Fractional & Interim CIO Leadership
Put an operating CIO in place quickly so growth, transition, or transformation keeps moving while leadership decides on a permanent seat.
Fractional & Interim CIO | M&A Integration
Technology leadership for growing and private equity-backed companies that need CIO-level direction during growth, transition, or M&A without immediately adding a permanent executive. Former State CIO and private equity-backed company CIO with 23+ years leading enterprise technology organizations.
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How I Help
M&A Technology Due Diligence
Surface IT risk, cost, technical debt, and integration load before close so the deal model reflects what technology can deliver.
Post-Acquisition IT Integration
Deliver Day-1 readiness and a clear 90-day integration path across identity, security, applications, and vendors without stalling the value thesis.
IT Strategy & Operating Model Transformation
Reset governance, service delivery, and the technology roadmap so the IT organization matches the company's scale and operating cadence.
Technology Value Creation
Find and execute cost, automation, and platform moves that free capacity and create scalable technology capabilities.
Selected Executive Experience
9x organizational growth
Built the technology organization and operating model supporting growth from approximately 150 to 1,400 employees.
12 acquisitions
Led technical due diligence and post-close IT integration, including platform standardization, consolidation, and synergy realization.
Enterprise-scale leadership
Former CIO for the State of Indiana, leading approximately 400 FTEs plus 70+ contractors across a complex statewide technology environment.
7x IT team growth
Scaled a PE-backed IT organization from 2 to 15 professionals while establishing service delivery, escalation, governance, and operational practices.
Security & resilience
Helped a PE-backed company achieve its first SOC 2 Type II certification and maintain it in subsequent years; established executive cyber and business-resilience exercises.
Financial & vendor discipline
Owned the State of Indiana's approximately $130M IT budget as CIO; at a PE-backed company, owned IT budgeting and vendor strategy through EBITDA growth from approximately $16M to $97M.
Focus
PE-backed and high-growth mid-market companies needing interim CIO coverage, pre- and post-deal technology diligence, and operating-model resets.
Engagement Models
- Fractional CIO
- Interim CIO
- M&A Due Diligence
- Post-Merger Integration
- IT Assessment & Roadmap
- Transformation Leadership