I'm a technology executive. For more than a decade I've run IT, security and compliance, development, ecommerce, and data as a CIO, mostly in businesses where technology was underinvested and needed to carry growth. This site is where I keep my track record, my writing, and what I'm reading.
“A major customer just asked for our SOC 2.”
Most companies meet this problem cold: a major customer or prospect suddenly requires SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA, nobody in-house has done it before, and the clock is contractual. I have been through that full cycle, starting from zero.
More on this →“We’re supposed to have an AI strategy.”
Boards want AI; budgets want returns you can defend. The hard part is measuring honestly, and being straight about where AI will not work in a given business.
More on this →“We’ve outgrown our MSP.”
Growing companies often discover they are paying managed-service prices for break-fix outcomes, with rising costs, slow support, and nobody owning technology strategy. I have rebuilt that situation more than once.
More on this →“We’re buying a company (or being bought).”
Technology risk can quietly reprice a deal, or stall an integration for years. Most diligence checklists miss client dependencies, key-person risk, and the real cost of systems consolidation.
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