The Britt-Webb Family

PROFESSIONAL

Objective:
Secure a CIO or senior IT leadership position in a dynamic company that’s looking to make IT a competitive advantage. Shape the skills and attitudes of the next generation of IT leadership, converging business and IT strategies, operating models, service offerings and capabilities and architectures. Be accountable for IT operational excellence, but also focus on innovating market offerings, interfacing with customers and partners, and ensuring business processes runs smoothly.

Qualifications:
Personal: Passionate, entrepreneurial, collaborative leader. Combination of analytical/ technical skills along with creative, big picture visions. Technical: Nearly 20 years experience architecting and implementing IT systems across numerous platforms. Strategic: Over 10 years experience developing and managing clients, business partnerships and service offerings. Organizational: Helped lead IT transformations at several companies ranging from $2B - $85B in revenues. Emphasized using capability models to improve alignment/convergence with business model(s). Financial: Responsible for up to $20M in solutions delivery or $2M in advisory services. Emphasized improving value through integrated IT Portfolio, Program and Service management. Philanthropic: Long-time activist, both within corporations (e.g., Amoco Torch Classic) and non-profits (church, schools, CCT).

2004 – Present. BSG Concours (was The Concours Group, now part of BSG Alliance) – Boston & Austin
Engagement Director – Develop account relationships and new service offerings, manage and contribute to strategy engagements. Practice Expert – Developed IT Business Value Management offerings. Led and contributed to an array multi-client research projects and executive summits, including Business Analytics, IT Value and Funding Strategies, Business Experimentation and Next Generation CIO.

2001 – Present. Beacon Technology Advisors – Newton, MA.
Sole Proprietor – Advise non-profit organizations on the strategic use of information technology to grow and support their businesses, including such aspects as marketing, recruiting, communications and relationship management.

1999 – 2003. Niteo Partners (formerly ZEFER), an NEC Company – Boston, MA & New York, NY
Client Partner – Crafted large-scale e-business transformation strategies and programs for $80B company. Drove joint sales, marketing & intellectual capital efforts with key technology partners and industry consortiums.

1998 – 1999. Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. – New York, NY
Strategic Technology Associate – Founding member of e-commerce group. Developed Internet-enabled channel strategies, product and service offerings for clients. Developed BAH trade revenue management product offering.

1996 – 1997. Spry Resources, Inc. – Oak Brook, IL
Co-Founder & VP of US Business Development – Grew US channel and direct customer business to $4M annual run rate. Led the Internet/Groupware solutions practice.

1990 – 1996. Amoco Corporation – Chicago, IL
Senior Consultant – Pioneered use Groupware & Internet technologies through internal consulting group. Charter member of 1500-person Shared Services sector. Member of global IT Standards Council.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Community Consulting Teams Boston – Kellogg School Liaison and IT Infrastructure Chair (2001-)
• Newton Public Schools – Charter member of Technology Advisory Council, Funding Subcommittee (2006-)

EDUCATION

1997. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University – Chicago, IL
• MBA, majors in Entrepreneurship and Finance
• Research Assistant for Professor Manheim; Teaching Assistant for Strategic IT Management class

1991. McCormick School of Engineering & Science, Northwestern University – Evanston, IL
• BS in Computer Science & Work Co-op Certificate. Emphasis on Data Modeling and Artificial Intelligence
• Five-year Research Assistant to Comparative Religion Professor Perry; helped produce A World Theology

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