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Roles available for:
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Fractional
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Consulting
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Contract
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Interim
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Boiling Springs, South Carolina, United States
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https://www.hawksroost.com
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Country experience:
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United States of America
Northern America -
Israel
Western Asia -
Germany
Western Europe -
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Northern Europe -
China
Eastern Asia -
Brazil
South America -
Hong Kong
Eastern Asia -
Italy
Southern Europe
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Languages:
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English (US)
English (US)Level: Native
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English (US)
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Expertise
AI Governance, Decision Ownership, AI Accountability, AI Deployment Readiness, AI Readiness Assessment, Responsible AI, AI Risk Management Chief Data Officer, CDAO, Fractional CDO, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Chief AI Officer, Fractional Executive, Board Advisory Data Strategy, Enterprise Data Strategy, Analytics Operating Model, Data Governance, Master Data Management, Data Quality, Data Stewardship SAP, SAP S/4HANA, Snowflake, Azure, Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Databricks, dbt, Oracle, Data Lakehouse, Data Engineering Digital Transformation, Platform Modernization, ERP Analytics, Business Intelligence, Self-Service Analytics, Data Architecture, Data Pipelines Private Equity, PE Value Creation, PE Portfolio Companies, Board-Level Technology Oversight, Executive Advisory, Exit Readiness Manufacturing, CPG, Food and Beverage, Industrial Manufacturing, Agriculture, Healthcare, Global Operations, Mid-Market -
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Fractional / Interim CDAO Leadership, AI Investment Accountability, Data Value-Creation Roadmaps, Board and PE Operating-Partner Reporting, Data Operating Model and Governance, 100-Day Diagnostic and Transition Planning
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Employees
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60 employees
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Budget overseen
$ 36,000,000
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Roles available for:
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Fractional
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Consulting
-
Contract
-
Interim
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Boiling Springs, South Carolina, United States
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https://www.hawksroost.com
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Assets
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Country experience:
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United States of America
Northern America -
Israel
Western Asia -
Germany
Western Europe -
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Northern Europe -
China
Eastern Asia -
Brazil
South America -
Hong Kong
Eastern Asia -
Italy
Southern Europe
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Languages:
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English (US)
English (US)Level: Native
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English (US)
Achievements
Why hire me in a fractional role
Experience
Fractional role
- This is a Fractional role Chief Data & Analytics Officer
- This is a Fractional role Senior Director of Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
- This is a Fractional role Director of Data Analytics & Insights
- Director of Business Solutions
- This is a Fractional role Chief Information Officer
Strengths in this role: Decision governance for AI, executive accountability, and enterprise data strategy. Proven ability to align data, analytics, and AI to business outcomes by clarifying decision ownership, governing risk, and delivering measurable value across global operations.
Industry Group: Manufacturing
Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Years of experience: 25 years
Industry Group: Manufacturing
Industry: Industrial Automation
Years of experience: 5 years
Company name: Israel based PE-backed global manufacturer (NDA)
Company size: 1,000 employees
Role in this company: PE-backed global manufacturer with operations across 40-plus countries. Brought in to design the data and AI strategy and operating model for a $300M plus organization ahead of a major ERP migration.
Strengths in this role: Built the enterprise data function from zero at a $6B+ CPG: 60-person federated organization, $1.4M in AI-driven savings, 25% budget reduction, and maturity from immature to above-peer in 12 months. Translating analytics into decisions that leaders can act on. Strong at establishing decision rights, standardizing trusted metrics, and embedding governance so that insights consistently drive execution, performance, and accountability.
Industry: Food Production
Years of experience: 3 years
Company name: Lamb Weston
Company size: 11,000 employees
Role in this company: Unified fragmented data efforts into a scalable, enterprise-wide global Data and Analytics function at this $6B+ global CPG organization, specializing in food services. Built and led a Chief Digital and AI Office focused on modernizing platforms, elevating global visibility, and facilitating top-line growth. Built 60-person federated organization from zero. $1.4M in AI-driven inventory savings. 25% budget reduction. Enabled $4.5M SGA reduction and 4.4% revenue lift.
