Functional Consulting Leader (F100-500) | AI & Emerging Tech Strategist | Interim CIO/CTO
A strategic, execution-driven leader with 25+ years of expertise in technology, innovation, transformation, and AI governance. Drives value delivery and explosive growth. Operates at two levels (see more details in the Work Experience section):

INTERIM CIO/CTO (Small to Mid-Sized Companies):
Leadership for tech-driven growth and transformation in startups & enterprises (~$1.5B revenue (note: not limited by revenue size)). Both cutting-edge (explosive growth) and traditional IT (value delivery/modernization/cloud/Agile) companies.

Strategic Board Advisor - Company assessment and heatmap, value delivery, and growth plans including new market entries.
Enterprise IT Strategy & Governance: IT Roadmap, PMO execution, process improvements, and cloud/digital transformation initiatives.

FUNCTIONAL CONSULTING | Fortune 100-500 Enterprises:
Expert in large-scale programs, Emerging Tech (AI, Gen AI, AR/VR)

CEO Advisory - Hired by private investors, CEO, CFO to assess Company's people, process and technologies to transform the company to be a high growth company, I introduced innovation and developed technology strategy to transition the business from a paper-based process to an end-to-end automated digital engagement and enablement platform. I also identified skills gaps and developed new staff hiring and skills upgrade plan for the in-house staff.

Elevated market position by spearheading product development and overseeing companywide technology programs in response to needed change, utilizing emerging technology and innovation.
Captured emerging consumer and market demands by heading the development of innovation-driven pension products application platform to fulfill Institutional Client needs. Expedited delivery of products by deploying rapid prototype and iterative design methodologies, while overseeing POC.

As a full-time CIO, I drastically improved the Company's rapid multi-market product and service launches on a national scale by shortening 45-day launch lead time per market to simultaneous launches within a matter of days. I combined cutting-edge, emerging technologies with conventional technologies and successfully re-engineered the IT department, transforming this valuable entity into a business-enabler capable of producing rapid, multi-city launches.

Translated top 10 cable industry CEOs’ visions into strategy and subsequent implementation by developing and delivering e-commerce solutions in response to DSL and satellite’s broadband offers that possessed the majority of the broadband market share.
Positioned cable broadband as the dominant market leader within three years of initiative rollout by reversing DSL / satellite market share.

R&D, innovation and emerging technologies based use cases, business case, technology investment strategy, product development and offer management with P&L responsibilities.