. Founder: CyberGovernanceCenter Author of Cybersecurity Governance: A Boardroom Blueprint: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1624220614

  • Chief Executive Officer at Victor Font Consulting Group, LLC
    Jan 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 7 mos

    I help enterprises and visionary leaders translate complex business challenges into measurable digital solutions — on time, on budget, and engineered for scale.

  • Author / Professional IT Services & WordPress Consulting / Leadership Development / 919-604-5828 at Victorfont.com
    Jan 2010 - Present · 16 yrs 7 mos

    ♦ Founding board member of the North Carolina Executive Roundtable • Explore, assist and advise on a breadth of current business affecting issues including green technologies such as smart grid, solar PV, alternative fuels, e-business opportunities, etc. ♦ Author: "The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC,” 408 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9855666-4-7 • A complete and ready-to-adapt system development life cycle that covers every aspect of system development from project inception to production and everything in between. Available as an eBook for years, it stands as the most complete and comprehensive guide of its kind. ♦ Author: "Winning With WordPress Basics," 128 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9855666-0-9 • The Winning with WordPress series is designed for all levels of user and covers WordPress up to the latest Version 3.4 release. The "Basics" is for new to intermediate WordPress Users. Learn everything you need to successfully install and manage your own WordPress powered site. Includes handy tips and tricks that introduce you to Search Engine Optimization and other valuable techniques to help you maximize your presence on the World Wide Web. ♦ Author: "Winning With The SDLC: Best Practices," 102 pages, ISBN: 978-1-62422-001-2 • Winning With The SDLC: Best Practices examines and compares 12 of the world's most popular system development methodologies to synthesize the best practices from each. ♦ Author: "Winning With The SDLC: Requirements," 170 pages, ISBN: 978-1-62422-002-9 • Getting requirements right is an evolutionary process, not an exercise in filling out a template. Winning With The SDLC: Requirements teaches best practice techniques, processes and procedures that are proven to produce requirements maturity and maximize project success. ♦ Registered facilitator of the Lead Like Jesus one-day encounter workshop. ♦ Volunteer at Colonial JobSeekers. Steering Committee member and IT Special Interest Group leader ♦ Volunteer in outreach music ministry.

  • Chief Information Officer at XelAqua, Inc.
    Apr 2014 - Dec 2020 · 6 yrs 9 mos

    At XelAqua, we seek profound opportunities for improving industrial water/wastewater quality through nascent technology and engineering methods. We capitalize on: talent, resources and spirit to revolutionize the water business globally. We combine three elements – mechanical, clean chemicals and cloud-based smart technologies – for water reuse.

  • Board of Directors, Founding Board Member at North Carolina Executive Roundtable
    May 2011 - Dec 2019 · 8 yrs 8 mos

    The North Carolina Executive Roundtable (NCER) is a professional association of senior-level executives from diverse industry backgrounds and functional disciplines who seek to assist and advise one another to achieve greater success in their business, professional, and personal pursuits. http://ncer1.org