Strengths in this role: First functional CDAO at a $5B global industrial. No precedent, no playbook. Built four Centers of Excellence, 19 direct and 20 indirect reports, $14M budget. Every decision was negotiated right from the ground up.
Industry Group: Manufacturing
Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Years of experience: 25 years
Company name: Valmont
Company size: 10,000 employees
Role in this company: First functional CDAO at a $5B global industrial, building the entire data function from scratch. No precedent, no playbook. Every decision right negotiated from the ground up. Drove the creation of a modern analytics foundation to accelerate global decision-making. Operationalized AI, strengthened governance. AI to production in 16 weeks. $1M waste reduction. 80% improvement in delivery. 26% improvement in time to insight. 14% fewer time-lost incidents. Informatica Award 2023.
Strengths in this role: Protected $30M in revenue and delivered $3.5M in first-year transformation value. $1M annual savings from Azure migration completed in a single quarter. Speed, governance, and measurable outcome from day one. Rapid stabilization and decision clarity in complex environments. Expert at aligning business, technology, and data priorities, establishing governance where it is missing, and enabling leaders to execute with confidence during change.
Industry Group: Manufacturing
Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Years of experience: 25 years
Company name: AFL Global
Company size: 8,000 employees
Role in this company: Brought in to modernize platforms and align business solutions with global business strategy at this 1.5B+ international manufacturer of fiber optic infrastructure, engineering, and solutions. Quickly transitioned from an enterprise architecture role to a business solutions leadership role and ultimately to Interim CIO. Redesigned the IT and data landscape to drive transformation, stabilize “burning platforms,” and prepare AFL for digital scaling. $30M revenue protected. $3.5M year-one value.
Strengths in this role: Executive leadership during transformation and transition. Skilled in governing technology, data, and AI decisions at the enterprise level. Balancing speed, risk, and value while aligning platforms, operations, and accountability.
Industry: Hospital & Health Care
Years of experience: 1 year
Industry Group: Manufacturing
Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Years of experience: 25 years
Company name: VBOA (PwC Unit)
Company size: 500 employees
Role in this company: Recruited to create and execute a digital modernization plan focused on operating as the unit's CIO and Director of Technology, improving client onboarding and operational productivity for this operating unit of PwC specializing in healthcare revenue recognition. Quickly grew ROI by driving automation, improving data services, and providing scalable analytics.
Company name: AFL Global
Company size: 8,000 employees
Role in this company: $30M protected. $3.5M year-one value. $1M Azure savings. Brought in to modernize platforms and align business solutions with global strategy at this $1.5B international manufacturer of fiber optic infrastructure, engineering, and solutions. Quickly transitioned from an enterprise architecture role to a business solutions leadership role and ultimately to Interim CIO. Redesigned the IT and data landscape to drive transformation, stabilize “burning platforms,” and prepare AFL for digital scaling.
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Degrees & accreditations
MSc Management and Leadership
MBA - Minor in Information Systems
BSc Computer Science
CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight (NACD Cyber Certificate)
NACD Directorship Certification®
NACD Effective AI Oversight for Directors Certificate Carnegie Mellon University
Project Management Professional
Scrum Master Certified (SMC)
TOGAF Foundation
ITIL Foundation
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Membership & affiliations
National Association of Corporate Directors
Forbes Technology Council
IEEE (Senior Member)
ACM
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Success story
Most AI programs stall not because of the technology but because no one owns the decisions the AI is supposed to improve. At a $6B CPG manufacturer I built the Chief Digital and AI Office from scratch, delivered $1.4M in savings within 90 days, and gave the board AI accountability for the first time. First functional CDAO at a $5B industrial, AI deployed in 16 weeks, $1M in waste reduction. Technology through governance to business value. Not one piece of it. All of it.
