Information Technology Insurance, Banking, Software

Joseph A. Cardenas,

Mr. Cardenas has headed information technology for several leading high

technology and financial services companies. Mr. C rdenas' focus is on

leveraging leading edge technologies and methodologies (such as Cloud and

Agile) and marrying these with a new way of making IT an integral part of

the overall organization. Mr. Cardenas was a pioneer in personally

deploying Salesforce.com in a global environment for Autodesk as well as

insurance environments before joining Salesforce.com as CIO. Mr. Cardenas

spent 8 years in banking as a business/technology analyst for Wells

Fargo/Crocker Bank and a consultant for Continental Bank of Chicago. Mr.

Cardenas also spent 4+ years implementing a complete SAP suite for Autodesk

and received awards from SAP for for creative use of the SAP suite.

Cardenas Gascaux Consulting (Jan 2013 - current)

Mr. Cardenas started CGC to focus on project/program management, and system

architecture in start-ups and small business accounts. Customers vary from

tech start-ups to insurance companies. Sample activities include

preparing investment documents for a new insurance start-up (including

complete investment and technical plans), Assisting another start-up

prepare a plan for implementing a SAAS reporting service, and assisting a

manufacturing CIO move toward Salesforce.com and other modern technologies.

Insurance company VP & CIO ( 2002 to 2005 - 3 years and 2006 to 2012 - 6

years)

Mr. Cardenas' role was CIO for Pacific Compensation Insurance, an insurance

carrier (heavy integration to heath care partners) that continues its

leadership role as the first all cloud supported company in the insurance

space. Mr. Cardenas has moved large portions of traditionally IT supported

functionality into the business to ensure that IT is not just supporting

the business, but is instead making IT just a part of the overall company

team. As a founding member of Pacific Compensations management team Mr.

Cardenas has set records for rapid advanced technology implementations and

has received many industry awards for quick implementation of advanced

technology.

Salesforce.com - SVP and Global CIO (2005 to 2006 - 1 year +)

Salesforce.com is the leading provider of on demand services, including

CRM, Support Automation and the world's first on demand marketplace

(AppExchange). Mr. C rdenas was responsible for establishing a globally

standardized IT function, outsourcing non-core processes, extensive use of

SaaS technology (both Salesforce.com and other leading SaaS vendors) and

developing all new processes and documentation that enabled Salesforce.com

to pass first year Sarbanes Oxley compliance. (Mr. Cardenas was urgently

asked to return to Pacific Compensation to undo changes brought about by

the replacement CIO)

Autodesk - Vice President and Global CIO ( 1998 to 2002 - 4 years +)

Mr. Cardenas served for over four years as Vice President and CIO of

Autodesk, Inc., the fourth largest PC software company in the world. He

consolidated disparate IT functional groups into a Global IT organization,

establishing and leveraging talent in Bangalore, India, Singapore, and

Neuchatel, Switzerland. Mr. Cardenas was instrumental in moving Autodesk

away from a traditional internal data center format toward a nascent pre-

cloud "zero footprint" format. Mr. C rdenas was also a board advisor to

Blue Star Solutions, an SAP service provider that supported "zero

footprint" (later known as SaaS). Mr. Cardenas successfully implemented

integrated worldwide ERP and CRM systems where others failed.

Oracle - Vice President of Information Technology ( 1993 - 1996 - 4 years)

Mr. Cardenas served as Vice President of Information Technology for Oracle

Corporation where he was instrumental in coalescing disparate IT groups

into a global organization. Mr Cardenas changed a country centric

organization that delivered IT services differently in each country to a

worldwide organization to delivered one product worldwide. Mr Cardenas

found an Oracle software landscape that was 4 to 7 versions out of date

(varied depending on country) and moved them to a worldwide organization

delivering up-to-date code from 3 data centers worldwide (UK, Singapore and

US). All of this was accomplished amid the challenges of Oracle's then

unprecedented growth.

TRW financial services Senior Consultant 1992 - 1993

Clients: Continental Bank (Chicago) and New York Life of Canada.

Worked on a small team of 5 senior global consultants specializing in

reorganizing large financial services organizations. - Continental Trust

(Chicago) and New York Life of Canada (Toronto).

Wells Fargo - AVP Senior Consultant (1982 - 1986 - 4+ years)

Mr. Cardenas served as AVP Senior Consultant for Wells Fargo Bank where he

was responsible for supporting several business groups: Demand Deposit,

Lockbox, Money Market, Wire Transfer, ATM and other areas. The goal was to

leverage advanced platforms where practical.

Berkeley Pump - CIO (1972 - 1982 - 10+ years)

Mr. Cardenas served as CIO for Berkeley Pump (an international manufacturer

of pumps for agricultural and recreational use) where he was responsible

for supporting operations in the US, Canada and India. The goal was to

leverage advanced platforms and utilize automated shop-floor technology

(Cincinnati Milacron) where practical.

Board positions

AtTask, Inc (International SaaS software company - Project Management). -

Board member

Start Date Jun, 2002

End Date Feb, 2009

WCIRB (Workers Compensation Insurance Rate Board) - Board adviser on

implementing advanced technology

Start Date Jun, 2006

End Date Jan, 2010

Boardwalk Tech, Inc (International SaaS software company - Project

Efficiency). - Board Advisor

Start Date Jun, 2006

End Date - current

Blue Star Solutions Inc. (Hosting SAP and Oracle applications) - Board

Advisor

Start Date Jun, 1998

End Date Feb, 2000

Other Positions

Mr. C rdenas has also held senior information technology positions with

Transamerica Insurance, Fremont General Insurance, NCR (Development and

support of new computer platforms), Hyatt Hotels (Implementation of first

integrated hotel system).

Education:

London School of Music (London UK) - Opera - BA (European 3 year plan)

MIT Sloan School of Global Management (IT) - Employer Sponsor - Oracle

(Certificate Program)

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