Robert Field

516-***-**** ad3zsg@r.postjobfree.com New York, NY

linkedin.com/in/robertmfield

CIO CISO COO

Financial Services Digital Media Manufacturing Education Technology Board Member

Expert at leveraging technology to turn corporate strategy into reality.

üStrategic Business Partner: Driving IT value-added programs while connecting IT initiatives to the strategic plan of the business and building deep meaningful relationships and value across the organization.

üVisionary Technology Leader: Pioneered the strategic design and execution of a sophisticated integration between our practice management platform and an AI-driven data aggregation model. This innovation automatically populates relevant federal and state legal information into internal databases, associating each entry with corresponding client profiles. By streamlining this process, I eliminated the need for attorneys to manually search for this critical data, thereby significantly enhancing operational efficiency and allowing our legal experts to focus on delivering exceptional client service.

üCorporate Global Strategist: Consolidating and unifying technology and digital business operations to maintain industry leadership. Led a large global team, executing on a $500M in technology transformation programs resulting in significant cost reductions and operation optimization across various domains.

üGlobal Tech Executive: Transformed business with technology disruption and innovative solutions, delivering increased results. Expertise in leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive business transformation and achieve exceptional outcomes.

Speaking Engagements> Progressive Thought Leader on Emerging Technologies

Moving to a hybrid cloud environment.

The value of AI in business.

The future of Cybersecurity compliance in Aerospace and Defense, FedRAMP.

Building lasting relationships across the organization and beyond.

Host of a regular LinkedIn live show with the Institute for Digital Transformation, leading in the Digital Era.

Created an IT Global Center of Excellence

Consolidated multiple siloed global IT organizations into one centrally managed, large global, higher-performing organization. Increased operational efficiency, lowered mean time to resolve by 50%, decreased number of incidents, lowered IT employee turnover, with 0 security breaches.

Developed strategic technology roadmap in partnership with business partners across the organization.

Turned IT into a profit center by developing SaaS solutions generating new lines of revenue

Strategically led the design and launch of an advanced Quality Management Inspection Reporting enhancement to our Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP), successfully transitioning it into a licensed SaaS offering that increased revenue targets by 25% while also catalyzing the development of additional commercial products to broaden our revenue portfolio.

Led $500M Global IT Cloud Transformation

Directed multiple full-scale redesigns of organization business processes, change management practices and migrations strategies from legacy systems to new ERP, MRP and CRM solutions with user adoption strategies.

Centralized various international IT teams into a unified, high performing global IT organization that delivers robust support across the organization.

Created business intelligence and data analytics providing the right information resulting in a 10% revenue increase in the first year and 100% 5-year growth initiative.

Awards

New York Orbie Finalist 2022/2023, HMG Global Leadership Institute Winner 2023

Advisory Boards

New York CIO, Society for Information Management (Marketing Committee), RAVIA Global Services, The Channel Company MES, Glen Cove School District Trustee

Executive Assets

■ Global Vision & Strategy ■ Change Management ■ Organizational Leadership ■ Strategic Partnerships ■ Product Management ■ Business Transformation ■ Marketing and Digital Media ■ Financial Analysis ■ Cybersecurity ■ Team Development & Leadership

Technology Expertise

■ Business Continuity ■ Cloud Computing ■ IT / Digital Transformation ■ Technology Modernization ■ AI/ML & Web 3.0 ■ ERP/MRP/CRM ■ Compliance & Automation ■ CMMC / FedRAMP ■ UX/UI ■ DevOps ■ Cybersecurity ■ Data Analytics / BI

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

The Institute for Digital Transformation June 2023 - Present

Chief Digital Officer and Board Member

Following a significant tenure of partnership with the Institute for Digital Transformation, I was personally approached by co-founders Frank Granito and John Palinkas to amplify strategic vision, foster collaboration, and fortify thought leadership as a Board Member and Chief Digital Officer.

Created an implementation, marketing, and support strategy for the Institute for Digital Transformation’s new Digital Transformation Readiness tool (DTRT). As the principal product manager on the team we excelled sales by 250%.

Started a new live series. “Leading in the Digital Era.” The first show was the highest attended show in the Institute history with over 1500 people watching in the first 8 hours. Interest on the second show, AI the impact on leadership and the future of work, had 15,000 impressions one day after it was launched.

Precipart Inc., Farmingdale, NY May 2017 – May 2023

Vice President Global Information Technology & Digital Solutions

Selected by the chairman as the head of technology (CIO) to build a world-class center of excellence. Creating a strong, collaborative relationship across all business units. Developed a 5-year strategic plan, transforming a struggling IT department into a strategic business partner for a 100% growth revenue initiative. Education for all IT team members on business processes enabled effective use of technology, business innovation, and continuous growth. Introduced a customer advisory board in support of culture of transparency, respect, and teamwork enabled IT to work closely with the business in developing new products and turning IT into a profit center.

Designed new products with enhanced technology features and information, through collaborations with sales and engineering. Accomplishment Project to increase 2025 revenue goals by 25%.

