Led a Banner ERP cloud implementation across a multi-campus Arkansas State University-Beebe environment, aligning finance, HR, registrar, student services, academic affairs, and institutional research.
Higher Education CIO. Enterprise Systems. Cybersecurity. AI Operations.
Technology Leadership With Measurable Results.
I help institutions modernize ERP, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and service operations. The work is measured in system scope, cost reduction, risk reduction, and service capacity.
7 campuses unified through Banner ERP
$12M modernization approved
70% account-compromise reduction
AI
AI-Enabled Innovation
Help@ShawU launched in 45 days.
SEC
Cybersecurity
Account compromises reduced 70%.
DEI
DEI-Centered Leadership
Research-backed advancement strategy.
DX
Digital Transformation
$2M annual savings from restructure.
IT
Enterprise IT
$12M modernization approved.
ERP
ERP & Cloud
Seven-campus Banner ERP work.
OPS
Service Operations
1,200 staff hours saved annually.
Executive Proof
Proof First.
Each claim below is tied to operating scope, executive governance, or measurable institutional outcome.
Secured board approval for a major institutional technology modernization program covering network, server, virtualization, and enterprise storage upgrades.
Migrated approximately 80% of institutional workloads to hybrid cloud platforms and reduced data-center operating costs by approximately 25%.
Implemented identity, MFA, monitoring, and incident-response improvements that reduced account-compromise incidents by approximately 70% within one year.
Highlights
- 30+ years in higher education IT
- ERP, cloud, cybersecurity, AI, data, and service operations
- Evidence includes seven-campus ERP work, $12M modernization governance, and measurable savings
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Live decision-support environments for governance, cybersecurity, planning, service operations, research, and executive action tracking.
AI governanceOversight
Risk intelligenceSecurity
Service copilotOperations
Planning systemStrategy
Point of Thought
- AI support launched in a live HBCU environment
- Cybersecurity framed as executive risk work
- ERP, data, and governance lessons from the field
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