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IT Strategy &
CIO Advisory

Aligning technology investment to corporate strategy. ITIL Expert-driven operational excellence.

23 years providing executive-level IT strategy and CIO advisory to federal agencies and Fortune 500 firms with Big 4 experience — from multi-year technology roadmap development and capital planning to ITSM framework establishment and global operations governance. ITIL Expert certified.

ITIL ExpertPMPCIO AdvisoryIT RoadmapCapital PlanningITSMDemand Management
CIO Advisory
Executive Technology Advisory Services

IT Roadmap & Strategic Planning

  • Multi-year technology roadmap development
  • Business-IT alignment and portfolio prioritization
  • Technology lifecycle management
  • Demand management and capacity planning
  • Digital strategy development

IT Governance & Operating Model

  • IT governance framework design
  • ITSM operating model establishment
  • Service catalog design and management
  • IT organizational design
  • Global operations consolidation

Capital Planning & Financial Management

  • Capital planning and investment control (CPIC)
  • IT budget development and management
  • Chargeback and showback model design
  • CapEx / OpEx modeling and forecasting
  • Business case development and review

Technology Assessment & Rationalization

  • Application portfolio rationalization
  • Technology evaluation and selection
  • Build vs. buy vs. consolidate analysis
  • Cloud migration strategy
  • Emerging technology evaluation (AI, cloud, SaaS)
ITIL Expert Practice
ITIL-Aligned Service Management

As an ITIL Expert — the highest practitioner certification level — I design and govern ITSM frameworks delivering measurable improvements in service quality, operational efficiency, and cost performance across global operations spanning 70+ locations.

Service Strategy

  • Service portfolio management
  • Demand management processes
  • Financial management for IT
  • Business relationship management

Service Design

  • Service catalog design
  • Availability and capacity management
  • IT service continuity planning
  • Supplier and SLA management

Service Transition

  • Change management governance
  • Release and deployment management
  • Knowledge management frameworks
  • Configuration management (CMDB)

Service Operation

  • Incident and problem management
  • Request fulfillment governance
  • MTTR optimization (50%+ improvement)
  • Event management and monitoring

Continual Improvement

  • CSI register and improvement tracking
  • KPI and metric framework design
  • Service level review processes
  • Maturity assessment methodology

Global ITSM Governance

  • 55-person global team leadership
  • 8 hubs, 70+ locations
  • Onboarding: 12-15 days → 5 days
  • CMDB and ITAM implementation
Federal Advisory Experience
CIO Advisory Across Six Federal Agencies

HHS OCIO — $11M IT Governance Program

Grew a $400K engagement into an $11M multi-year IT governance advisory program at the Department of Health and Human Services OCIO. Established PMO standards, IT governance frameworks, and service management processes adopted enterprise-wide.

HHS OCIO$11M ProgramPMO

NIH CIT — IT Governance Framework

Established formal IT governance frameworks, PMO standards, and service management processes for the NIH Center for Information Technology — working directly with the CIO. Provided capital planning oversight and IV&V advisory.

NIH CITCIO AdvisoryCapital Planning

DOE OCIO — Technology Roadmap

Owned the Demand Management process for Department of Energy OCIO — establishing structured intake, evaluation, and prioritization; aligned the multi-year technology roadmap to mission requirements.

DOE OCIODemand MgmtRoadmap

HUD, DOT, State — Multi-Agency Advisory

IT governance, infrastructure management, SLA governance, capital planning, cybersecurity, quality assurance, and IV&V advisory across multiple federal agencies simultaneously — each with distinct mission and compliance requirements.

Multi-AgencyIV&VCybersecurity
Results
IT Strategy Outcomes
$11M
Federal IT advisory program grown from $400K engagement through disciplined CIO consulting and stakeholder governance
Federal · Management Consulting
50%+
MTTR improvement from ITIL-aligned service management framework at Aviation firm with global operations
ITIL ITSM · Aviation
6 Agencies
Federal agencies advised simultaneously — HHS, NIH, HUD, DOT, State, NHLBI — each with distinct governance and mission needs
Management Consulting

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