Executive Summary
Leveraging to drive growth, performance, profitability; expanding intellectual property; results proven, fiscal savvy, and ROI driven with consistent and repeated value-add in infrastructure, startup, complex, developing information intensive organizations.
Rare blend of qualifications 10+ years of leadership coupled with strong research capabilities, product development and ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders, executive committee, managers and developers to transform strategy with flexible scalable solutions.
Accomplished globally with international experience spanning 11 countries in EMEA and US.
Delivered outstanding ROI on strategic investments, with net returns up to $25 million.
Managed multiple, simultaneous projects up to $100 million in size, teams of 50+ and budgets of $250 million
Developed, managed, and hedged innovative solutions and groundbreaking systems.
Highly knowledgeable in organizational process design and metrics (TQM, M2), sourcing strategy development (in- and outsourcing, off- and onshore); negotiating complex contracts. Implemented and developed enterprise transactions and risk management systems (mobile, infrastructure, ERP, CRM and others).
Experience and Accomplishments
Executive committee member instrumental in growing the organization 500% over 3 years, as Global Managing Director over the past 18 months my responsibilities have been to manage all M&A activity, including liquidation of several projects to significantly increase ROI. As Director of Global Technology, spearheaded complex development, acquisition, integration, infrastructure projects to build rock-solid products and services. Provided executive oversight to global IT operations (50+ employees, €89 million budget), global HR, and stakeholder management. Built IT Datacenter Infrastructure (50,000 sq. ft., Tier 3 availability) sold with a 180% ROI Developed IaaS, PaaS and SaaS project, sold with a 800% ROI Prepared plans to upgrade national WiMax network to LTE ($150 Million Budget)
Built IT Datacenter Infrastructure (8,000 sq. ft., Tier 2 availability) sold with a 380% ROI
Developed a national WiMax network sold with a 200% ROI
Developed SaaS platform, merged Developed Regional Hotspot Service sold with 130% ROI
Developed international Hotspot and wireless billing platform, merged
Instrument in the creation of GBIA and working with stakeholders to provide international standards.
Worked with our external stakeholders to develop viable innovation strategies and hedge transitions leading to a minimum of 80% increase in organizational effectiveness and significant ROI over 5 years.
Coached external entrepreneurs in Knowledge Management leading to a minimum of 62% increase in organizational value.
Education
University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS
MS 1997 Communications New Technology, Statistics and Predictive Analytics BS 1995 English Writing, Women Studies, Deconstructive ThoughtRelevant Technologies
Oracle, Microsoft, Open Source, Cisco, Juniper, HP, IBM, Radwin, Alverion, Nokia Siemens, Emerson, APC, VMware, Citrix, Alcatel Lucent.