Partner - CDO | CIO | CPO | CTO
Jon is an award-winning technology executive whose experience spans software, hardware, consumer electronics, energy, legal, retail, manufacturing and supply chain. He's especially adept at the ideation, design, development, and implementation of scalable technology that maximizes engagement and enhances the customer experience. Jon has 20+ years at Fortune 500 and startups, private and public companies, managing small-to-large groups, including globally dispersed teams. He's held P&L responsibility and managed to budgets of >$75M. Jon has held executive roles at Avery Dennison, Sony Corporation, Ticketmaster, Paul Hastings LLP, Sony Music and Gateway. He specializes in digital transformation, innovation and leadership of global, cross-functional technology teams. He has a track record of successful joint ventures and assessments of M&A activity. Jon sits on the Board of Directors of Kronos Fusion Energy and the Joshua Tree National Park Association, and has been recognized with honors including Los Angeles Business Journal's Enterprise CIO of the Year, an Innovation Award from the Financial Times, and Best eCommerce Experience from Modern Retail. He has 18 US & World patents in his name. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗝𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽: Executive Leadership — Provide experienced CDO/CIO/CPO/CTO leadership (fractional or interim) without the long-term commitment. Technology Cost Optimization — Reduce technology spend, eliminate waste, and maximize ROI across software, infrastructure, vendors, and operations. Transformation Delivery — Lead mission-critical technology and project and product initiatives from strategy to successful execution. Technology Due Diligence & Assessments — Identify risks, opportunities, and the roadmap to improve growth, scalability, and operational performance.
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Jon's experience traverses hardware/software, consumer electronics, legal, gaming, graphics, retail, manufacturing, supply chain and live entertainment. He's especially adept at ideation, design, development and implementation of scalable technology that maximizes engagement and enhances the customer experience. He has lead Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) assessments for websites in privately held and public companies. Jon has held executive technology roles at Paul Hastings LLP, Sony Corporation, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Live Nation Entertainment, Sony Music and MGA Entertainment. He specializes in digital transformation and innovation, and leadership of global, cross-functional technology teams. He has a track record of successful joint-ventures and assessments of M&A activity.
Selected work in this role
CTO | CISO at Ruffalo Noel Levitz
Interim CTO/CISO who rebuilt the technology group at RNL, a leader in higher education enrollment and fundraising, and led its ADA site assessment.
Chief Digital & Innovation Officer at Paul Hastings
Drove IT initiatives and continuous improvement through transformative technology, and led the corporate website redesign including ADA compliance.
EVP, Chief Digital Information Officer at MGA Entertainment
Led global technology and digital transformation at MGA Entertainment, streamlining operational costs and bringing 50+ sites to ADA compliance.
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Chameleon Collective
Board Member at Joshua Tree National Park Association
Executive Advisor & Consultant at Greenwood Consulting LLC
Board Advisor & Chief Technology Officer at Kronos Fusion Energy
MGA Entertainment
Paul Hastings
Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at HyperloopTT
Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc.
Executive Director at Temecula International Film & Music Festival
Live Nation Entertainment
Sony
Sr. Director of Content Operations & Promotions at Sony Corporation of America
Director of Quality Assurance & UEX at Sony Music Entertainment
Avery Dennison
Gateway
SVP of Development Services / Supervising Producer at 7th Level
VP of Development Services at Micrografx
Ruffalo Noel Levitz
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