Experience

Work Experience

Chief Technology Officer
Pendoah
February 2022 - Present|Houston, TX
Leading global technology teams to architect and deliver enterprise-scale AI and cloud projects that generate measurable business impact—from $30M+ revenue recovery to 90% efficiency gains across legal, healthcare, and energy sectors.
• Architected Lawli.ai, a secure, multi-tenant agentic AI platform on Azure, slashing contract lifecycle times by 90% and legal research by 70%.
• Designed an Azure-native GenAI platform for hospital systems projected to capture $30M+/yr in at-risk revenue by cutting claim denials by 15%.
• Grew a 70+ member global technology team, implementing Agile (SAFe) and DevOps to accelerate product delivery by 30%.
• Delivered $10M in annual savings for an energy client by deploying a predictive maintenance platform using Azure Machine Learning and IoT Hub, cutting critical downtime by 20%.
Azure AI
Generative AI
RAG
Agentic AI
FastAPI
Python
DevOps
SAFe

Chief Information Officer
Perry Homes
June 2017 - February 2022|Houston, TX
Directed technology strategy and executed comprehensive digital transformation that propelled company revenue from $800M to $1.71B (113% growth) while improving system scalability by 50% and reducing IT costs by 20%.
• Key architect of the technology strategy that propelled company revenue from $800M to $1.71B (a 113% increase) over five years.
• Drove a $50M revenue uplift and increased customer LTV by 20% by integrating AI-powered Dynamics 365 projects.
• Executed a full migration of on-premise systems to Azure, improving scalability by 50% and cutting IT operational costs by 20%.
Azure
Dynamics 365
Cloud Migration
AI Analytics
Power Platform
IT Strategy

Director, AI & Cloud Consulting
PwC & Omnicom
May 2013 - June 2017|Houston, TX
Led high-impact consulting engagements for Fortune 500 clients, architecting and delivering AI/ML and automation projects that achieved 15-20% cost reductions and accelerated processing times by over 30%.
• Delivered transformative AI/ML and automation projects to Fortune 500 clients, achieving average cost reductions of 15-20%.
• For a $35B pharma giant, integrated AI for drug discovery, reducing operational costs by 20% and accelerating market entry by 15%.
• For a $40B insurer, streamlined claims processing with AI and RPA, achieving $10M in annual savings and reducing processing time by 35%.
AI/ML Strategy
RPA
Cloud Architecture
Management Consulting
Process Automation