Deborah Karcher

About Deborah Karcher

Enterprise Process Improvements • C-Level Collaboration • Key Alliances • Year-Over-Year Operations Cost Reductions • Resource Optimization Accomplished and creative executive possessing diverse experience and a proven ability to implement enterprise systems that revitalize operations, able to capture current and future trends that directs information technology strategy, and maintains the integrity of its information systems and network infrastructures. Signature Achievements • Spearheaded cost-saving initiatives and system deployments that have received worldwide recognition. • Led a wireless initiative that provided campus-wide wireless access to all 400 locations and access points making this one of the largest wireless initiatives in the nation. • Award-winning background includes recognition as a nationally-acclaimed executive and a history for setting trends in the K-12 Technology. Professional Experience Chief Information Officer -(20••••18) Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida Drive information technology operations, while leading the technology strategic vision, and long-range planning with full responsibility for bottom-line factors, application development, and partner relationships. Maintains the integrity of the district’s information systems and a network infrastructure that includes more than employees, and students. Directly responsible for more than 500 information-system employees and a $30 million technology budget.

Experience

1. Venture Partner, Education

   Ridge-Lane Limited Partners

   Mar 2019 — Present

   RIDGE-LANE Limited Partners is a strategic advisory and venture development firm founded by financier R. Brad Lane and The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge – focused on root-cause solutions to grand challenges in Education, Sustainability, and Information Technology – with a team of General Partners, Venture Partners, and Senior Advisors who have served at the highest levels of finance, government, and military. We create value for our clients and society by bridging the gaps between private-sector innovation, investment capital, policy and procurement – across the Federal, State, and Local levels: an innovation ecosystem, providing corporate development to commercialize and scale novel venture-backed technology companies, as well as place-based solutions that improve cities and quality of life. Our team serves as a fiduciary advisor to companies looking for strategic ways to accelerate growth, providing an integrated offering of Advisory, Capital, and Business Development – aligning the commercial interests of private business, with the needs of society and our future civilization – where our knowledge and networks are leveraged to create maximum value for all stakeholders.

Education

• Florida International University

  Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law

  1980 — 1990