AI and Digital Transformation Consultant

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Summary

This AI and Digital Transformation Consultant is a strategic, business-driven Fractional CIO with 15+ years leading global technology organizations across manufacturing, bioagtech, SaaS, retail, eCommerce, and media. Specializes in translating complex technology strategy into measurable business outcomes — including AI-powered productivity gains, 50%+ cost reductions, and revenue-enabling digital platforms. This AI and Digital Transformation Consultant has a track record managing $100M+ budgets and 300+ person global teams. Equally effective advising Boards and Private Equity sponsors as executing alongside engineering and operations teams. Deep expertise in AI adoption, ERP transformation, supply chain modernization, and enterprise cybersecurity. This AI and Digital Transformation Consultants Dual US/EU citizenship enables seamless global deployment across North America and Europe.

Highlights

• AI & Automation

• Cloud & Data

• ERP & Retail

• Supply Chain

• Security & Compliance

• Productivity

Relevant Accomplishments

• Inherited an over-built, expensive IT environment at a global bioagtech manufacturer; delivered Oracle Fusion ERP across manufacturing, finance, and supply chain — on time, within budget — while cutting IT operating costs 50% and achieving $600K in cost avoidance through strategic insourcing

• Three enterprise clients were running legacy ERP systems unable to support modern AI planning or supply chain automation; led cloud ERP transformations for a $1.3B automotive group, $1B food & beverage manufacturer, and $25M luxury retailer — each going live with AI-assisted planning and automated supply chain operations

• A $600M global retailer was leaving eCommerce revenue on the table with no intelligent merchandising or last-mile delivery capability; integrated AI-assisted merchandising and launched same-day delivery via Amazon Marketplace and Postmates — scaling eCommerce revenue to $10M across 20+ countries

• The $1B CBS Radio / Entercom merger was one of the largest consolidations in US radio history with no IT integration playbook; led the full merger IT strategy with a $30M budget and 75-person global team — realizing $600K in annual savings by migrating 550+ digital properties to AWS

• The company had no scalable product or recurring revenue; designed and launched 2 SaaS products with AI-driven automation and RPA — scaling to $5M revenue within 12 months while simultaneously executing a full on-premise to AWS cloud transformation

• Manual tax processes and uncontrolled procurement approvals were consuming finance team capacity and inflating costs; deployed Avalara AI tax automation (80% workload reduction), procurement automation (50% fewer manual approvals), and SaaS consolidation — delivering $300K in annual savings

• A global Oracle/SAP managed services firm lacked an AI strategy and modern data infrastructure; currently architecting Microsoft Fabric data foundation and multi-platform agentic AI strategy across Copilot, Jira Rovo, and Navigator Assist — with $90K in SaaS savings already realized

• Client organizations faced escalating cyber risk with no structured board-level framework for AI-era threats; conducting executive cybersecurity assessments and compliance audits (GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001) — delivering prioritized remediation roadmaps that reduce exposure and satisfy regulators Walked into an IT organization operating without strategy, structure, or metrics; rebuilt it from the ground up in five months — creating a governed, performance-driven model that eliminated reactive firefighting and unlocked capacity for AI-driven transformation

• Legacy SQL Server data warehouses were limiting analytics and blocking AI adoption; architecting a modern enterprise data foundation on Microsoft Fabric — migrating via Data Factory pipelines to OneLake — delivering AI-ready reporting and enabling future ML workloads across the business Manual, siloed workflows were slowing service delivery across three platforms; leading a unified agentic AI strategy across Microsoft Copilot, Jira Rovo, and Navigator Assist — systematically eliminating manual effort and embedding AI-driven decision support into daily operations

• A fragmented, aging AVD environment was creating security gaps and reliability issues for globally distributed teams; redesigned the entire platform using Microsoft best-practice architecture — delivering a secure, scalable digital workspace and measurably improving user experience worldwide

• Unchecked SaaS sprawl was inflating costs with no governance in place; led a full vendor consolidation audit that delivered $90K in immediate savings and established the compliance foundation for ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certification programs Client Boards and C-suites lacked structured frameworks for evaluating AI-era cyber risk; advising executive teams on AI pipeline security, LLM data governance, and Zero Trust adoption roadmaps — translating complex threat landscapes into actionable, board- ready risk strategy

• Organizations faced mounting regulatory pressure with no clear compliance roadmap; conducting executive-level cybersecurity risk assessments and governance reviews across GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 — delivering prioritized remediation plans that reduce exposure and satisfy auditors Inherited an over-built, expensive IT environment that couldn’t scale with the business; orchestrated a full digital and cloud transformation that cut IT operating costs by 50% while expanding platform capabilities across global manufacturing, finance, and supply chain

• The company was running disconnected legacy systems across manufacturing, finance, and supply chain with no single source of truth; served as executive sponsor for Oracle Fusion ERP implementation spanning discrete and process manufacturing — delivered on time, within budget, and achieved $600K in cost avoidance by insourcing key functions

• Demand planning was manual and error-prone, driving excess inventory and margin leakage; built an AI-driven analytics foundation with ML-powered demand forecasting, Min/Max replenishment automation in Oracle, and Salesforce CRM integration for AI-assisted sales forecasting — eliminating guesswork and improving supply chain precision

