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Enterprise Leadership

People, Capital, Governance, and Institutional Change

For fifteen years, I have helped set direction for institutions operating from $35 million to $122 million a year. My responsibility has crossed boards, people, capital, risk, and institutional change. I carry the decision past the executive table into the operating model, leadership structure, and accountability needed to make it real.

CHAPTER No. 1
Enterprise Leadership
THE SCOPESELECTED WORKTHE PAPERNEXT CHAPTER
THE SCOPE
SCALE A statewide human-services enterpriseTwo operating agencies · 25 highly regulated clinical, residential, educational, detention, and community settings · more than 1,100 employees · programs serving approximately 11,000 New York families
PEOPLE Teams built for enterprise workBig and small, across employees, contractors, part-time staff, student workforces, campuses, and statewide operations · department design · restructuring · talent development · succession planning
CAPITAL Institutional stewardship from $35 million to $122 millionExecutive decision-making inside organizations operating at $35 million, $50 million, nearly $115 million, and $122 million annually · a $10 million capital infrastructure program · contracts, forecasts, and investment choices
GOVERNANCE Board Chair, Trustee, Executive Board Member, and PanelistITEC Executive Board Chair · Kinderhook Memorial Library Trustee and Committee Chair · SUNY CIO Council Executive Board · EDUCAUSE and NERCOMP panels
SELECTED WORK
01Internal capability, external revenue

A platform built for our own staff was selected for commercialization by a national consortium of more than 700 nonprofits. An internal operating advantage became a new source of program revenue for the agency's mission.

02Decisions with the institution in the room

At Hudson Valley I established shared governance that brought faculty and administrative leaders into major decisions, then chaired the business process review that digitized admissions. Applicants received their credentials the moment they applied.

03Teams built to outlast the builder

I have rebuilt operating teams at three institutions and led blended workforces of employees, contractors, part-time staff, and student workers across multi-campus and statewide environments. At Sage, the restructure cut support response times 20 percent with the same headcount. The point was service ownership, leadership depth, and succession strong enough that the organization kept moving after the restructure.

04Capital programs that changed the institution

I led the technology and operating work inside more than $10 million in capital infrastructure projects: complete new construction for an advanced manufacturing center, multi-datacenter refits, and modernization of 260 classrooms and conference rooms. Each program joined facilities, academic or clinical operations, finance, procurement, security, and long-range institutional priorities in one delivery effort.

THE PAPER
2014 Executive Leadership Certificate, Cornell University
2012 M.Ed., Instructional Design & Technology, Post University · 3.98, High Honors
2010 B.S., Networks & Systems Administration, Sage College of Albany · Magna Cum Laude
CERTS CISSP since 2018 · PMP since 2015 · ITIL since 2017 · SUNY Leadership Academy since 2015 · NYS Certified Project Management Instructor since 2011