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IT and Digital Strategy

I have led strategy for multiple IT and Digital organizations along with Finance, Corporate Strategic Planning, Customer Experience and a Digital Solutions Business. The items included below are just a partial sample of common topics of interest for most organizations. You may have different or additional interest which I can help you with. 

  • Lead / facilitate the development and deployment of your IT and Digital strategy

  • Integrate and align your corporate and technology strategies 

  • Establishing an IT  / Digital strategic planning framework and tools

  • Applications: development standards, requirements management, test automation, mobile, integrations, applications life cycle management and more

  • IT Business Partnership: engaging business leadership, demand / portfolio management, roadmaps, ensuring IT is easy to work with

  • Innovation, proof of concepts, pilots, technology scouting (evaluating emerging technology and new use cases) and building an ecosystem of partners and incubators

  • Infrastructure Strategy: automation, cloud, edge devices, etc. 

  • Agile development

  • Security and controls framework, risks and additional needs 

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  • Talent Management and employee development

  • Acquisitions, divestitures and Partnership Strategy and Capabilities (see the IT M&A page for more details)

  • IT Operating Model - the how, where, and by whom IT work gets done

    • Provide clarity improving efficiency, cycle time and costs

    • Create an improved working environment for your organization because they will have more clarity regarding expectations and how to get their work done

    • Generate ideas on how to improve

    • Ensure your IT organization is optimized based on your corporate strategy

    • AscendTech can provide an industry standard as a starting point to accelerate your efforts to create your Operating Model 

  • Building a Customer 360° data strategy, model and integrated information capabilities (see the Customer Experience page for details)​

  • Financial: Cost drivers, financial plans and target cost structure

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