Designed a unified global CRM solution to support multiple business units sharing customers, across different product lines creating a higher customer satisfaction score once global support crossed all product lines. Accomplishment CRM adoption was 100% within the first quarter and increased sales of 12.5% in the first year.

Streamlined an ERP consolidation of three disparate systems across three international three international manufacturing companies, two distribution centers, and a sales-centric environment. The new design provided the executive management team with greater access to data and provided the sales team with the customer information required at POS. The resultant information was impossible to get prior to this effort. Accomplishment Financial year closed 50% faster and for the first time in the company’s history, global consolidation was accomplished without engaging external support.

Launched a streamlined and consistent Office 365 centralized document management and unified communications system resulting in a consistent employee experience. Accomplishment lowered mean time to resolve support tickets by 50%

Built an enhanced Cybersecurity framework to support the Department of Defense compliance requirements for both NIST and CMMC, as well as the FDA, ISO, GDPR, and others. This new system is currently standard on every new customer presentation. Accomplishment Compliance requirement to do business with the Department of Defense. Since the completion of the project, we have doubled Defense contract work.

MY CXO Inc., New York, NY February 2014 – May 2017

Interim Associate Vice President, Enterprise Application Services - Montclair State University (Nov 2014 – May 2017)

Held dual roles as Interim Associate Vice President of Enterprise Services and Enterprise Engagement Manager to implement a transformative solution integrating all business areas of Montclair State University. Defined a strategic, organizational change management process that created transparency and collaboration between IT and the business ensuring that goals and objectives of the business are integrated and delivered in the solutions that IT delivers.

Directed a large-scale, agile initiative with resources from both the business units and IT, for the design and implementation of a fully integrated, best-of-breed ERP solution to replace the University’s 20-year-old legacy system to support over 150,000 faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

Implemented best practices in business architecture, change management and project management creating a “customer first” initiative, changing the culture from IT as technical support to a collaborative business partner.

Chief Information Officer, Rooftop2 Productions (Feb 2014 – May 2017)

Hired by the founder as the CIO to support an aggressive growth plan preparing for a major financial investment. Directed all aspects of technology, digital strategy, capital and operating budgeting, and financial projections for the company. Provided end-to-end project management from initial analysis, through execution and delivery for live events and game day entertainment/engagements.

Part of the senior leadership team charged with securing new capital for company growth, acquisitions and business development initiatives successfully bringing together global events. Directly responsible for new capital that exceeded 4 times revenue.

Managed relationship management strategy for the organization as a collaborative partner and champion for the utilization of emerging technologies to align with business objectives to advance the organization’s competitive and financial position.

Implemented a new governance process and project review committee for collaboration of priorities for technology initiatives creating transparency, collaboration, and a culture of trust.

Expanded core business offerings and introduced new lines of business that shifted from the organization’s traditional business offerings and provided customers with new products that included digital asset distribution and ownership solutions.

Fordham University, Bronx, NY February 2008 – February 2014

Director, Enterprise Program Management

Orchestrated a pivotal transformation in both the strategic partnership and the IT-business relationship, exercising formidable leadership over a large, high-performing team. I fostered a culture of growth and excellence within IT, elevating the department's role from a traditional support function to a core business partner instrumental in leveraging technology for added value. My commitment to mentorship and development cultivated a robust environment for technological innovation. I adeptly managed a $100M technology development budget, providing visionary leadership and support across 15 business units. My leadership was key in devising and implementing strategies that enhanced system functionality, quality, security, and customer satisfaction, culminating in a successful business process transformation.

Served as project executive for University’s ERP implementation initiative and migrated the university to a process and customer-oriented philosophy.

oMet complex project budgets and delivery timelines for the implementation for the Development and Alumni Relations, Student Administration, Financials, and Human Resources teams across all schools and campuses.

oDesigned a new financial solution for new AR, AP, billing, and procurement processes, workflows, leading to paperless environment.

Spearheaded the implementation of an imaging and workflow solution. Total project costs were $70k, but in year one Fordham recognized annual cost savings of more than $100K.

Championed the implementation of the organization’s first CRM solution, unifying disparate business units and driving enhanced customer-focused support strategy.

Defined the strategic direction for IT and business services, serving as primary liaison between client groups and the IT organization.

RAND International, Melville, NY February 2002 – February 2008

Chief Information Officer

Hired as the Global CIO. Successfully executed the strategy to implement the company’s first ERP, MRP, and supply chain management solutions. Successfully introduced organizational change management and business architecture facilitating the organization’s strategic goals and objectives. Chaired the company’s strategic advisory board.

Developed a strategic reporting and communications platform that led to a 25% reduction in annual operating expenses.

Additional Professional Experiences: American Express, Jennifer Convertibles, Montefiore Medical Center

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems, Dowling College.

Certified Scrum Master.

Certified Action Learning Coach.

Regional Leadership Forum, Society for Information Management.

Board training – Financial oversight, accountability, and fiduciary responsibilities.

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