Strategic Growth & Technology Advisor

Experienced Leadership

I help leadership teams navigate complex business and technology transitions, from acquisitions and enterprise transformation to major platform decisions and organizational change.

I've spent more than 20 years leading these efforts inside organizations ranging from growing businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises. I bring the perspective of an operator, the judgment of an experienced executive, and the ability to turn complicated situations into executable plans.

Track record

Where I've led

$35.9B

Kellanova integration

Leading digital services integration for Mars' acquisition of Kellanova, one of the largest deals in CPG history: 145+ projects and nearly 50 go-lives.

$9B

CIO, Mars Wrigley North America

Led the division's digital transformation agenda with a ~75-person team and $22M budget, through the largest systems change in the business.

80 Countries

Global security, built from zero

Founded Mars' first Global Security Center of Excellence and grew it to a $12M budget and 20-person team operating in 80 countries.

1,000+ apps

Liberty Mutual cloud move

Led the security, performance and compliance workstream for the move from datacenter to cloud across 1,000+ applications and 90+ Agile teams.

GenAI

Governance ahead of the shift

As CISO for Mars Petcare, rebuilt security governance and stood up Mars' Generative AI governance framework so the business could adopt AI responsibly.

1,100%

IAPP growth

As founding-era CTO, built the entire technology function behind the association's growth from 2,000 to more than 25,000 members.

Two ways to work together

Consulting or full-time

Same experience, different shape. Pick what fits the problem.

01 · WORK WITH ME

Select consulting engagements

For moments when growth, transformation, or a major technology decision demands experienced leadership.

  • Strategic Advisory. Direct counsel to leadership as the business navigates growth, transformation, and important technology decisions.
  • Transformation & Integration. Assessments, roadmaps, and acquisition integration planning that turn strategy into an executable plan.
  • Fractional CIO / Interim Leadership. Hands-on technology leadership during a transition, a search, or a growth inflection point.

No fixed methodology. No team of consultants. I work directly with leadership: pressure-testing assumptions, cutting scope that doesn't need to exist yet, and building a roadmap your team can run without outside help.

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02 · HIRE ME FULL-TIME

CIO · CDO · CISO

Looking for a senior technology role where this experience can drive an organization's next major transition.

  • Enterprise technology leadership. Chief Information or Chief Digital Officer, including divisional CIO roles.
  • Security & risk leadership. CISO or head of information security, with AI governance in scope.
  • Transformation & integration. Leading digital transformation, M&A integration, or an enterprise transformation portfolio.
  • Where. Based in York, Maine. Open to remote (US), Greater Boston, and Greater Portland, ME.

Known for translating business priorities into transformation roadmaps and for standing up new functions and capabilities.

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Most useful when you're
Outgrowing a technology foundation Integrating an acquisition Facing a major platform or ERP decision Leading a transformation Needing CIO-level leadership without a full-time hire
How I work

Clarity before complexity. Execution before activity. Outcomes over technology.

How I Approach Transformation

Most transformations stall for one of three reasons: the problem isn't clearly defined, leaders aren't aligned on priorities, or the organization can't turn strategy into execution.

I start by understanding the business problem, testing assumptions, and deciding what actually needs to change. Then I work with leadership to set priorities, resolve organizational and technology dependencies, and build a roadmap that can be executed.

Five principles guide how I work:

  1. Start with the business problem.

    Decide what the business needs to accomplish first. Then decide what to build, buy, or change.

  2. Challenge complexity.

    Choose the simplest solution that solves the problem. Separate what matters from what has piled up over time.

  3. Make execution real.

    Every priority gets an owner, a realistic sequence, and clear accountability. The roadmap has to match what the organization can deliver.

  4. Address organizational alignment.

    Settle business ownership, decision rights, and leadership commitment early. They decide the outcome as much as the technology does.

  5. Build for the long term.

    Leave the organization with stronger capabilities, better decisions, and a path it can sustain on its own.

