What if your next technology decision started with no technology at all?

Technology as the starting point creates dependencies and fewer options

Technology is never the starting point

Selected Appearances

Featured Talk 2026

Technology is Never the Starting Point

A talk about how reasonable technology decisions can become dependencies, create lock-in, and quietly reduce the options available to the business

Podcast August 2026

The Technology Vanguard

An honest conversation about IT leadership, the mistakes that teach us, the transition from technical excellence to leading people, and the lessons that really shape the path to becoming a CIO

Written Interview January 2026

Turning Cloud Investment into Business Value — Nublit

A conversation with Nublit about cloud strategy in Latin America, hybrid adoption, cultural and regulatory barriers, and the role of technology as a driver of growth, innovation, and operational resilience

Award Finalist September 2024

ORBIE CIO Awards

Recognized as a finalist in the Global CIO category at the Central Texas awards

The Economist Impact

Executive Roundtable September 2024

Industrial Reinvention — The Economist

Invited participant in Industrial Reinvention: New Business Models and Jobs for Tomorrow’s Technology, hosted by The Economist Impact, with fellow CIOs in Houston, Texas

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