Strategic Alignment Partners Limited

Strategic Partner for Senior Technology Executives and their Leadership Teams: Strategy Development and Leadership Team Development.

Director

Lansdown Partners Ltd

Strategy and Team Development Facilitator and Executive Coach for Senior Leaders in Multinational Corporations.

McKinsey & Company

3 Years as Strategy Consultant then 8 years as Specialist High Performance Team Coach, Leadership Development Facilitator, and High Performance Culture Expert within the Firm and also with its Clients.

Consultant & Facilitator

Alchemy Leadership Ltd

Royal Marines

Building and Leading High Performance Teams in both Peacetime and Operational environments. Fifteen month Officer Training Programme included all aspects of Leadership Development and High Performance Team Coaching and Development.

Officer

I help Senior Leaders and their teams to craft strategies that deliver their business goals and improve their collective performance and team alignment along the way.

With a background of 20 years working with over 250 Senior Leadership Teams (many of those CIO and Senior Technology teams), experience as a McKinsey & Company consultant and as a Royal Marines Officer, I bring a set of skills in facilitation, strategy, leadership, and high-performance team development that combined together is quite unusual.

Why Work With Me?

I offer Senior Leaders a unique approach that combines strategy development and team development - done in parallel, each part accelerating and amplifying the other. The process I use has been tried and tested over many years. It delivers both a strategy and the makings of a high-performance Senior Leadership team in weeks, not months. This ensures not just a strategy but a team ready to implement it.

And of course, it is far better value for money than hiring a large management consulting firm who will deliver you a 200-page PowerPoint deck with little buy-in from your people.

Client Testimonials

'Antony has been working with me and my senior IT leadership team for the last 12 months to develop, refine, and start implementing our strategy.

Thanks to him, we now have an ambitious yet simple and very workable strategy, my management team is totally aligned and committed to implementing that strategy, and the other members of our department now have a clear direction and common way of working together that has already improved our performance.

This is the direct result of the very innovative, yet practical and efficient process that Antony uses for developing strategies that include all the team members, combined with the unique way that he facilitates workshops and meetings. We would not have achieved so much so quickly without Antony's support. I strongly recommend his services to other CIOs.' - CIO of a Global Apparel Company

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Antony Shave

Lightning Step Technologies

Lightning Step has built a team with over 100 years of collective experience in the behavioral health and addiction treatment field. We are committed to relieving the administrative burden so our customers can focus on patient outcomes.

Chief Technology Officer | Chief Product Officer | Chief Information Officer

SimplePractice

Spearheaded delivery of product capabilities, data analytics, and process automation for mental/behavioral health clinicians while guiding profound digital transformation. Set and execute a bold new vision for our product development, information technology (IT), infrastructure, cybersecurity, mobile technology, regulatory healthcare compliance, data, and fraud/underwriting functions. Optimize products, enterprise software architecture, and end-user support for internal staff. 

Key Highlights:
► Deploying unique customer-centric product features and aligning business with technology objectives that led to raising the company’s valuation from less than $100M to $2B in less than four years.
► Drove 44%+ year-over-year (YoY) ARR growth for four straight years by devising new offerings that focused on customer value, driving business revenue
► Boosted annual recurring revenues (ARR) of $20M+, by increasing product trials to paid conversions using internally developed AI and ML models.
► Improved customers’/clients' practices and increased revenues by generating insights based on data analytics and machine learning. Empowered clinicians to enhance patient outcomes and quality of care.
► Prevented millions in annual losses by installing fraud detection/prevention/mitigation, Know Your Customer (KYC), and Know Your Business (KYB) processes for new account subscriptions
► Positioned the organization to be among the most trusted companies industry-wide, gaining a competitive advantage as the first healthcare technology company to obtain HITRUST and PCI certifications in the mental and behavioral space.
► Led a team of over 200 employees globally across three continents and 7 countries.
► Recognized as 2023 CIO/CTO of the Year, 2023 IT Audit Team of the Year, 2023 and 2022 CIO of the Year Finalist for Southern California and featured in The National CIO Review’s CIO Spotlight

Chief Information Officer

Eye Care Leaders

Leading 375+ employees across 13 countries on 5 continents, I oversaw the entire product and technology stack, including software engineering and development, product management, IT, infrastructure, security, compliance, and data. Devised impactful acquisition strategy for inorganic market share growth and led due diligence efforts for all mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Architected industry-leading SaaS solutions.

