Jaison Smith

Global Technology Leader: IT Strategy | Execution | AI | Innovation | Value Creation

Role
Principal Consultant at AHEAD
Location
Austin, TX, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Jaison Smith

A trusted go-to leader for the most demanding programs, Jaison has a reputation for delivering success. A high performer across multiple industries and technologies, passionate about envisioning and delivering customer-centric solutions that drive strategic outcomes. Naturally curious; he thrives in ambiguity. Forges relationships quickly. Manager of managers mentoring teams of up to 100 resources with >$40M+ annual budget.Specialties: Strategy, Product Management, Technical Program Management, Change Management, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Consulting, Customer Support, Artificial Intelligence, Project Management, MarTech, Customer Experience, Written and Oral Communication, Analytics and Insights

Experience

  1. Principal Consultant

    AHEAD

    Apr 2025 — Present · Austin, TX, US

    Serve as a transformation leader within the Strategy & Advisory arm of a $4B technology services organization. Partner directly with senior executives to unify people, process, and technology, restore performance confidence, and operationalize strategy into measurable business outcomes.Selected achievements include: Designed new Infrastructure-as-a-Service operating model for Fortune 10 company across 600+ sites, unlocked ~$15M projected savings while improving lifecycle governance and decision speed Delivered a 700+ server migration ~30% ahead of plan for large Mortgage company. Earned top-quartile delivery margins and AWS recognition for execution excellence Implemented intelligent automation for billion-dollar mortgage company resulting in 50% reduction in document extraction costs while improving overall accuracy by 20% compared to their previous OCR and AI/ML solution

Education

  • Gonzaga University

    Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA), MIS & Law and Public Policy

  • Seattle University

    MBA, Specialization: Entrepreneurship

Skills

  • Sharepoint
  • Waterfall
  • Organizational Change
  • Strategic Consulting
  • Management Consulting
  • Customer Engagement
  • Team Leadership
  • Erp
  • Project Management
  • Technical Leadership
  • People Management
  • Project Execution
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Business Intelligence
  • Project Delivery
  • Software Project Management
  • Change Management
  • IT Consulting
  • Microsoft Office
  • Sdlc
  • Agile
  • Enterprise Software
  • Ms Project
  • Product Management
  • Consulting
  • Business Strategy
  • Program Management
  • Pmp
  • Leadership
  • Strategy
  • IT Strategy
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Analysis
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Management

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