Career

Experience

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Mars Incorporated

  • February 2025 – Present

    Digital Integration Lead, Kellanova Acquisition

    Fixed-term assignment leading digital services integration following Mars' $35.9B acquisition of Kellanova, aligning technology services, platforms, cybersecurity and operational support across two global organizations.

    • Coordinating 145+ projects and nearly 50 go-lives planned for FY2027, giving senior leadership one view of progress, risk, capacity and synergy delivery.
    • Building the roadmap to rationalize overlapping platforms, consolidate services, reduce infrastructure spending and improve enterprise data visibility.
  • March 2024 – February 2025

    CIO, Mars Wrigley North America

    Chief Information Officer for Mars Wrigley's $9B North American business, leading technology strategy, digital transformation and IT operations with a 75-person internal and external team and a $22M budget.

    • Led the technology agenda behind the business transformation, including the ERP and go-to-market platform transitions.
    • Moved delivery from projects toward product-based operating models, with clearer business ownership, architecture and accountability.
    • Built the governance that let the business move fast while managing operational risk, compliance and service delivery.
  • December 2022 – March 2024

    Chief Information Security Officer, Mars Petcare

    Led global cybersecurity strategy and governance for a $30B business operating in 80 countries with about 100,000 associates.

    • Assessed and approved 17 generative AI initiatives, so the business could experiment with and adopt AI responsibly.
    • Set cybersecurity standards and control objectives aligned with NIST CSF, working with enterprise privacy leadership on data protection.
  • 2019 – 2022

    Senior Director, Security Center of Excellence

    Founded Mars' first global Security Center of Excellence and grew it to a $12M budget and about 20 employees and partners across 80 countries.

    • Brought Enterprise Security Architecture, OT Cybersecurity, and Data Security & Privacy together in one function.
    • Launched the first comprehensive OT cybersecurity program, with security controls across 123 factories in 80 countries.
    • Built a Data Security capability from scratch and moved the company onto the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

Liberty Mutual

  • 2015 – 2019

    Information Security Director

    Directed Information Security, IT Compliance, Performance Engineering and Privacy for a division that grew from $6B to $24B in revenue.

    • Led the security, performance and compliance workstream for the move from datacenter to cloud across 1,000+ applications and 90+ Agile teams.
    • Built privacy capabilities to meet new regulatory obligations and strengthen enterprise data governance.

IAPP

  • 2008 – 2015

    Chief Technology Officer

    Built the technology function from scratch for a fast-growing global professional association, supporting growth from 2,000 to 25,000 members.

    • Delivered ecommerce, digital subscriptions, virtual training and a Salesforce consolidation for a global, distributed organization.
    • Stood up an ISO 2700x-aligned security program.
Digital & business transformation M&A integration & divestiture Cloud migration & modernization Cybersecurity & risk GenAI governance Data privacy & compliance Enterprise IT governance Executive & board communication

B.S. Business Administration, Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

AI projects

Tools you can add to your own assistant

One tool I've built and one I'm building now, both for project and integration work. Each comes with files you can download and use with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or another assistant.

Project delivery

Virtual PMO Agent

Reads a project's email, chat, meeting transcripts and documents, keeps the RAID log current, drafts the weekly status and flags what needs a decision. Every entry cites its source, and the PM approves everything before it counts.

Proposed this run · 6 entries
X-005ERP API slips to 15 Dec
D-009Cleanse before migration
R-012Owner: Not stated
M&A integration · in progress

Integration Copilot

An AI copilot for the technology side of an acquisition. Week 1 is the test bed: a fully fictional carve-out with twelve integration issues planted across its inventories, contracts, TSA, transcripts and emails.

Planted issues · find 10 of 12
Day-1 stopper3
High6
Medium3

Off the clockWodWatts, a calculator and AI skill that scores any workout in watts. A side project in turning a physics model into something anyone can use in a chat.

Get in touch

Something important changing in the business? Let's talk.

Tell me about the transition, the decision in front of you, or the role.