Key Highlights:
► Successfully merging diverse technologies from 14 disparate product companies and 20+ medical practices with minimal downtime. Building a universal architecture for all solutions and ensuring a seamless customer experience (CX).
► Through innovation and product-led growth, boosted sales by over 65% year over year.
► By instilling a customer-first mindset and fostering a culture of accountability, I led the company to a staggering 300% increase in annual revenue within just 3 years.
► Improving EBITDA 40% by creating a new global team structure.
► Accelerating efficiency 45% by restructuring the DevOps team.
► Growing annual client revenues after acquiring revenue cycle management (RCM) organizations that delivered value-added back-end office solutions.
► Boosting annual revenue by 15%+ by securing Veteran’s Administration (VA) contract. Achieving FedRamp certification to secure government contracts.
► Delivering 97% of projects on time and 99% within budget, with all projects meeting or exceeding product usability, features, and functionality expectations.
► Driving profit increase within the first year of hire by leading a complete digital transformation.
► Enabling the company to achieve HITRUST, PCI, and SOC-2 certifications - industry firsts.
► Implementing a universal risk management framework based on GRC standards for 40 business units with a combined 4.5K employees worldwide.

Chief Information Officer | Chief Technology Officer | Chief Compliance Officer

CoCENTRIX

Led teams that designed behavioral and developmental health technology solutions. Steered the corporate strategic planning process, established the Security Governance Board, and mitigated risk by introducing security/compliance measures, such as internal audits and controls. While providing exceptional project management for implementations, maximized on-budget/on-time deliveries.

Key Highlights:
► Turning around the company, repositioning it for its successful sale after fueling rapid growth and restoring profitability.
► Expanding the team from 0 to 29 employees and generating significant profit. Increasing revenue and referral business by improving CX and resolving long-standing customer technology issues. Building an efficient organization with a stronger focus on the customer.
► Re-architecting a 30-year-old system, transforming it into a new SaaS-based model. Moving the system from existing servers to an Azure cloud-based infrastructure. 
► Completely revamping technology operations/services for the company and its clients.
► Reducing user license costs by 45% and lowering system costs 38%+ by increasing efficiency across internal data centers. Deploying ITIL and COBIT frameworks, standardizing reporting processes, and streamlining data integration/migration.
► Optimizing system uptime, software development speed, and operational efficiency by introducing Agile methods, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and IaaC structure.

Sr. Vice President Technical Operations | Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

MarNet

Optimized IT operations, product development, and security functions as a trusted subject-matter expert (SME) for IT and software engineering. By implementing critical electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) software, enabled physician offices to consolidate within hospital network systems. Played a senior leadership role during the ultimate sale of the company.

Key highlights:
► Outpacing industry competition for quality and cost-effectiveness by modernizing implementation techniques and client security practices. Implementing ITIL/COBIT frameworks and championing an Agile approach.
► Opening a robust pipeline of finance, healthcare, and government clients after developing a new risk assessment market model.
► Slashing client expenses 25% by creating enterprise solutions that significantly improved process efficiency and resource allocation.
► Building, mentoring, and coaching a collaborative team of high performers that delivered all projects on time and within budget.

Sr. Director of IT, Engineering, and Security Operations

I specialize in guiding digital transformations in the global technology sector, strongly emphasizing innovation, operational excellence, and cutting-edge product and software engineering and development. My approach melds technical acumen with a creative mindset to craft solutions that bolster system security and compliance and drive meaningful change in operational efficiency and overall performance.

Throughout my career, I’ve enjoyed steering companies toward significantly enhanced valuations by developing innovative products and software solutions that achieve sustainable growth. My work in technology merges the latest advances in data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML), paving the way for solutions that solve complex challenges and open new avenues for business.

I take great pride in upholding the highest standards in compliance and cybersecurity, establishing my employers as trusted global players in the healthcare tech landscape. My comprehensive understanding of regulations and standards has been key in navigating the complexities of the global market, ensuring seamless customer experiences even amid complex mergers and integrations.

As a leader, I am dedicated to building and nurturing high-performing global teams as diverse as they are talented. I align team members with the company’s mission and vision through a philosophy rooted in servant leadership. My focus is always on fostering corporate cultures that inspire excellence and internal growth and empower teams to take an active role in product and software innovation.

With a strong educational background that includes a Ph.D. in Cybersecurity Leadership, an MBA, an MS in IT, and a BS in Telecommunications Engineering, I am committed to lifelong learning and community contribution. I've shared my expertise and insights through publications and presentations at esteemed industry journals and conferences worldwide.

In summary, my passion lies in driving excellence beyond just organizational goals. I aim to impact the industry substantially, enrich corporate cultures, and contribute to academic research. As I look forward to future opportunities, I am particularly excited about spearheading more groundbreaking initiatives in the technology sector.

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