Executive Leadership
A career progression spanning enterprise architecture, technology strategy, governance, digital transformation, and executive technology leadership across complex organizational environments.
June 2024 — Present
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
University of Missouri | Columbia, Missouri
Lead technology strategy, operational direction, and security considerations for university staff, researchers, and pharmaceutical-production operations supporting a highly regulated research environment.
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Lead technology strategy and operational priorities within a highly regulated university research environment.
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Manage technology and security considerations supporting research and pharmaceutical-production operations.
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Address regulatory requirements and technology risk across environments subject to NRC, FDA, DOT, HIPAA, DOE, and applicable NDA/CDA requirements.
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Advise stakeholders on technology risk, architecture, modernization, and service delivery where reliability, compliance, and research continuity are critical.
May 2022 - June 2024
DEPUTY CHIEF OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
State of Missouri | Jefferson City, Missouri
Provided enterprise technology leadership across more than 45 executive-branch agencies serving approximately 4 million citizens, with responsibility spanning enterprise architecture, digital transformation, security services, technology governance, and new technology initiatives.
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Appointed by the Missouri State CIO to establish the Missouri State Enterprise Architecture group within ITSD, defining its goals, objectives, standards, structure, and enterprise governance.
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Established the processes and workflows supporting technology project review, including creation of the Architecture Review Board.
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Served as the first-line reviewer for new agency technology initiatives, evaluating projects, providing approval within assigned authority, and guiding agencies toward enterprise standards and strategic alignment.
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Personally led the review, selection, and acquisition of systems and enterprise platforms using ARPA and State funding for Digital Transformation Initiatives.
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Led consolidation of technology capabilities across state agencies to improve consistency and availability, create economies of scale, and expand access to functionality previously unavailable to some agencies.
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Led architecture transformation initiatives focused on resilience, proactive monitoring, essential-system visibility, and resolution capabilities.
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Initiated Missouri's statewide enterprise review of AI technologies at the direction of the Missouri State Commissioner and helped establish standards and governance considerations for responsible agency use.
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Led technology strategy for the transformation of Missouri's official state website and citizen experience, including a new user interface, individualized citizen profile/dashboard, multi-agency services, identity-management modernization, and an AI chatbot.
May 2016 - May 2022
SENIOR ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT
State of Missouri | Jefferson City, Missouri
Provided enterprise architecture and technology leadership supporting the Missouri Department of Revenue and broader state technology initiatives.
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Advised Department of Revenue senior leadership and state directors on enterprise technology standards, technical purchasing, architecture, and future-state technology objectives.
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Managed technical experts and enterprise architects while maintaining responsibility for the technical security posture and FTI compliance.
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Served as project manager and executive-facing technical liaison for vendor, modernization, and cross-agency initiatives.
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Developed enterprise standards and advised leadership on future-state technology goals and objectives.
January 2011 - May 2016
CIO / DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
Jefferson City Public Schools | Jefferson City, Missouri
Owned enterprise technology strategy and execution for a school district supporting more than 9,000 users across 21 locations.
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Directed enterprise technology strategy, architecture, operations, security, budgets, reporting, and organizational technology priorities.
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Managed technology strategy and execution across a geographically distributed 21-location environment.
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Modernized technology architecture and developed an approach that became a standard referenced by Missouri school districts.
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Led FERPA, COPPA, and CIPA compliance while balancing operational requirements, cybersecurity, service delivery, and user experience.
August 2003 - January 2011
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
FCS Financial | Jefferson City, Missouri
Served as a senior technology strategist and project manager within a $6 billion financial institution, leading solution deployments and multi-organizational technology initiatives.
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Led web services, e-commerce, virtualization, thin-client, and legacy-system integration initiatives.
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Served as senior technology strategist and project manager for solution deployments and multi-organizational initiatives.
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Presented technology functionality, capacity, and investment considerations to senior leadership and the Board.
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Served as liaison among vendors, consultants, contractors, and project leaders.
July 1994 - January 2002
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER / FLIGHT ENGINEER
U.S. Army | Active Duty
Began military service as a CH-47 helicopter technical specialist and progressed into flight engineering and information-management leadership responsibilities supporting a complex military technology environment.
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Completed CH-47 technical training as Honor Graduate, establishing an early foundation in highly technical, safety-critical operations.
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Promoted to Flight Platoon responsibilities in May 1995 and qualified as a Flight Engineer by December 1995.
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In January 1997, was trained and assigned as the unit's Primary Information Management Officer, adding formal technology-management responsibilities to flight-engineering duties.
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Assigned additional responsibilities within the Directorate of Information Management, supporting management of the 8th Personnel Command (8th PERSCOM) technology environment.
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Maintained information-management responsibilities through January 2002 while continuing military service as a Flight Engineer.
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Received military commendations recognizing performance and contributions in the Primary Information Management Officer role.
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Completed active-duty service with an Honorable Discharge in January 2002.