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Ron Kim

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Roles available for:

  • Fractional
  • Consulting
  • Contract
  • Interim

FCTO

Fractional Chief Technology Officer

FCIO

Fractional Chief Information Officer

FCDO

Fractional Chief Digital Officer

FCAIO

Fractional Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • http://www.ronkimadvisory.com
  • Country experience:
    • United States of America
      Northern America

    • India
      Southern Asia

    • Philippines
      South-Eastern Asia

    • Czech Republic
      Eastern Europe

    • Singapore
      South-Eastern Asia

    • Canada
      Northern America

    • Netherlands
      Western Europe

    • Germany
      Western Europe

  • Languages:
    • English,
      English
      Level: Native
    • Korean,
      Korean
      Level: Basic
    • French
      French
      Level: Basic
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  • Expertise
    Consulting
  • Services

    As a former CTO, CIO and consultant (Partner/Managing Director level) I have provided key services as a fractional exec- from leading key initiatives to providing critical coaching to sitting CxO's to help with managing large vendors or consultants.

  • Employees overseen

    750 employees

  • Budget overseen

    $ 550,000,000

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Ron Kim

Add to favorites

Roles available for:

  • Fractional
  • Consulting
  • Contract
  • Interim

FCTO

Fractional Chief Technology Officer

FCIO

Fractional Chief Information Officer

FCDO

Fractional Chief Digital Officer

FCAIO

Fractional Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • http://www.ronkimadvisory.com
  • Country experience:
    • United States of America
      Northern America

    • India
      Southern Asia

    • Philippines
      South-Eastern Asia

    • Czech Republic
      Eastern Europe

    • Singapore
      South-Eastern Asia

    • Canada
      Northern America

    • Netherlands
      Western Europe

    • Germany
      Western Europe

  • Languages:
    • English,
      English
      Level: Native
    • Korean,
      Korean
      Level: Basic
    • French
      French
      Level: Basic
Why hire me in a fractional role
* I've successfully performed in fractional roles and advisor roles over a 22 year consulting career in both Private Equity and Big 5 Fortune 500 consulting. * Aside from consulting, I've been an actual C-Level Tech Operator (CIO & CTO) for 2 separate Fortune 100 companies. * I have tremendous altitude- I routinely present at the senior executive and board level but I still can go deep in conversations with software engineers and tech operators
Experience
  • Chief Technology Officer / Senior Vice President
  • Private Equity CIO/CTO/CISO Expert for $120B Portfolio
  • Chief Information Officer for Exelon Utilities
  • Partner/Managing Director, Accenture - Tech Consulting Practice

Strengths in this role: Globally scaling cutting edge technology capabilities to improve business outcomes, led at all altitudes- from presenting to the board and executive committee, to getting hands in coding and AI detailed technology discussions.

Industry Group: Health

Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Years of experience: 5 years

Company name: Merck

Company size: 70,000 employees

Role in this company: Global Chief Technology Officer: Led Chief AI Officer Organization, Chief Data Officer Organization, Enterprise Architecture Organization, DevXOps Organization. Provided executive leadership to effectively partner and implement all of these capabilities through the entire value chain- from discovery, clinical trials, manufacturing, marketing, etc. Led establishment of company-wide GenAI/Agentic platform, enterprise data strategy, architecture, etc.

Strengths in this role: Fractional CIO/CTO/CISO roles in various companies from ~$50M in revenue to multi-billion $ revenue companies.

Industry Group: Finance

Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity

Years of experience: 5 years

Company name: TPG

Company size: 1,000 employees

Role in this company: I was the overall lead expert for CIO/CTO/CISO matters for TPG's entire 120-company portfolio, which included companies such as AirBnB, Spotify, McAfee, Kindred Health, and others totaling ~$120B of assets under management.

Strengths in this role: Fortune 100 CIO delivering and running federally regulated critical infrastructure.

Industry Group: Corporate

Industry: Program Development

Years of experience: 7 years

Company name: Exelon

Company size: 21,000 employees

Role in this company: I was a Fortune 100 CIO for the largest set of energy utilities in the nation, responsible for all digital initiatives, 24x7 RunOps, customer care/call centers/websites/mobile, etc. as well as heading up Cyber Security within the utilities.

Strengths in this role: Consulting, fractional roles, driving change, working with numerous client companies and being a great partner and change agent in collaboration with them.

Industry Group: Corporate

Industry: Management Consulting

Years of experience: 17 years

Company name: Accenture

Company size: 500,000 employees

Role in this company: I consulted at numerous Fortune 500 clients and progressed from new analyst right out of college to become a Partner/Managing Director with the firm.

  • Degrees & accreditations

    MBA, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

    Bachelor's of Computer Science, University of Michigan

    Certified Scrum Master, Six Sigma Global Institute

    Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services (2020-2023)

  • Success story

    I have tremendous range from board room to "hands on"- some real examples: * Large: Led strategic global program to roll out Gen/Agentic value and platform at a global, Fortune 100 company * Medium: I authored with my own hands-on-keyboard a cloud migration strategy document used at multiple companies from $2B all the way to $65B in revenue. * Small: Rolled up my sleeves and worked with small coding squads to finalize AI coding tools and secrets management

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