Credentials

Roles, education, and recognition

Current roles

Chief Information Officer & Operating Committee member — RHR InternationalJune 2024 – present
Adjunct Faculty — DePaul UniversityCollege of Computing and Digital Media, January 2019 – present. Courses: Information Assurance, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Privacy, Governance, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity.
Board of Directors — ResilienceChicago nonprofit providing advocacy, trauma therapy, and prevention services to survivors of sexual violence.

Awards & nominations

CIO of the Year — NomineePresented by SIM Chicago, AITP Chicago, and the Executives' Club of Chicago
Business of IT Facilitator of the Year Award
Business of IT Advocate Award
Dell Champion & Dell Champions AmbassadorMultiple speaker awards; 50+ engagements
Multiple-award-winning LAN Manager & Systems ArchitectMotorola, 1990s

Education

M.A., Whole Systems Design / Systems Theory & System DynamicsAntioch University Seattle
B.S., Philosophy & Applied Computer ScienceIllinois State University
Organizational LeadershipThe City College of New York
Entrepreneurship / Entrepreneurial StudiesFounder Institute
Applied Computer Science & MusicHarper College

Recognition

Forbes Technology Council MemberInvitation-only community for senior technology executives
Fundamentals of Agentic AI: Business Implications and Ethical InsightsLinkedIn, 2025
Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Generative AILinkedIn, 2023

Areas of expertise

Cybersecurity Strategy & Zero Trust Digital Transformation & AI Integration IT Operations & Infrastructure Data Protection, eDiscovery & Litigation Readiness Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery SOC 2 Compliance & Governance Systems Thinking & System Dynamics Interim CIO/CTO Leadership & Turnaround

Full career history on LinkedIn.

Career history · 1988 — present

The whole arc

Thirty-plus years, from the LAN room to the boardroom.

2024 – presentChief Information Officer & Operating Committee member — RHR International
2016 – 2024CTO & Founder — LawRise Inc.
2021 – 2024Chief Information Officer — Beyond Indigo Pets
2017 – 2024CIO/CTO, Senior Partner & Strategic Advisor — Fortium Partners
2011 – 2024CIO/CISO & Strategic Advisor — Akrete Communications
2022Interim Chief Information Officer — Deft
2018 – 2022Guest Lecturer — Loyola University Chicago
2020 – 2021Interim Chief Information Officer — PJ SOLOMON
2018 – 2019CTO & Strategic Advisor — Ends+Stems
2019Strategic Advisor & Interim CTO — Corsearch (Mechelen, Belgium)
2019Strategic Advisor — Lift Brands
2018Interim Chief Technology Officer — American Dental Association
2015 – 2017Enterprise Architect · Business Strategist · Evangelist — Dell
2016Guest Lecturer (Business Communications / Improv) — Roosevelt University
2012 – 2013VP of Technology Operations — Total Attorneys
2008 – 2012Founder, Chief Technologist & CEO — General System Dynamics
2005 – 2008Manager, Data Protection, Storage & Backup Engineering — Citadel Investment Group
2005Senior Consultant — Data Storage Architect — Bloomberg
2004 – 2005Senior Consultant — GlassHouse Technologies
2003 – 2005Adjunct Professor of Philosophy — William Rainey Harper College
2004 – 2005Senior Data Storage Consultant — Capital One
2002 – 2004Founding Partner — ITDoc's-to-Go!
2003Senior Data Storage Consultant — The Hartford
2000 – 2002Senior Architect — StorageNetworks, Inc.
2001 – 2002Senior Consultant (expatriate, Tokyo) — Fujitsu
2000 – 2001Senior Consultant — Data Storage Architect — Microsoft
2000Subject Matter Expert — iGeneration
1999 – 2000Senior Systems Architect — Grange Insurance Group (Seattle; now GranWest)
1990 – 1998LAN Manager · Senior Systems Administrator · Instructor — Motorola, Inc.
1989 – 1991Collegiate Representative — IBM
1988 – 1989Sales & Systems Specialist — Inacomp, Inc.