James McFarlane

About James McFarlane

Dynamic IT Executive offering broad-based background in skilled leadership of enterprise IT infrastructure administration, enabling global and domestic enterprises to reach impressive levels of sales and revenue growth. I offer a strong record of success in enterprise IT infrastructure administration, leading enterprise strategy and managing transformational change. Throughout my background, I have been recognized for my ability to enable global and domestic enterprises to reach impressive levels of sales and revenue growth. As a respected and driven leader of high-caliber, multidisciplinary, multi-site IT teams, I have led numerous teams in designing, architecting, revamping, and migrating large-scale, next-generation enterprise IT systems. Additional talents I can offer include the ability to spearhead cost- effective, forward-thinking enterprise IT strategies. Further, I am highly capable at planning, managing, and allocating multimillion-dollar IT budgets and formulating / executing short- and long-term fiscal strategies. Through my history of introducing innovative technologies, I have delivered a consistent record of increasing the bottom line and boosting sales, while also scaling processes, fostering productivity, and reducing costs. I encourage you to connect with me today to view more examples of my ability to thrive in demanding, challenging environments while remaining pragmatic and focused.

Experience

1. Senior Partner

   AHEAD

   Sep 2024 — Present · Novi, MI, US

   Provide consultative services that deliver complex solutions to Fortune 500 clients. This includes leadership and guidance across people, process, and technology to achieve meaningful business outcomes to increase revenue and productivity. • Lead a team of consultants and architects to deliver digital transformation leveraging technology solutions focused on application modernization, datacenter/infrastructure strategy, disaster recovery, data and analytics, end-to-end process automation, security hardening, public cloud migration, organizational change management, and operational excellence.•Deliver services and solutions that address client business challenges and support existing stakeholders and customers while responding to rapidly evolving business environments.•Work with companies to understand business objectives, research data sources, and use appropriate tools/techniques, engage talent, recommend process improvement to achieve desired outcomes.

Education

• Eastern Michigan University

  Master of Public Administration (MPA), Management Orientation

  2006 — 2009

• University of Dayton

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Change Management
• Microsoft Office
• Customer Service
• Policy
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• IT Strategy
• Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Team Building
• Management
• Business Process
• Public Speaking
• Process Improvement
• Business Analysis
• Budgets
• Business Process Improvement
• Government
• Training
• IT Management
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Analysis