Brad Kaufman

About Brad Kaufman

IT leader in at a major Texas state agency. As a strategic leader my three major responsibilities are 1) increasing top line revenue, 2) increasing bottom line profitability and 3) optimizing, streamlining, and allowing employees to be more productive with tools to get their job done quickly and easily. Occasional industry event guest speaker, adjunct college professor. Summary = I solve problems and build great teams. Core Competencies: Organizational Leadership • Alignment of IT services, products, support and capabilities with multi-departmental strategies and tactics • Collaborative Senior leader in the development of company strategy • Cultural architect • Responsible for the selection, development, retention and promotion of IT leadership Technical Change Leadership • Lead technology decisions by understanding company wide needs and optimizing the vendor and consultant supply chain • Three years of successful digital transformations to the Cloud • Laser focus on reducing operating and administrative costs through technology capabilities • Deep experience with all aspects of Infrastructure and Operations • Demonstrated expertise in IT/Finance, projects, and implementation

Experience

1. Sr Director of IT Operations

   Texas General Land Office

   Jul 2023 — Present

   I am excited to share that I have joined the State of Texas General Land Office (GLO)! The GLO manages state lands (~8% of all the acreage in Texas), has everything to do with the Alamo, helps people recover from disasters, manages the Texas coast, helps fund Texas public education, and provides benefits to Texas Veterans. We are about 800 people, and a little over 60 in IT. Our IT transition involves people with lots of experience in state government, as well as new folks from Google, AWS, and Meta!

Education

• University of Central Oklahoma

  Bachelors

  1982 — 1987

• Texas A&M University - Mays Business School

  Executive Masters in Business Administration

  2011 — 2013