Sid B.

About ASQ: ASQ is committed to providing enhanced expertise, professional networks, tools, and solutions to help our members advance their products, services, and industries. We provide professional training, certifications, and knowledge to members globally. ASQ is a global organization with members in more than 130 countries. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we also operate centers in Mexico and India. Our Society consists of 200+ member-led communities that help members and 1800+ volunteers connect with other quality professionals and practitioners and advance their knowledge and careers.

About the Role: The Chief of Staff (CoS) & Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a crucial leadership role that drives creation of streagy planning, performance, and execution. The CoS & COO provides vision and empowerment for developing, implementing, and overseeing all ASQ functions and supporting ASQE. The CoS & COO directs the planning, budgeting, and execution of enterprise-wide initiatives per the organization's mission, vision, and culture.

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) provides vision and leadership for developing, implementing, and overseeing the ASQ and ASQE technology and operation strategies. The CIO translates corporate strategies by directing the planning, budgeting and execution of enterprise IT plans in accordance with the mission, vision and values of the organization. Responsible for technology ecosystem that supports business objectives by creating or introducing systems/processes across the organization.

As Chief Information Officer at Produce Alliance, LLC, I architected and led a comprehensive digital transformation strategy that modernized enterprise operations and positioned the organization for scalable, sustainable growth across a complex, high-volume distribution environment. I championed the vision, roadmap, and execution of enterprise-wide technology transformation initiatives by reimagining infrastructure, application development, systems integration, and vendor ecosystems to drive operational efficiency and competitive advantage. By aligning digital strategy with business objectives, I enabled the facilitation of over $4B in transactions with 150+ companies, processing 30K+ daily transactions while maintaining the highest standards of data integrity and workflow precision. A key transformation milestone included partnering with executive leadership to redesign the GL structure, bringing balance and transparency to $500M in revenue and expenses. I served as a trusted technology advisor to the Board of Directors and C-suite, regularly communicating the digital transformation roadmap, emerging industry trends, cybersecurity posture, and risk reduction strategies. My leadership approach centers on translating complex technology transformation into measurable business outcomes, reducing total cost of ownership, accelerating ROI, and building the digital foundation necessary to drive enterprise performance and long-term resilience.

● Streamlined $3.5MM+in application expenditure for firm’s IT Operations to create efficient, high-performing IT division that served as true business partner for company. Formed Cybersecurity Committee and effectively deployed Cybersecurity strategy. ● Reduced over $1MM+in costs across applications, hardware, and infrastructure through prioritization of operational and technological initiatives; implemented clearly defined and sustainable budget management control processes. ● Designed and implemented firm-wide CRM application in compliance with FINRA and SEC guidelines; streamlined disparate customer data sources into single platform strengthening sales and client-centric service. ● Led several upgrades and enhancements to build cutting-edge, high-performing infrastructure ensuring availability and reliability in high-stakes, 24x7 environment with minimal downtime. ● Effectively collaborated and orchestrated cross-functional teams to implement and drive large-scale initiatives to maximize $10MM+ of IT investments. ● Built new platform to enable firm-wide reporting, creating sustainable data model to provide daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to guide business strategies. ● Developed and implemented comprehensive Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan to mitigate risk and quickly restore operations following major disruptions and threats. ● Member of multiple industry CIO roundtables; played key executive leadership role on panels designed to drive technology strategy for financial services industry. ● Provided proactive and timely compliance guidance to all internal stakeholders on laws and regulation to forecast and enable optimal management of regulatory issues affecting areas of responsibility. ● Promoted within 12 months for effective leadership; earned multiple company awards through mentorship and coaching cross-functional teams, aligning diverse staff, and establishing common goals for complex, large-scale projects.

Promoted to Vice President, Business Applications for executing and managing business applications across the ecosystem, resulting in operational efficiencies with a significant increase in firm-wide profitability. ● Provided strategic direction to firm on how Salesforce.com can assist with sales, marketing, data management, and external/internal application integration. Managed development team and their processes to improve overall IT visibility. ● Oversaw migration and data conversion strategy from legacy CRM and alternative data sources to Salesforce.com. Managed all internal or vendor-based data integration projects. Balanced $3.5M worth of business applications across all business units. ● Served as project manager and business owner for investment banking, capital markets, wealth management, marketing, and human resource technology launch initiatives.

● Presented results to senior leadership on success of firm-wide customer relationship management projects. Engaged focus groups to standardize firm behavior, coordinate reporting needs, and gather requirements. ● Spearheaded development and implementation of detailed work plans, timelines, project estimates, and resource allocations. ● Facilitated weekly strategy meetings with business leadership to manage business process improvement. ● Managed functional and non-functional business unit requirements for Salesforce.com delivering screen designs, security structure, and business logic.