Technology Leader
I drive enterprise value through technology vision, AI strategy and large-scale digital transformation — translating emerging technology into roadmaps, operating models, and shipped products.
Core competencies
Experience
Depth, breadth and tenure across enterprise technology organizations — strategy through delivery.
Independent — San Diego, CA
Sugar Bowl Ski Resort — Norden, CA
Alterra Mountain Company — Truckee, CA
Prior: VP, IT Enterprise Operations & Engineering
Led technology due diligence and post-merger integration for the company’s annual acquisitions — rapidly unifying tech stacks, data platforms and security postures to accelerate synergy across a fast-growing 14-resort portfolio.
Palisades Tahoe — Olympic Valley, CA
Palisades Tahoe — Olympic Valley, CA
eAssist Global Solutions — San Diego, CA
Early-stage CRM startup
Earlier: Associate Director, Management Consulting at Gartner; Solution Architect at SolSpot; independent cloud & security consulting; and Manager, Application Development at Information Control (1996–2010). Authored a $39M public-safety telecom business case (Gartner), led SOX programs for an S&P 500 energy firm and a NASDAQ semiconductor company, delivered AWS healthcare SaaS, and engineered a Naval Medical Center BI platform that earned a 4-star Admiral commendation.
Industries
Technology leadership delivered across regulated, operations-heavy and consumer-facing industries.
14 destination resorts, 22,000 employees; guest experience and PCI-DSS compliance at scale.
Digital commerce, POS, RFID and e-commerce across resort retail.
QR-code ordering and F&B digital guest experiences.
AWS healthcare SaaS; a Naval Medical Center BI platform.
$39M public-safety telecom business case; U.S. Navy.
SOX and NERC CIP compliance for an S&P 500 energy enterprise.
SOX program for a NASDAQ semiconductor company.
Security & Compliance
Enterprise-grade security and audit-ready compliance across payments, financial reporting and critical infrastructure.
Enterprise security architecture and governance across hybrid cloud and on-premise environments.
Payment-security compliance across retail, ticketing and F&B commerce.
Sarbanes-Oxley programs for an S&P 500 energy firm and a NASDAQ semiconductor company.
Critical-infrastructure protection standards across energy and utility environments.
Leadership & scope
Two decades turning guest experience into measurable revenue — mobile-first apps, digital commerce, ticketing, F&B and personalization across 14 destination resorts and 22,000 employees.
Board-ready AI roadmaps through to hands-on, AI-native delivery — I set the strategy and ship the product.
Cloud migration, application-portfolio rationalization, and cybersecurity governance across hybrid environments.
$37M+ opex and $100M+ deployed capital with full accountability for ROI; budget and capital planning.
Built and led 170+ technologists across the U.S. & Canada; M&A tech due diligence and post-merger integration.
Speaking
Surf Park Summit · 2025
Translating two decades of mountain-resort technology and operations into the emerging surf-park industry — what scales, what doesn’t, and where technology creates real guest value.
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Hands-on AI
Proof of technical currency: an AI coordination app I designed and shipped end-to-end, and a live AI-market dashboard. Sample shown — live data on the dashboard.
An AI coordination app — built solo, end to end: smart nudges, calendar sync, 129+ tests. Evidence I stay close to the work.
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A live tracker of ~85 AI-buildout stocks across 11 verticals — analyst targets, DCF gaps, RSI and a custom Upside / Risk / Opportunity score. Designed, built and shipped solo.
Open dashboard →Off the clock
I also run Soljourn, an independent surf brand I founded — shaping boards and building the storefront. It keeps the builder’s instinct sharp and, frankly, keeps me sane.
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