Peter Randazzo

Current

Chief Technology Officer - CTO at iCrossing

Past

Chief Information Officer - CIO at Agency.com
Vice President, Global Systems - VP at Agency.com
Director of Systems and Database Administration at Agency.com

Manager of Microsoft Systems Administration at Agency.com
Network Manager / Web Database Developer at Betelgeuse Productions
Network Manager at Wondercamp Entertainment Company
High School History Teacher at Abraham Lincoln High School, NYC

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Education

City University of New York-Baruch College
New York University

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Connections

375 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

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Peter Randazzo’s Summary

Visionary and experienced technology executive with specific expertise in the marketing, advertising, search, and web development industries. Proven strength in planning, developing, automating, and implementing technological solutions to address business opportunities and risks. Valued member of senior executive team. Dynamic management career with strong leadership, problem solving, crisis navigation, team building, project management, and P&L optimization skills. Demonstrated ability to create and articulate strategic vision at all levels; from obtaining buy-in from board members to aligning individual team members with achievable goals. Recruit, develop, motivate, and retain diverse staffs that deliver results in line with business objectives, at a high service level, and within budget. Full responsibility for international multi-million dollar budgets.

Peter Randazzo’s Specialties:

IT Strategy and Execution, Web Technology Development, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Team Building and Leadership, Technology Architecture and Integration, Process Improvement, Due Diligence, Global Delivery and Staff Development, Identity Management, Security Management, Change Management, Enterprise IT Systems, Vendor and Contract Negotiations, Budgeting and Cost Control, Data Center Design, Procurement and Outsourcing Partnerships, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Peter Randazzo’s Experience

Chief Technology Officer - CTO

iCrossing

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )

Provide executive and strategic leadership of the software product development and information technology groups. Responsible for developing and improving a proprietary marketing toolset used to deliver profitable marketing services to Fortune 500 clients ( SEM, SEO, Performance Display, and Analytics ). Wholly accountable for the design and administration of the global production infrastructure, serving the 24/7/365 operation of the marketing software product suite, as well as the back end IT functions of the company’s 12 offices. Champion of agile methodologies in both software development and the enterprise. Lead both units towards institutionalized innovation through a close, reciprocal partnership with customers and the business. Report to the Chief Executive Officer.
Chief Information Officer - CIO

Agency.com

(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2004 — 2007 (3 years )

Provided executive leadership as head of global technology. Re-engineered IT organization and key applications to strengthen quality of service, timely delivery, and staff capabilities while improving reliability and reducing costs. Transformed and aligned IT as a strategic business partner. Responsible for design and support of all technology, including the management of system administration, application development, and quality assurance teams. Respected technology leader throughout entire organization. Reported to the Chief Executive Officer.
Vice President, Global Systems - VP

Agency.com

(Privately Held; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2001 — 2004 (3 years )

Provided executive leadership and focus as head of IT systems engineering group in an extremely challenging environment. Reported to the Chief Information Officer.
Director of Systems and Database Administration

Agency.com

(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Provided leadership and management of a geographically dispersed IT systems administration group through a period of immense company growth from 500 to 1800 global employees. Reported to the Vice President, Global Infrastructure.
Manager of Microsoft Systems Administration

Agency.com

(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Designed, built, implemented, and managed a reliable global Microsoft network that scaled with the company’s ambitious growth plans. Reported to the Vice President, Global Infrastructure.
Network Manager / Web Database Developer

Betelgeuse Productions

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1996 — 1999 (3 years )

Manager of a two site Novell network and client database developer for an integrated web development agency.
Network Manager

Wondercamp Entertainment Company

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 1996 (2 years )

Administrator for two site Novell network.
High School History Teacher

Abraham Lincoln High School, NYC

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

1992 — 1994 (2 years )

Peter Randazzo’s Education

City University of New York-Baruch College

Business Administration 1997 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

MBA in Computer Information Services partially completed, GPA 3.75, 27/52 Credits Completed
New York University

BA , History , 1988 — 1992

Activities and Societies:

BA in History, Cum Laude, Trustee Scholar, Founder’s Day Award

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Peter Randazzo’s Interests:

Tech, technology, technologist, user experience, application development, application engineering, marketing, advertising, social, web2.0, web 2.0, web 2, wiki, blog, forum, enterprise application, VP, web, web development, collaboration, ux, marketing, advertising, tech, innovation, agile, ui, development, enterprise 2.0, enterprise, social media, networking, windows, linux, java, internet, interactive, tracking, pixel, business intelligence, hadoop, mysql, postgres, open source, sm, privacy, hardware, software, tcp ip, consultant, normalization, oracle, data warehousing, data warehouse, greenplum, infobright, php, perl, log processing, data center operations, production applications, SDLC, scrum, tomcat, apache, IIS, ETL, Pentaho, log processing, analytics, data processing, DBA, Administration, Engineering, paid search marketing, natural search marketing, digital marketing, media

Peter Randazzo’s Groups:

CIO Executive Network
LinkedSEO
NYU Alumni
Online Advertising Professionals
Search Marketing Salon
Agency.com Alumni
Web & Marketing Analytics Group - IQ Workforce
TED Ideas worth spreading
Search Marketing Group - IQ Workforce
Distributed Scalable Computing & Applications Professional - Hadoop, MapReduce, VLDB