IT Director · Senior Manager — IT Operations, Service Management & Governance
IT leader with 25+ years of progressive experience — director-level governance of the service portfolios behind the State of Colorado OIT's ~$330M annual cost recovery, regulated data-center operations, and multinational team leadership. Now advising organizations on IT strategy, cost optimization, and AI readiness.
Colorado, USA · Remote / Hybrid
LinkedIn ProfileA progressive career spanning private industry, regulated operations, and government & public-sector technology leadership.
Southern Colorado Systems, LLC — IT & AI Advisory
Feb 2026 – Present · Remote / Pueblo, COIndependent IT & AI advisory delivering fractional CIO leadership, Hidden Cost IT audits, and AI readiness assessments for organizations of 25–500 employees.
State of Colorado — Office of Information Technology (OIT)
May 2023 – Jul 2026 · Remote, COGoverned the service portfolios behind OIT's ~$330M annual cost recovery across Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, Applications, and Shared Services.
State of Colorado — Office of Information Technology (OIT)
Jan 2023 – May 2023 · Remote, COBusiness authority for Infrastructure & Security service lines — pricing, demand management, and lifecycle governance.
International Game Technology (IGT) — Colorado Lottery
Sep 2018 – Jan 2023 · Pueblo, COLed 24/7/365 data-center operations and software QA (team of 13) for the Colorado Lottery, with clean SOX, MuSL, and SSAE 18 SOC audits.
Pueblo City-County Library District
Jan 2011 – Sep 2018 · Pueblo, COFull IT accountability across 8 branches — Citrix VDI deployment, off-site disaster recovery, and three new-branch buildouts on a public-sector budget.
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR)
Sep 2006 – Jan 2011 · Southern Iraq (7 WAN Sites)Ran IT across seven WAN sites supporting U.S. military operations; led 30+ personnel from 10 countries across mission-critical Cisco and VSAT satellite networks.