Senior IT Leader Profile Highlights Experience Driving Growth
1. MICHAEL SIERSEMA MY LINKEDIN PROFILE
817-201-5811 | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | michael@siersema.com
SENIOR LEVEL IT EXECUTIVE
A proventechnologyleaderoffersatrack recordof successinchange managementand turnaround effortsthatenhance
business operation and client relationships. Collaborates effectively with senior executives for industry-leading
corporate clients,helping companiesmaximize theirITinvestments withtechnical,cloud,andarchitecturesolutionsthat
optimize businessprocesses,increaseenterprise performance, anddrive revenue growthincompetitive environments.
CORESTRENGTHS
Web Technology – Software Management – Systems Installations – Project Management – Process Improvement
Risk Management – Strategic Planning – Client Relations – Technical Leadership – Training & Development – Startups
SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Rescued$10M at-riskproject with major clientby renegotiatingthe contract, facilitatingprojectcompletion,and
ensuringoperationalcontinuity;clientawardedCSCwithadditional$400K contract to design a “green”data center.
As MarketSolutionsDirectoratCSC, creatednew line of businessfordocumenthandling,imaging,andelectronic
distribution, witha managed cloudservice business(BPaaS),yielding$21M over a five year period.
IncreasedCSC’s annual LA market revenue from $8M to $50M despite recessionand ahighly competitive market.
As ManagingPartnerfor Phoenix2000Group, developedbusinessmodel andbuilt14 partnershipsin one year of
operation,with salesreaching$6M in two years; alsoprovided interimCIOservices.
Recognizedasa thoughtleaderwhohasbeenengagedforspeakingappearances,mentorships,andpublications,
includingthe book, “IntelligentEvolution:OriginsofbusinessTechnology;” foundingmemberof the Orange
CountyBusinessDevelopmentNon-ProfitandInternetProfessionals.
SELECT CLIENT/PARTNER LIST
Southern California Edison – Farmers Insurance – Callaway Golf – DirecTV – Mattel – Raytheon Systems – Boeing
Black and Decker – Toshiba – Beckman Coulter – Capital Group – Toyota Motor Financial Services – Guitar Center
AT&T – BHP Billiton Petroleum – Williams-Sonoma – St. John’s Knits – IBM– Microsoft – Oracle – NASA – Disney
PROFESSIONALOVERVIEW
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (CSC) 2007-2014
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER,CTOPACIFIC REGION
Builtbookof businessanddirecteddeliveryof managedhostservices,ITstaffing, andconsultingservicestodiverse
clients,includingSouthernCaliforniaEdison,FarmersInsurance,CallawayGolf,DirecTV,Mattel,RaytheonSystems,
Black andDecker,Boeing,Toshiba,BeckmanCoulter,Capital Group,ToyotaMotorand Financial Services, Guitar
Center,AT&T,BHP BillitonPetroleum, Williams-Sonoma,andSt.John’sKnits.
CollaboratedwithC-level executivestoaligntechnologysolutionswithstrategicbusinessplans,envisioning the
solution,developingstrategy/SOWs,estimatingresources,andassemblingdeliveryteams.
CreatedandnurturedbusinesschannelswithtechnologypartnersincludingIBM,Microsoft,andOracle.
Spearheadedinnovative new serviceofferingsthatgeneratedanadditional$21M inrevenue.
Oversaw 2,800 IT/consultingresources, providingcoaching, performancemanagement,andcareerdevelopment.
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MARKET SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR
ImplementedcloudcomputingsolutionswithExchange,SharePoint,Azure,andcatalogservices.
Creatednewretail POSinthe cloudsolutionforclient deployedinAustraliaundertighttimeline;solutionincluded
telecommunications, networks, securitysystems,securitycameras,musicsystem, scanners.andprinters.
TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR
Drove deliveryof complex technologysolutionsspanningenterprise architecture,emergingtechnologies, bigdata,
businessturnarounds,technologytransformations,“green”computing,governance, risk,compliance andmore.
DevelopedAgile/Scrummethodology mergedwithtraditional CSCprojectmanagementconcepts.
Createdmarketingproposalsandtechnical presentationstouniversities,corporate boardsandsymposiumson
cloudcomputing,corporate social responsibility,risk,virtual desktops,cybersecurity andBigData.
ImplementedcloudbasedExchange/SharePointsolutions thatrangedfrom12,000 to 38,000 seats.
Servedasthoughtleaderforin-depthmarketingpiecesonsecurityincloudcomputing.
PHOENIX2000 GROUP, LLC 2002-2007
MANAGINGPARTNER/FOUNDER
EstablishedbusinessconceptandcreatedconsultancyprovidingCEOsanddirectorswithvendor-independent
advisoryservicesconcerningexistingtechnologyeffectiveness,viability,andinvestmentvalue.
ForgedclientrelationshipswithNASA,LosAngelesDepartmentof WaterandPower,diverse mid-market
businesses/enterprises,hospitals,andgovernmentagencies.
Enabledclientstodevelopconvergedbusiness/technologystrategyanddecisionmodels,reduce technologyrisk,
increase marketvalue/competitivenessusingtechnology,andleverage strategictechnologybudgets.
*Career Note:Prior roles include Principal (LeadArchitect on DSL Solutions) atPricewaterhouseCoopersand National
MIS Manager/CIOforYokohama TireCorp.,leading all North American operations,aswell asservice in theUS Air Force.
EDUCATION&CREDENTIALS
BS, Business Administration (Minor Electrical Engineering) – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
Executive MBA Program Executive Member, Lecturer, & Student Mentor – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
PROFESSIONAL&COMMUNITYASSOCIATIONS
Member/FormerChairman – CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH,PUBLICWORKS COMMISSION (approvedcapital budgetof $75M
and operatingbudgetof $30M)
Board Member– FORUMFOR CORPORATE DIRECTORS (RECEIVEDCORPORATE DIRECTORCERTIFICATION)
Judge Advocate – AMERICAN LEGION, POST 624
Founding/Board Member– INTERNET PROFESSIONALS CHAPTER
FoundingMember– ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESSDEVELOPMENT NON-PROFIT
Executive Committee,Conference Speakerand HighTechnology Awards Judge – TECHAMERICA
Dean’s Council of Computerand Mathematics – CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY