IT Director · Fortune 500 · AI Strategy
Turning emerging technology into measurable business value
About
I'm an IT Director at Newell Brands with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise data and AI initiatives. I serve as a forward-deployed AI engineer and AI Navigator on Newell's enterprise AI initiative — a company-wide program targeting $110M–$130M in annual savings — where I help translate AI strategy into real, working capabilities across the organization.
Within this initiative I helped build and lead the AI FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) team — AI specialists embedded across 9 business functions to drive adoption where the work actually happens. I also built the company's AI skills and prompt discovery portal and run the AI Architecture Review Board that governs how AI gets adopted at scale. Alongside that, I've grown Power BI and Azure adoption from zero to 5,000+ users and lead an 8-person global analytics engagement team.
Recent Wins
A selection of high-impact initiatives from the past two years.
Enabled 100+ use cases and 10,000+ hours saved annually through an enterprise-wide AI adoption program.
Migrated 50 developers to Jira with AI automation, cutting sprint planning overhead by a quarter.
Hosted and led training for 800 participants across 80 sessions on data and analytics capabilities.
Delivered the reporting infrastructure enabling consolidation from 23 distribution networks to 1.
Portfolio
Enterprise solutions built and delivered across two decades at Fortune 500 scale.
Forward-deployed AI engineer and AI Navigator on Newell's enterprise AI transformation, targeting $110M–$130M in annual savings. Helped build and lead the AI FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) team — AI specialists embedded across 9 business functions to drive adoption where the work actually happens. Built the company's AI skills and prompt discovery portal. Run the AI Architecture Review Board (ARB) governing AI adoption across the global organization.
Built and scaled the company's BI platform from zero to 5,000+ active users across every major function — finance, sales, supply chain, HR, and e-commerce.
Architected the reporting and analytics layer that powered a 23-to-1 distribution network consolidation — one of the most complex operational transformations in the company's recent history.
Co-designed and implemented a global daily sales report on SAP BW integrating data from 30 ERPs following a $10B merger — giving C-suite leadership a single view of global performance.
Led enterprise-wide POS reporting aggregating retail sales data across 70+ retail partners in 6 countries — turning fragmented sell-through data into a single source of truth.
Implemented an enterprise Marketing CRM aggregating 50+ sources of consumer data across all brands globally — creating a unified consumer intelligence platform.
Career
Lead reporting/analytics and AI roadmaps across the enterprise. Serving as a forward-deployed AI engineer and IT Navigator on Newell's enterprise AI initiative targeting $110M–$130M in savings. Manage multi-million-dollar budget and 8-person global engagement team. Run the AI Architecture Review Board.
Led full-spectrum application development and analytics for multiple business functions. Managed $1M budget. Built global POS reporting program and co-designed the daily global sales report following the $10B Jarden merger.
Progressive SAP, CRM, and SharePoint leadership. Led divisional IT roadmap, global RightNow CX rollout, and 20+ system integrations. Spearheaded New Product Development workflow on SharePoint.
Website and application development while simultaneously earning a BS in Computer Science from Drexel University, graduating Magna Cum Laude.
Contact
Whether you're looking to hire a data & AI leader, explore a collaboration, or just connect — I'd love to hear from you.