Darren Burleson
VP - Na Business Systems & Technology @XP Power
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WORK HISTORY
VP - Na Business Systems & Technology @XP Power
As a member of XP Power\'s North America Executive Leadership Team, I oversee all Business Systems & Technology across our 4 NA sites — leading a lean, globally distributed team that punches well above its weight.Since taking this role, key highlights include: Architected and delivered XP\'s new Silicon Valley Innovation Center — a state-of-the-art technology environment built to scale XP toward $1B in revenue, with direct oversight of a $1M–$2M technology build-out during headquarters relocation. Led the North America SAP Sales & Distribution implementation, modernized our IT service management platform to support mass post-Covid expansion, and deployed critical cybersecurity infrastructure across all NA sites. Built a high-efficiency global IT operating model — establishing an offshore Help Desk in the Philippines, outsourcing legacy systems development to third-party partners, and managing both NA and India-based teams to reduce cost while improving service quality. Drove company-wide AI enablement by rolling out Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT-based tools across all functions — laying the foundation for XP\'s evolution into an Agentic AI enterprise.Focused on: Enterprise Architecture · AI Enablement · SAP · Cybersecurity · Digital Transformation
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Dallas
Electrical Engineering
New Mexico State University
Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT DARREN BURLESON
I started my career at the chip level — literally. Working at AT & T Microelectronics, Lucent (Agere/LSI Corp) gave me nearly a decade of experience in some of the most complex manufacturing operations in the world. What I gained wasn\'t just technical depth in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering — it was the ability to see how technology, business, and people connect at scale. That perspective has shaped everything I\'ve done since.When I joined XP Power during its early North American expansion, I didn\'t come in as a technologist. I came in to help build the business — shaping product and customer strategies that laid the foundation for long-term growth. Then in 2014, I returned to what I love most: using technology to transform how a company operates.I led XP\'s partnership with Salesforce to build world-class sales tools, digital marketing platforms, and a custom OEM forecasting engine designed for precision at scale. I also served on the founding steering committee for XP\'s S4 HANA migration — assembling the data team and helping guide the ECC6 transition from the ground up. It remains one of the projects I\'m most proud of, because it required business, technology, and people to move together.What\'s nextAI — and I mean the kind that actually changes how work gets done. I\'m focused on evolving XP Power into a true Agentic AI enterprise, where intelligent systems don\'t just assist employees — they actively orchestrate workflows, surface the right insights at the right moment, and execute across teams, geographies, and platforms. That\'s the transformation I\'m leading now, and honestly, it\'s the most exciting work of my career.
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