Chad Kireta

About Chad Kireta

Strategic technology executive with a proven track record of aligning technology initiatives directly to business outcomes. Renowned for breaking down organizational silos, currently leading transformative engagements and strategic technology roadmaps rooted in clear business priorities, such as Epic Cloud migrations in Healthcare, guiding State Government leadership through building journey maps to innovate for constituents with maximum user accessibility, security, continuity, integration, observability, auditing, and compliance. Significant experience in healthcare and public-sector digital transformations, strategic planning, dedicated to elevating IT organizations into trusted strategic partners through executive alignment, compelling ROI narratives, and innovative technology governance frameworks. Passionate innovator leveraging AI-driven technology for professional, personal, and community impact.

Experience

1. Growth Systems Architect

   Cisco

   Dec 2023 — Present · US

   Led strategic alignment initiatives (e.g, Epic migrations), elevating Cisco\'s executive relationships with healthcare systems.Facilitated high-impact discovery workshops aligning IT initiatives with core business objectives, fostering cross-functional collaboration and securing strategic vendor positioning.Leading innovation conversations in mid-Atlantic state and local government with a strong focus on security, observability, AI, digital workplace, automation, and cloud, while building strategic future-state architectures to maximize ROI within governmental operating models.Extensive experience as a technical strategist and innovator in K-12 and higher education sectors.

Education

• Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  BS MIS, BS MIS, VMware, Cisco, Microsoft and Human Resources

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Managed Services
• Azure
• Integration
• Vmware
• High Availability
• Storage Virtualization
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Pre-Sales
• Vdi
• Infrastructure
• Solutions Design
• System Center 2012
• Virtualization
• Vcenter
• Netapp
• IT Strategy
• Storage Area Networks
• Sales
• Iaas
• Solution Architecture
• Exchange
• Cloud Computing
• Paas
• Hybrid Cloud
• Sharepoint
• Architect
• Storage
• Consultant
• Enterprise Storage
• Cluster
• Compellent
• Dell
• San
• Microsoft
• Management
• IT Service Management
• Account Management
• Networking