Lou Gasco

About Lou Gasco

LEADERSHIP THAT DRIVES INNOVATION AND CHANGE TO OPTIMIZE BUSINESS PERFORMANCEAs a transformational COO, CIO, Project Manager and Enterprise Change Agent, I am best known for lowering costs, accelerating time to market, and aligning products and operations with strategic business goals. Those I have worked with or led will tell you that I am a staunch advocate for the employment of AI as a force multiplier enabling strategic planning, decisioning and operations streamlining. They will also tell you that I am ideally suited to cross functional and global leadership roles scaling operations, building high-performance teams aligned with shared goals, driving global SaaS deployments, and delivering complex business and systems integrations.Some notable contributions include:• Creating enterprise architecture and project management standards at MetLife while playing a critical supporting role in its acquisition of Travelers Insurance by integrating Travelers IT infrastructure with MetLife infrastructure. • Leading a Business Group of Technologists that revolutionized the way MetLife created its Individual Life Insurance Products. • Developing a team at Spaces Operations Inc. that could readily manage a global technology rollout at breakneck speed, facilitate acquisition of tens of millions of dollars in funding and support a 4X increase in the install base. • Building and growing a Professional Services team at ReadyWorks Inc that rolled out the company’s beta technology, enabling the company to raise millions of dollars in critical early-stage funding. • Adroitly managing major technology and operations programs at MuTo Corporation that improved the performance of numerous Fortune 500 clients. If you seek the expertise of a trusted business and technology advisor and strategic partner to senior management, investors, and board members, with a strong record growing companies to the next level of maturity, please feel free to Link Up with me.Skills: Business Growth and IT Strategies | Digital Innovation and Transformation | M&A integration | Enterprise Applications Strategies | Business Partnering and Collaboration | Digital Product Strategies | BOD and Investor Relations Management | AI -Augmented Process Automation | PMO and Project Portfolio Management | Budgeting, Cost Reduction & Vendor Management | Financial Forecasting and Risk Mitigation | Cloud and Infrastructure Management | AI, Automation and Cloud Enterprise Solutions | SaaS and Technology Infrastructure | Agile, Scrum & Waterfall Delivery

Experience

1. SVP Global Deployment and Operations

   Spaces

   Aug 2023 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Head up the operations of this company known for developing and providing automated parking infrastructure. Effectively support the CFO and board in strategic capital raising initiatives. Guide a global staff with 41 professionals while responsibly managing a seven-figure budget. Provide strong financial leadership in mission-critical areas including vendor relations and management as well as in contract negotiations with 14 suppliers across three continents. Scale operations to grow the company. • Effectively utilized AI to forecast implementation scheduling and lower implementation costs and limit vendor risk. Cut onboarding time from 16 to 4 weeks through process standardization and AI-assisted workflow automation.• Optimized IT performance through business partnering and collaboration. Initiated and secured strategic global deployment partnerships with Unisys and Hemmersbach.• Facilitated acquisition of tens of millions of dollars in funding and a 4X increase in the install base through high-performance team building.

Education

• Baruch College

  BBA, Finance

Skills

• Business Intelligence
• Business Transformation
• Information Technology
• Business Process
• Project Management
• Offshoring
• Consulting
• Process Engineering
• Business Analysis
• Outsourcing
• Team Leadership
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Pmi
• Program Management
• Management Consulting
• Risk Management
• Team Management
• Change Management
• Process Improvement
• IT Management
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Executive Management
• Operations Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Start-Ups
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• Integration
• Analysis
• Project Portfolio Management
• Budgets
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Vendor Management