Michael Beelar

• Senior executive within a 35,000 person, 33 country technology consulting firm specializing in AI transformation, agentic workflows, process automation, asset management, and large scale systems modernization. • Responsible for evaluating emerging AI releases, agentic workflows, and enterprise grade AI adoption patterns to shape Globant’s strategic direction. • Prioritizes AI investments based on assessments of client needs, internal capabilities, and the broader addressable market, ensuring alignment with revenue and growth objectives. • Leads AI architects in vetting and mapping workflows for specific roles and teams, including analysis of prompt engineering tasks and integration of agentic patterns. • Serves as liaison to engineering, industrial automation, asset management, and technology partners to identify synergies, co develop solutions, and accelerate innovation.

• Senior executive within a 12,000 person, 25 country technology consulting firm specializing in software engineering, product development, and enterprise modernization. • Executive management team member responsible for enterprise IT vision, multi year technology roadmap, and stewardship of a $315M budget. • Directed prioritization of technical debt, modernization investments, and platform level technology decisions based on assessments of internal IT capabilities, resource constraints, and strategic business needs. • Knowledge of front and backend coding including Python, JavaScript, .NET, C#, C++, React, UI/UX, SQL, HTML, QA, DevOps, Agile and Scrum sprints.

• Member of the executive leadership team with financial stewardship of a $375M product development budget, guiding investment strategy, platform modernization, and long term innovation priorities. • Accountable for revenue growth, product adoption, customer retention, platform scalability, and organizational leadership across engineering, product, and customer facing functions. • Partnered with business, engineering, finance, legal, and commercial leaders to align IT and product initiatives with corporate strategy, ensuring cohesive execution and measurable business outcomes. • Acted as liaison to industry partners and enterprise clients, co hosting events and workshops to promote new product releases, strengthen ecosystem relationships, and accelerate market adoption.

• Management of the IT team responsible for deploying DHL systems supporting client supply chain and logistics operations across warehousing, transportation, and distribution environments. • Oversaw full lifecycle integration of Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) platforms, ensuring seamless data flow, operational continuity, and adherence to client and regulatory requirements. • Acted as liaison to business, operations, and technology leaders to align on shipping logistics, supply chain initiatives, asset planning strategies, and inventory management best practices.

• Management of a cross functional team of PLC technicians responsible for ladder logic programming and operational technology (OT) controls that ensure machinery safety, uptime, reliability, and process efficiency across industrial environments. • Coordinated with project managers and key stakeholders to deliver technical expertise for industrial control initiatives spanning the transportation, energy, and manufacturing sectors, ensuring alignment with operational requirements and regulatory standards. • Served as subject matter expert in SCADA and HMI network topology, software, and infrastructure, providing guidance on system architecture, integration, and performance optimization.

The USC master of science in computer science program provides intensive preparation in the concepts and techniques related to the design, programming and application of computing systems.