Mark Northrup

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About Mark Northrup

Mark Northrup CIO | CISO Mark is a successful technology executive leader focused on devising the digital technology vision and strategic direction through innovation, operations, integrations and transformation. His expertise includes optimizing IT operations, services, capabilities, developing the enterprise IT Strategy and creating Roadmaps/Plans based upon the business transformational vision developed by the CEO and Board of Directors. He has a reputation of quickly understanding complex business issues/challenges and then utilizing technology as an enabler to implement dynamic solutions and create competitive advantages. This ability has been developed over the years by him working with cutting edge technology, his mixed background of leading world-wide IT organizations from the operations/services side and his IT strategy consulting experience with the Big 4 Consulting firms. Mark’s success can be attributed to his ability to clearly envision the Business strategy/vision and then become the evangelist of it by developing the transformational IT Strategy supporting it. Thus he becomes the motivational/inspirational leader who empowers the IT teams and creates the energy to deliver on the IT Strategy. This ability has been executed numerous times in multiple geographies (North America, South America, Asia and Europe) where he has lived and worked with teams all under his leadership and has energized them and empowered the business. Specialization- Transformational IT leadership - IT strategy and technology vision roadmaps and planning - IT governance and framework (ITIL/PMO/SDLC)- Technological and Business innovation - Cybersecurity - IT Operations, Applications, Engineering and Architecture - IT Outsourcing (Shared services, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)- Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity - Data Center Mgmt- Network and Telecom Services - IT Business Relationship Mgmt- Budgetary and fiscal management - Contract negotiation