Mike Mead
CIO | Global IT Exec | Transformer of IT | Keynote Speaker | Team Builder | Professional Coach | Motivator | Fun!
- Role
- Chief Information Officer at CNO Financial Group
- Location
- Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mike Mead
I’m a global IT executive and keynote speaker passionate about leadership and transforming company culture. I excel in orchestrating diverse teams to deliver bottom-line focused technology so that the business wins. With a long track record of successfully delivering complex IT transformation programs and turnarounds, I consistently deliver both on time and under budget. I have an energetic, motivational style of leadership that creates a culture that is innovative, success oriented and fun. COMPANY TURNAROUND: Volunteered to move to Malaysia to deliver offshore global IT center turnaround. Transformed the site from the company’s lowest performing location into the #1 IT operations site, improving SLA’s from 76% to 98%, quality from 64% to 99%, while delivering cost efficiencies of 15%. CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION: Created and executed a strategy to transform employee engagement from a low performing, unengaged staff of 550, to a culture of innovation and delivery. Designed and implemented innovative employee engagement strategy, transforming culture into a delivery-focused organization. Reduced employee turnover from 22% to 10%. CLOUD INNOVATION: Established cloud delivery team of 22 people at zero cost through creating automation efficiencies. Delivered first IT automation capability, playing a key role in the company receiving Wall Street Journal’s IT Innovation Award in 2016.
Experience
Chief Information Officer
Jan 2023 — Present · Indianapolis, IN, US
Education
SMU Cox School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
Skills
- Employee Engagement
- IT Transformation
- Motivational Speaking
- IT Strategy
- Strategy
- Kanban
- Program Management
- IT Operations
- Disaster Recovery
- Leadership
- Team Motivation
- Business Analysis
- Global Delivery
- Vendor Management
- Budgets
- Culture Change
- IT Infrastructure Management
- Professional Coaching
- Offshore Resource Management
- IT Management
- Business Continuity
- Financial Management
- Risk Management
- Creative Problem Solving
- Divestitures
- International Business
- Cloud Computing
- Asian Markets
- Critical Thinking
- Flexibility
- Business Delivery
- Data Center
- IT Service Management
- Account Management
- Databases
- Outsourcing
- Change Management
- Information Technology
- Acquisitions
- Operational Turnaround
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