• Finance teams were spending hundreds of hours annually on manual tax calculations and approval workflows; deployed Avalara AI- powered tax automation cutting internal workload 80% and launched procurement automation that eliminated 50% of manual approvals

• A flat network architecture and unmanaged SaaS portfolio were creating security exposure and budget waste; implemented Zero Trust architecture with Okta MFA and consolidated the SaaS portfolio — delivering $300K in annual savings while materially strengthening the security posture Enterprise clients were running outdated on-premise ERP systems that couldn’t support modern supply chain or AI planning needs; delivered cloud ERP transformations for a $25M luxury retailer, a $1.3B automotive group (Dynamics 365 Field Service to 4,000 technicians), and a $1B food & beverage manufacturer (SAP to Dynamics 365 F&O) — each delivering AI-assisted planning and supply chain automation

• Flintfox had no recurring revenue stream beyond project work, creating top-line volatility; identified and launched a Managed Services vertical for a $500M Australian ore mining company — generating $1M in new revenue within six months and establishing a scalable recurring model

• Clients lacked internal expertise to navigate complex ERP vendor landscapes and cloud migration risks; provided advisory across vendor selection, cloud migration strategy, and supply chain process redesign — accelerating decision-making and reducing implementation risk across all engagements The company had no scalable product or recurring revenue model; designed and launched 2 SaaS subscription products incorporating AI-driven automation and RPA workflows — scaling revenues to $5M within 12 months and creating a repeatable growth engine

• Aging on-premise infrastructure was constraining reliability, scalability, and developer velocity; executed a full digital transformation to AWS cloud — eliminating infrastructure overhead, improving uptime, and enabling the engineering team to ship faster

• Customer acquisition was manual and expensive with no data-driven marketing engine; built a go-to-market strategy powered by data analytics and automated campaign optimization while offshoring content development — saving $100K annually and improving conversion performance The $1B CBS Radio / Entercom merger created one of the largest and most complex IT consolidations in US radio history with no integration playbook; led the full IT strategy and execution — managing a $30M budget and 75-person global IT organization through every phase of the merger without business disruption

• Two expensive third-party data centers were hosting 550+ digital properties at unsustainable cost; led the lift-and-shift migration to AWS — realizing $600K in annual savings while improving reliability and scalability across the entire digital portfolio Manual build and deployment processes were slowing engineering velocity and limiting executive visibility into business performance; launched DevOps and CI/CD automation pipeline cutting deployment times 40% and built self-service BI dashboards delivering a real-time 360-degree view of business performance to senior leadership eCommerce was underperforming against its potential with no intelligent merchandising or same-day delivery capability; integrated AI-assisted merchandising and partnered with Amazon Marketplace and Postmates to launch same-day metro delivery — scaling eCommerce revenue to $10M

• Merchandising, inventory, and demand decisions were being made without data; built an enterprise data foundation and cloud- based BI platform delivering predictive analytics and AI-driven insights to executives — transforming how the business managed inventory and planned demand

• Store technology across 20+ countries was outdated, cash-based, and vulnerable to payment fraud; modernized the entire store technology stack — deploying mobile POS with RFID for real-time inventory accuracy and implementing EMV/P2PE/Apple Pay/Google Wallet across all US stores, eliminating fraud exposure and improving customer experience

• The business faced ERP risk with no disaster recovery plan and a fragmented warehouse management environment; led a full ERP evaluation across Oracle,  NetSuite, SAP, and Dynamics 365, optimized HighJump WMS integration with Dynamics AX, and executed ERP disaster recovery migration to Azure — eliminating critical business continuity risk Tapped by the COO to fix a fragmented, dual-function organization where Engineering and IT were operating as separate silos; consolidated 70 staff into a unified shared services team built on ITIL framework — establishing the governance and operating standards the organization had never had

• No PMO existed and strategic initiatives were being pursued without prioritization or governance; built a PMO from scratch to manage systems selection, infrastructure improvements, risk management, and data security controls — bringing order and accountability to the initiative portfolio

• Application sprawl and bloated vendor contracts were consuming budget without delivering value; virtualized 75% of applications via VMware and renegotiated vendor agreements — delivering $500K+ in total savings ($200K annually in infrastructure costs, $300K over three years in vendor spend) Liberty Media was acquiring major media assets — Discovery, Starz, Fox Sports, DIRECTV — with no central IT integration capability; recruited to build and lead a 200-person global IT organization across 20 countries, creating the infrastructure and governance to support 9,000 users across the portfolio

• The acquisition of three Fox Sports Networks required rapid technology integration across studios, field operations, and corporate offices with incompatible financial systems; led the full technology integration including Oracle JDE to Sage MAS 500 migration — completing the consolidation without disrupting broadcast operations

• Discovery and Starz lacked the data infrastructure to make informed content and subscriber decisions; deployed SAP ERP across US and UK for Discovery and built a Big Data foundation with Cognos BI platform for Starz — delivering executive churn analytics that directly informed retention strategy

• Discovery was spending heavily on physical content transfer infrastructure with no scalable global distribution model; implemented a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to transfer content worldwide — driving $300K in operational savings while establishing 99.9% systems availability for Starz Entertainment

Roles

• VP Information Technology
• SVP & Chief Information Technology Officer
• CTO
• Senior Vice President
• Senior Business Transformation Consultant
• Senior Director
• Senior Information Security Advisor
• Global IT Director

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