Candidate ID: #21
Location: Chicago, IL

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

• Current/Most Recent: 6+ years (Dec. 2019 – Mar. 2026) holding CTO, CPO, and CIO roles (often concurrently) at VelocityEHS, a $155MM+ revenue SaaS company in the EHS space with 14,000 customers in 140 countries – Led up to 150 people with budgets as large as $28MM across global development centers
• Past: 25+ years of progressive technology leadership across healthcare tech (Maestro Health/AXA, PayFlex/Aetna), e-commerce (FTD), and enterprise software – Deep experience in PE/M&A environments, acquisition integration, and scaling engineering organizations

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• PE & Platform Strategy – Led the R&D team through the addition of a 2nd PE financial sponsor at a $1.1B valuation, and developed a platform strategy (Accelerate) that integrated 95% of technology acquisitions while lifting close rate from 22% to 38%
• AI Product Innovation – Built a world-class research team adding ML/AI capabilities including computer vision, generative AI, NLP, and expert systems into a unified product offering (Ask Velo)
• M&A Integration – Led the technology team through AXA’s $155MM acquisition of Maestro Health, and previously integrated Canopy Financial assets, adding an estimated $60MM to PayFlex’s eventual $202MM acquisition price
• Organizational Transformation – Overhauled the SDLC process, unifying disparate teams and transforming from Waterfall to Agile; also built an 85-person development team over 2 years at Maestro Health