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Senior IT. Modern AI. Built for what's next.

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Fractional IT leadership and AI strategy advisory for small and growing companies. Public company discipline. Startup speed. Vendor neutral judgment from someone still doing the work every day.

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01 / Profile

Senior IT executive, hands on with the AI shift.

Two decades of senior IT leadership across regulated industries. Ten years as Vice President of IT and ten years as IT Director, building and running technology organizations through audits, acquisitions, and rapid growth. Graduate of the Chief Technology Officer Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

I currently lead IT service operations, security, and strategic initiatives at a publicly traded clinical stage biotechnology company. My remit covers cybersecurity, SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, vendor management, and the full IT employee experience.

I serve on the company's AI steering committee, where I work on AI governance and policy, Copilot and assistant rollouts, retrieval augmented generation, and LLM vendor evaluation across Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity.

Outside the day job I advise small and growing companies that need senior IT judgment without senior IT overhead. The brief is simple. Bring the discipline of a public company IT organization to teams moving at startup speed.

Wharton CTO Program 10 yrs VP of IT 10 yrs IT Director
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02 / Services

Four pillars. One operating model.

Engagements are scoped against the four areas below. Most clients start with one and grow into the others as trust compounds.

// 01

AI Strategy and Governance

From policy to production. Governance frameworks, LLM vendor evaluation, Copilot and assistant rollouts, retrieval augmented generation, and SOC 2 considerations for AI workloads. Vendor neutral, security first.

  • AI policy and acceptable use
  • LLM vendor selection
  • RAG and knowledge bases
  • Data residency and privacy
// 02

Microsoft 365 and Automation

Get more from the stack you already pay for. M365 and Copilot deployment, SharePoint architecture, Teams governance, Exchange Online hardening, and workflow automation that removes friction from daily operations.

  • Copilot rollout planning
  • SharePoint and Teams design
  • Power Platform automation
  • Identity and licensing
// 03

IT Leadership Advisory

Fractional CIO and IT Director services. Org design, scaling support operations from business hours to 24/7, budget planning, vendor negotiation, and roadmap development for teams without a senior IT leader in seat.

  • Fractional CIO engagements
  • IT org and staffing models
  • Budget and vendor strategy
  • Board ready reporting
// 04

IT Operations Excellence and Resilience

Service operations that scale. ITIL aligned processes, security reviews, SOC 2 Type 2 readiness, business continuity, and the operational discipline that keeps a growing company audit ready and resilient.

  • SOC 2 Type 2 readiness
  • Incident and change process
  • Support tier design
  • BCP and DR planning
03 / Expertise

Tools, platforms, and practitioner depth.

An active practitioner, not a retired advisor. These are the systems I work in every week.

Microsoft 365 Exchange Online SharePoint Teams Azure Azure OpenAI Microsoft Copilot Claude Gemini Perplexity FreshService FreshService Freddy AI DocuSign SOC 2 Type 2 ITIL Entra ID Intune Endpoint Security Vendor Management RAG / Knowledge Bases Data Governance AI Policy Budget Strategy Support Operations
04 / Approach

How engagements actually run.

No bloated decks. No discovery for the sake of discovery. Clear deliverables on a clear cadence.

01 · LISTEN

Diagnose the real problem

A short discovery, usually two to three working sessions, to map current state, constraints, and the outcome you actually need. No theater.

02 · BUILD

Ship a working artifact

A policy. A vendor short list. A pilot plan. A rollout playbook. Whatever the engagement calls for, you get something you can act on.

03 · TRANSFER

Leave the team stronger

The goal is durable capability inside your team, not dependency on an outside advisor. Documentation, training, and a clean handoff are part of every brief.

05 / Contact

Let's see if there's a fit.

A short note about your company, your stage, and what you're trying to solve is enough to get started. First conversation is on me.

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Based inHouston, TX · Remote engagements
Response timeWithin 48 hours, weekdays