Background
Experience
SVP & Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Boeing
As Chief Information Officer of The Boeing Company and senior vice president of Information & Analytics. Colbert is a member of the Boeing Executive Council and is responsible for the IT strategy, operations, processes and more than 6,500 IT and analytics employees of the world's largest aerospace company.
Colbert is responsible for overseeing all aspects of information technology, information security, data and analytics across the global reach of the company and for supporting the growth of Boeing's business by partnering with the company's business units on IT and analytics related revenue generating programs.
Colbert is responsible for overseeing all aspects of information technology, information security, data and analytics across the global reach of the company and for supporting the growth of Boeing's business by partnering with the company's business units on IT and analytics related revenue generating programs.
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
The Boeing Company
Serving as the most senior IT leader with responsibility for the IT strategy, operations, processes and more than 8,000 IT people of the world's largest aerospace company. He has responsibility for supporting the growth of Boeing's business by partnering with the business units on IT related revenue generating programs and oversees all aspects of information security across the global reach of the company.
Vice President, Information Technology Infrastructure
Boeing
Designs, secures, deploys, operates and maintains the computing and network infrastructure for The Boeing Company. This includes hosting applications and data; network and data center operations; messaging and web services; desktop computing technology, help desk and more.
Vice President, IT Business Systems
The Boeing Company
Responsible for developing, supporting and maintaining the computing application systems for Boeing Capital Corporation, Finance, Human Resources and other internal support organizations.
Director, Enterprise Network Services
Boeing
- Responsible for building and leading the Boeing Enterprise Network Services department. Responsibilities include: Lead the data, voice and video network services for The Boeing Company and supplier partner interactions and relationships.
- Transformed regional network organization to enterprise focus
- Implemented the first phase of a workforce optimization effort to differentiate core vs. context work with strategic suppliers
- Defined and began implementation of go-forward strategy focused on:
- Dramatically reducing hardware/software routing and switching complexity across the enterprise
- Implementing a hardware lifecycle management program
- Architecture optimization to ensure business required availability; Improvement of redundancy and diversity at key sites
- Partner with information security to make implement secure technologies to mitigate emerging security threats
- On time delivery of network projects to support business expansion / growth (e.g. design through implementation of new Charleston sight)
- Manage financials (capex/opex) and achieve year-over-year cost reductions
- Transformed regional network organization to enterprise focus
- Implemented the first phase of a workforce optimization effort to differentiate core vs. context work with strategic suppliers
- Defined and began implementation of go-forward strategy focused on:
- Dramatically reducing hardware/software routing and switching complexity across the enterprise
- Implementing a hardware lifecycle management program
- Architecture optimization to ensure business required availability; Improvement of redundancy and diversity at key sites
- Partner with information security to make implement secure technologies to mitigate emerging security threats
- On time delivery of network projects to support business expansion / growth (e.g. design through implementation of new Charleston sight)
- Manage financials (capex/opex) and achieve year-over-year cost reductions
Senior Vice President, CATE Senior Architect
Citi
This role is focused on strategy and architecture for key global / cross-business opportunities. The role includes:
- serving as a 'Trusted Advisor' to the Global Consumer Group business by providing consulting-like support to the business group and helping to ensure compliance to Citi technology standards,
- managing business requests of the Citi engineering organization
- delivery of strategy and architecture for high priority business Initiatives using industry standard architecture development practices/tools and bringing together senior architects across Citi's business units to develop goals for key technology enablers to support strategic business capabilities
- developing cross-Citi technology and application roadmaps
- development and implementation of cross-business Enterprise Architecture Review processes
Examples of key initiatives include Customer Centricity, Universal Bank Model, and Call Center Strategies.
- serving as a 'Trusted Advisor' to the Global Consumer Group business by providing consulting-like support to the business group and helping to ensure compliance to Citi technology standards,
- managing business requests of the Citi engineering organization
- delivery of strategy and architecture for high priority business Initiatives using industry standard architecture development practices/tools and bringing together senior architects across Citi's business units to develop goals for key technology enablers to support strategic business capabilities
- developing cross-Citi technology and application roadmaps
- development and implementation of cross-business Enterprise Architecture Review processes
Examples of key initiatives include Customer Centricity, Universal Bank Model, and Call Center Strategies.
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Planning
Citigroup / Architecture & Technology Engineering
This role was focused on technology process optimization for Citi's large/global technology engineering organization (2000+). This included:
- Engineering Request / Workslate management processes and tools (Completed delivery of a Request/Workslate management tool to track global requests/work for the Citi engineering organizations)
- Technology prioritization / delivery tracking / reporting processes tools
- Technology Strategy Lifecycle / Technology Delivery Lifecycle process development and improvement with Citi's Operations organization and business sectors ('customers')
- Engineering Request / Workslate management processes and tools (Completed delivery of a Request/Workslate management tool to track global requests/work for the Citi engineering organizations)
- Technology prioritization / delivery tracking / reporting processes tools
- Technology Strategy Lifecycle / Technology Delivery Lifecycle process development and improvement with Citi's Operations organization and business sectors ('customers')
Manager, Global Support Operations
Ford Motor Company
- Responsible for global end-user desktop services (architecture, engineering, operations, and support) for Ford Motor Company inclusive of desktop hardware/ software, print, enterprise helpdesk, and site management.
- Delivered year-over-year costs savings through enterprise license management, managed services agreements, productivity, and work workforce optimization. (avg 10-20% savings)
- Increased organizational Systems Thinking and Six Sigma (90% of dept employees green belt certified) capability to drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
- Delivered year-over-year costs savings through enterprise license management, managed services agreements, productivity, and work workforce optimization. (avg 10-20% savings)
- Increased organizational Systems Thinking and Six Sigma (90% of dept employees green belt certified) capability to drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
Manager, Engineering Workstation Technology
Ford Motor Company / IT Infrastructure
Process Reengineering Specialist
Ford Motor Company / Europe Process Reengineering
Volunteer Experience & Causes
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Honors & Awards
2013 Black Engineer of the Year - President's Award
Black Engineer of the Year (Career Communications, Inc.)
Ebony Power 100
Ebony Magazine / Johnson Publishing Company
http://www.ebony.com/power100-2015/
Culture Shift Labs Leaders in Technology, Innovation & Social Impact
Culture Shift Labs
http://www.cultureshiftlabs.com/#!undefined/zoom/c1o7c/i1miv
2016 Transformational CIO Award
Hunter Muller Group
These annual awards recognize the top-performing Chief Information/Innovation/Technology Officers who have excelled in Leadership, Innovation, Transformation, Industry Give-Back, Management of Extreme Growth, and Legacy Leadership. CIOs that are selected for their outstanding achievements are based on a culmination of numerous meetings, interviews, and conversations conducted by Hunter Muller, President and CEO of HMG Strategy, and his team...more
Golden Torch Award
National Society of Black Engineers
The Golden Torch Awards (GTA) recognizes excellence among technical professionals, corporate, government and academic leaders, and university and pre-college students. These awards illustrate the possibilities that can be cultivated through support and responsibility.
