Capability - Enterprise IT - What I Did - How I Did It

Enterprise IT

Enterprise IT Leadership

Modern systems. Stronger institutions.

Leadership Summary

What this area means in my work.

Leon's enterprise IT work centers on reliable institutional operations: infrastructure, enterprise applications, service operations, governance, vendor relationships, budgets, and executive decision support.

Capability Focus

Modern systems. Stronger institutions.

These pages translate the homepage capability blocks into a practical account of the work: what changed, how the work moved, and why it mattered for institutional strength.

What I Did

Built the capability in real institutional settings.

  • Modernized core technology environments so institutions could operate with greater reliability, visibility, and trust.
  • Connected cabinet-level priorities to technical roadmaps, budgets, risk decisions, and service expectations.
  • Built stronger relationships between IT, academic units, administrative offices, students, and institutional leadership.

How I Did It

Moved from strategy to execution.

  • Started with mission and operations, then mapped technology decisions to student success, compliance, cost, continuity, and institutional resilience.
  • Used governance, portfolio discipline, service metrics, and executive communication to make technology work understandable outside IT.
  • Developed teams through clearer accountability, stronger processes, practical standards, and a culture of service.

Proof Points

Grounded evidence from the career record.

  • Capital scale: Secured board approval for a $12M technology modernization initiative covering networks, servers, virtualization, and storage.
  • Enterprise integration: Integrated more than 15 institutional systems, reducing redundant manual work and saving approximately 1,200 staff hours annually.
  • Operational reliability: Colleague ERP modernization improved uptime to 99.9% and reduced nightly batch processing by approximately 60%.