Executive IT Consultant
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- CIO at Axiant, LLC
- Owner at Batton Consulting Inc. (Self-employed)
- Past
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- CIO at Outsourcing Solutions Inc. (OSI)
- VP, Division CIO at Sears Roebuck/Sears Credit & Financial Products Group
- SVP, Architecture at First Data Resources
- First VP, Development at First Chicago/First Card
- VP at CSC/Hogan Systems
- Education
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- University of Central Oklahoma - College of Business Administration
- United States Air Force Academy
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Mike Batton’s Summary
The principle and owner of Batton Consulting Inc., a consulting company providing IT executive support and advisory services established in 2004. I am a former CIO for two financial services companies encompassing five years with a diverse IT professional experience of 25 years that includes: project management; software quality assurance and testing; systems architecture; development and support management; engagement management; vendor management; proposal, negotiation and contract activities; and, product lifecycle management.
My business focus during the last fifteen years has been on the credit and payment processing systems area. I have been involved with many of the major credit card companies and the industry's largest card processing providers. I have also been both a provider of IT products/services in this area and an IT consumer of those products/services.
Mike Batton’s Specialties:
Leading corporate IT organizations ($300+ million budgets)
Understanding of credit/debit card industry and technology
Turnaround of IT organization performance
Managing large-scale development programs of $100+ million
Delivering business value through technology
Making change happen and leading through transitions
Mike Batton’s Experience
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CIO
Axiant, LLC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
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Owner
Batton Consulting Inc. (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)
BCI provides consulting services focused around assisting a company's C-level in transforming their IT function and achieving key corporate goals. BCI brings a breadth & depth of C-level IT knowledge with particular emphasis in the areas of technology strategy, architecture, project management, organization change, continuous improvement & development/integration management. For companies in the card-based payments arena, BCI has a unique level of business & systems knowledge to help achieve significant enhancements to your system architecture providing improvements in business flexibility and rapid response
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CIO
Outsourcing Solutions Inc. (OSI)
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 6 months)
CIO of 2nd largest collections outsourcing company in U.S.
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VP, Division CIO
Sears Roebuck/Sears Credit & Financial Products Group
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; S; Financial Services industry)
September 2000 — January 2004 (3 years 5 months)
CIO of Sears Credit and Financial Product Group. VP, responsible for IT activity of credit, product/repair services, call centers, and corporate support businesses.
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SVP, Architecture
First Data Resources
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — September 2000 (1 year )
Head of program to redesign card payment processing core system for largest credit card processor in world.
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First VP, Development
First Chicago/First Card
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
June 1997 — 1999 (2 years )
Head of development for First Infinity program for production of next generation credit card system.
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VP
CSC/Hogan Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1993 — 1997 (4 years )
Head of payment processing products technology. Former head of credit card processing product development (CAMS & CAMS II). Former relationship executive and head of development for First Card project that resulted in CAMS II product.
Mike Batton’s Contact Settings
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