Mike Drexler

CEO

Nashville, Tennessee, United States31 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 25 years of experience in IT leadership.
Proven track record in driving IT investment returns.
Expert in aligning business goals with technology solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT leader specializing in public sector and consulting industries.

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ArchitectureBusiness AnalysisEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologyEnterprise ArchitectureIT StrategySOASolution ArchitectureCloud ComputingIntegrationData WarehousingSoftware Project ManagementDisaster RecoveryPre-salesAgile Methodologies

About

Senior Technical Leadership Professional with over 25 years experience in creating business value through the strategic delivery of cost-effective, business-driven, cross-platform, and cloud computing solutions. Value creator with proven track record of demonstrating significant return on IT investment from collaborating with clients to set vision, develop scalable, cost-optimized architectures and reusable designs, and drive effective implementations. Strong communicator and leader adept at ensuring the alignment of business goals, needs, and problems to proposed solutions. Guardian continually assessing client risks and vulnerabilities, developing comprehensive security management processes and procedures to prevent, detect and contain security violations. Team-builder with history of ensuring successful delivery through the effective harnessing of a “team of teams”.

Experience

31 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs

Current Experience

Github

2 roles

Principal Solutions Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Solution Engineer

Jun 2019 – Present · 7 yrs

Tennessee department of treasury

Director, Information Systems and CIO

May 2016 – Jun 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Nashville, TN

Lead Information Systems operations in support of a $60B, public-sector Department
Envision and drive Information Systems strategies in support of future-state business needs
Serve as enterprise architect in support of Department strategies and business operations
Drove integration, rollout, and self-sufficiency of $50M package implementation
Continually improve information security for all Department applications and datastores
Envision and drive data analytics to increase cross-leverage between Departmental offerings
Drive and oversee iterative SDLC adoption and corresponding metrics within Information Systems
Attract, recruit, and retain emerging skillset needs for the 45-member Division
Advise on all matters of Departmental and Information Systems policy

Independent

Executive IT Consultant (@ Tennessee Department of Treasury)

May 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr · Nashville

Served as senior advisor to Treasury Leadership providing advisory and evaluative services of their IS strategies, architectures, operations, processes, and staffing
Served as enterprise architect in support of Treasury strategies and business operations
Drove integration of $50M package implementation

Prolifics

Account Manager

Sep 2013 – May 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · Nashville Metropolitan Area

Maintain and grow a sustainable book of business in strategic accounts
Build and strengthen relationships with client stakeholders in an advisorial capacity
Match our strengths to identified business initiatives within strategic accounts
Ensure quality delivery of business soutions

The north highland company

Principal (CIO Services Practice)

Jul 2010 – Oct 2013 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Served as senior advisor to a variety of IT and business executives throughout the Nashville market, providing advisory and evaluative services of their IT strategies, architectures, operations, processes, and staffing
Envisioned and built CIO Services practice to serve private sector clients in the greater Nashville area. Focus areas included:
◦ IT Strategy
◦ Operational Excellence
◦ IT as Value Driver
Managed proposal, creation, build-up, and ramp-down of market offerings in keeping with current and future-state market business needs
Managed resource attraction/retention
Managed practice profit / loss

Ultramatics,inc

Practice Manager, Enterprise Modernization

Jan 2009 – Aug 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

Ibm

Senior Software IT Architect

Mar 2003 – Oct 2009 · 6 yrs 7 mos

As Senior Software IT Architect (SWITA) at IBM, I drove solutions to Fortune 50 business problems through the effective implementation of IBM cross-platform products.