
People-Focused Leader, Business-Focused CIO
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

People-Focused Leader, Business-Focused CIO
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Experienced senior IT executive with 26 years experience, including six years as CIO of the American Kennel Club and two years as virtual CIO for various clients throughout the United States. Currently serving as VP, Chief Information Officer for Martin Marietta Materials, a $2.2B supplier of construction aggregates throughout the United States. Accomplished author and invited speaker to national and international audiences.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MLM; Building Materials industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years)
Responsible for all information systems and services, including network, server, and desktop infrastructure; ERP, financial systems, internal, and customer-facing web services; and strategic planning, business continuity, and enterprise architecture.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Management Consulting industry)
July 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Provide executive consulting services to clients; manage consultants at specific client sites to deliver on strategic and tactical plans.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 1997 — June 2003 (6 years 2 months)
Designed and implemented the AKC's complete transition from a traditional mainframe computing environment to a multi-tiered client/server architecture. Implemented the AKC's first e-commerce web presence, delivering fee-based real-time dog information to fanciers. Re-engineered the AKC's internal registration and competition management systems. Developed and expanded the IS organization to manage, expand, and support all related systems.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; HRS; Defense & Space industry)
July 1994 — May 1997 (2 years 11 months)
Managed a mainframe-class shared Unix services environment serving thousands of users worldwide.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HRS; Defense & Space industry)
September 1984 — July 1994 (9 years 11 months)
Researcher in Harris' Advanced Technology Department, focused on large-scale MIMD parallel processing, user interface design, collaborative tools, and web technologies.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HRS; Defense & Space industry)
July 1982 — September 1984 (2 years 3 months)
Software engineer developing compilers, debuggers, and other development tools in support of Harris' Word Processing Division.
BS, ICS, Information and Computer Science, 1978 — 1982
1974 — 1978
Society for Information Management,
Association of Information Technology Professionals,
Boy Scouts of America
Author of "HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide" from O'Reilly & Associates