Rob Butcher
Vice President Information Technology and Security @Zema Global Data Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President Information Technology and Security @Zema Global Data Corporation
US
Accountable for leading all facets of Information Technology and Security at Zema Global, including Engineering, Operations, and Information Security and Compliance functions. Focused on enabling sustainable business growth through strategic IT roadmaps, operational excellence, and the adoption of emerging technologies.Recognized for driving alignment between technology initiatives and enterprise objectives, ensuring IT investments deliver measurable business value, financial transparency, and organizational scalability. Experienced in partnering with executive leadership to position technology as a strategic enabler and competitive differentiator.A strong advocate for cybersecurity, governance, and AI-driven innovation, ensuring resilience through proactive risk management and adherence to leading security frameworks. Known for developing high-performing teams, fostering innovation, and advancing IT maturity.
EDUCATION
University of Portsmouth
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT ROB BUTCHER
Enterprise technology executive and transformation leader with a proven record of aligning IT strategy to business growth, operational resilience, and shareholder value. I specialize in building and leading high-performing global technology and security organizations that enable scale, accelerate innovation, and strengthen enterprise risk posture in complex and regulated environments.My leadership blends strategic vision with disciplined execution. I define and deliver multi-year technology roadmaps that modernize infrastructure, optimize cost structures, enhance cybersecurity maturity, and position organizations for sustainable growth. I partner closely with executive teams and boards to translate business objectives into pragmatic, future-ready technology strategies.I have led mergers and acquisitions from both technology and security perspectives — establishing repeatable integration playbooks, accelerating synergy realization, rationalizing platforms, and embedding operational best practices. My focus is on reducing integration risk while unlocking measurable financial and operational value.A core strength is evolving and scaling global security teams to address an increasingly complex threat landscape. I embed governance, automation, zero-trust principles, and resilience into enterprise architectures while ensuring strong alignment between risk management and business priorities.Through leadership of the GRC function, I ensure technology, security, and compliance programs are tightly integrated, transparent, and aligned to board-level oversight and regulatory expectations.I bring disciplined vendor and financial management, driving multi-million-dollar cost optimizations, strengthening commercial negotiations, improving FinOps maturity, and ensuring technology investments generate measurable return.Executive Impact:• Delivered $4.5M in annual cost savings through global data center consolidation and cloud modernization, reducing infrastructure footprint by 40% while improving scalability and resilience.• Led structured M&A technology integrations, accelerating cost synergies and standardizing security and operational controls.• Established automation practices leveraging infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD to increase speed and reduce operational risk.• Built and developed cross-functional global teams, fostering accountability, innovation, and leadership succession.I am energized by environments that demand clarity of direction, strong governance, and decisive leadership to navigate complexity while delivering measurable impact.
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