About
Ø Mr. John Budala is a highly accomplished senior IT executive with over 30 years of proven leadership across a diverse range of enterprises, from global corporations to startups. His extensive responsibilities have covered North America and international markets. As a trusted business partner, John has established robust technology foundations to drive strategic solutions that align business strategy with technology execution. He works closely with executives, boards, clients, and peers to elevate IT and enhance enterprise performance.
Ø With full management and operational accountability for the technology teams under his leadership, John has restructured operating models, strengthened strategic partnerships with business stakeholders, and embedded technology into go-to-market strategies, boosting efficiency, profitability, and market expansion.
Ø John is an engineer’s engineer and hands-on and an AI/ML practitioner, John is passionate about solving complex problems using advanced tools and methodologies, including AI/ML, low-code, and no-code solutions, especially in data management. He has implemented data governance programs across multiple organizations, monetized data assets to create new products, and ensured the accuracy and quality of information for end-users.
Ø Deeply committed to information security, John has established comprehensive security programs and developed a compliance and maturity model to communicate progress to clients, leadership teams, and boards.
Ø With over 15 years of executive experience in roles such as CIO, CTO, and Head of Technology Operations and R&D, John brings extensive expertise in strategic planning, roadmap development, and oversight for mission-critical SaaS and DaaS products. He has consistently enhanced quality and built highly efficient teams of 20 to 100 professionals, including specialists in Cloud, Systems, Security/Cybersecurity, Network/Server/Storage, DevOps, DevSecOps, Enterprise Solutions, Software/QA, Architects, Product Management, Business/Data Analysts, Business Intelligence, Data Integration/ETL, Data Scientist, IT Helpdesk, BCP, PMO/Agile Project Managers, and more.
Ø John has managed 24/7 global technology operations, product development, and R&D across APAC, EMEA, and AMER regions, with teams in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Domanic Republic, and India.
Ø He has successfully led seven mergers and acquisitions, and driven large-scale initiatives to consolidate, migrate, and upgrade systems including FP&A, CRM, ERP, HCM, EHR, and BI/Data Warehousing.
Ø As a Certified Dataiku Machine Learning Practitioner, John has built data science and analytics teams to unlock the value of data products, driving revenue growth and innovation.
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