Steve Reese
Leadership & Motivational Keynote Speaker • Executive Leadership Coach • Award-Winning Tech Executive • Chief Information Officer • Turnaround Expert • Experience in MLB, NFL, and NBA Franchises
- Role
- Chief Information Officer at Phoenix Suns
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Steve Reese
I am a servant leader who is exceptional at leveraging technology for the benefit of…
Experience
Chief Information Officer
Jul 2013 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US
Oversee all technology, including strategic planning and purchases. Set vision for company in collaboration with other department heads. Manage team of 8 supporting 325 users. Oversight includes planning, budgeting, tracking, and implementing all systems. Launched Employee Sleep Boot Camp program in collaboration with athletic trainers to measure sleep quality and focus on cognitive neuropriming, fitness, and nutrition. Report to CRO.• Boosted uptime from 75% to 99.8% following review of equipment and replacing strategic pieces.• Enabled easier scalability by virtualizing environment, which helped to meet 100% year-over-year data growth demands.• Pushed positive user-group feedback from 86% to 99.9% through team coaching and leadership to support users in friendly manner and in person more than remotely.• Delivered 35% increase in process improvements and productivity by shifting organization from outdated equipment and processes.• Skyrocketed mobility from less than 2% to more than 40%(pre-COVID-19) through the rollout of a variety of mobile tools and application availability in the cloud.(e.g. HR, CRM, O365, etc.)• Successfully transitioned to work-at-home model during COVID-19 while navigating 30% staff reduction and 100% workload increase.• Slashed time to execute marketing campaigns by 50% via creation of simple online workflow to allow 10+ departments to easily collaborate, adjust, and stay up to date on campaign status. • Added exceptional value and millions of dollars in revenue opportunities by directing merger between technology and marketing partnership departments, a first in professional sports; strengthened technology vendor partnerships and opportunities. • Players’ efficiency increased by leveraging proprietary technology for scouting, measurement, and analysis of tendencies and health.
Education
University of Houston
BBA, Management Information Systems
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