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Ted D.

CTO & Technology Advisor | Driving Secure, Scalable Platforms for Executive & Corporate IT

About Me

Technology executive with nearly 30 years of experience developing and executing innovation strategies across global enterprises. Partners with executive leadership to translate business objectives into secure, scalable, and resilient technology platforms that improve productivity, reduce risk, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Holds senior enterprise technology leadership experience at organizations including L’Oréal, PVH, BASF, Revlon, and Ogilvy & Mather, contributing to large-scale IT transformation across beauty and health care, fashion, manufacturing, and technology. Experience spans infrastructure and operations, application development, ERP implementations, security, cloud modernization, and complex M&A and divestiture initiatives from due diligence through integration. Brings a pragmatic, business-focused perspective to transforming large, international teams and aligning technology to dynamic business challenges.

Jurisdiction

United States

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
CTO, field
2022 - Present

Strategic leader driving innovative technologies, operational efficiency, and excellence, as well as strategy development for enterprise clients. Increased impact by leading transformation projects and creating technology roadmaps that achieved measurable business results through cloud, AI, and on-premises infrastructure.

VP - Global Infrastructure
2017 - 2022

Led global infrastructure and technology teams, delivering and managing business-aligned objectives across more than 40 countries, including responsibility for technical operations and standardization of over 3,000 stores worldwide. Provided strategic oversight for the company's comprehensive technology initiatives, such as enterprise architecture, advanced cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities. Developed and executed annual IT strategic plans, budgets, and resource allocations to enhance IT infrastructure and architecture teams, ensuring a unified roadmap aligned with business objectives for value generation. Spearheaded a large-scale IT infrastructure transformation, enhancing scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency while securing critical funding and executive support through persuasive business cases.

Skills

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Languages

English