Anita Griffith
Fayetteville,Georgia
Summary
Successful, Technology and Business Leader managing Global and Operational Excellence; Solid partner with a unique ability to understand, communicate and assess Strategy and Tactical Drivers; Ability to deliver to the business by communicating at all levels of the organization; Passionate about team building and delivery of excellence; Change agent and champion of 'doing the right things' for the business. A visionary with 25+ years of executive and hands-on experience in automating multi-billion-dollar business projects. Strong success record in creating robust technology infrastructure, ERP and solutions architecture.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director and Alumni
Georgia Institute of Technology
- Telecommunications Implementation and Vendor RFP and management
Project Manager
State of MS.
01.2024 - Current
- Grant Advisor for Rolling Fork MS FEMA/MEMA Program
- Review insurance claims, work with FEMA and MEMA for funds to rebuild disaster area in Rolling Fork
- Attend Board meetings
Principal Consultant
AGGC Inc.
05.2008 - Current
Program Manager
11.2023 - 12.2023
- Provide Program Management for K-12 project implementations at Chicago Public School Systems
Program Manager
State of Florida DoE
01.2023 - 09.2023
- Company Overview: (upgrade)
- Working with Technology and Executive stakeholders to review and evaluate processes, procedures, infrastructure, and artifacts for an IV&V Assessment for State of Florida DoE
- This was done for the updated Teacher’s Certification System
- Documentation in alignment with OIT State of Florida office
- (upgrade)
Program Manager
Google Cloud
11.2022 - 01.2023
- Company Overview: State and Local Government
- Manage cloud-based programs for State and local government programs for cybersecurity compliance and breaches
- Program Manager, creating project plans and documentation, and schedules
- Work with Engagement managers concerning upcoming projects
- Provide notes for meetings
- (Asana, JIRA, RAID and RACI charts)
- Transforming government projects from waterfall to Agile methodologies
- Work with engagement management on schedules and task completion per customer
- Provide program and project documentation as requested
- Work with engineering team on QA results and testing documentation
- Develop strategies for transferring user data securely from the source environment to Google Cloud
- Work closely with the security and access management teams to ensure users' access rights are preserved throughout the migration process and compliant for Google Cloud environment
- Provides technical oversight and guides teams to resolve complex and severe technical issues
- Supports one or more moderately to highly complex business processes
- State and Local Government
Chief Information and Innovation Officer
BJCTA
04.2019 - 05.2022
- Company Overview: (Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority)
- As part of Executive Management, lead and direct all Technology effort for Max Transit Authority
- Work with IT and Business Units to develop gaps in enterprise architecture and technology
- Provide roadmap and framework for the following
- Cybersecurity and Compliance
- BRT Technical Support Implementation
- ERP implementation SaaS- Netsuite Oracle
- Data and Asset Management
- Disaster Recovery Design and fail-over
- Network Infrastructure
- Bus Rapid Transit Technology Consultant
- WI-FI and Mobile Strategy
- Hosting Center design and deployment
- Cloud Strategy
- Lead for vendor development applications (agile methodology)
- Lead and mentor a team of Enterprise Architects specializing in Security, Data, Applications, and Infrastructure domains
- Acting PMO to drive and support change management for both internal and external customers within technology projects
- Develop and implement strategies to communicate the value and benefits of standards across the organization, encouraging voluntary adoption, including presentation to Board of Directors
- Organize and facilitate proof-of-concept (POC) projects to test innovative solutions in real-world scenarios
- Create and maintain documentation to support the understanding and implementation of enterprise architecture principles
- Identify emerging technologies and evaluate their potential impact on transit’s operations
- Develop RFPs as the request of CEO and Board of Directors
- (Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority)
Consultant Teacher’s Certification Upgrade
State of Florida DoE
01.2019 - 04.2019
- Manage the schedule, leads meetings to discuss features, track risks and report to management any conflicts that compromise the delivery date of the product
Global Program Manager
Proctor & Gamble
04.2018 - 04.2019
- Manage the day-to-day rollout of new wireless infrastructure implementation for NA/LA and EMEA
- Manage vendor, produce schedules, present to executive staff, develop lessons learned
CIO Consultant
Aerospace (confidential)
04.2017 - 05.2018
- Provide CIO Consultancy- Aerospace (confidential) providing technology leadership for day-to-day technology and infrastructure implementation
Consultant K-12 Student and Teacher’s Certification Development Program
State of Florida DoE
01.2017 - 12.2017
- Work with technology team, vendors, and stakeholders to manage project schedule, resources, financials, review of RFP tasks to be delivered, oversight with team of UAT and final rollout to state
- This program was a custom software program for student information and teacher’s certification system
CIO Consultant
MARTA
06.2016 - 05.2017
- Company Overview: (Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority)
- Provide CIO Consultancy at MARTA leading an IT Infrastructure Technology Assessment and present gap analysis and roadmap to Executive Management
- Work with IT and Business Units to develop gaps in enterprise technology
- Create document for ‘as is’ state and ‘to be’ state
- Provide roadmap and framework for the following
- PCI Security and Compliance, Cybersecurity for gates that use PCI
- Data Center Design, ORACLE R12 Procurement, Asset Management, Security, Financials
- Disaster Recovery Design
- Network Infrastructure
- Change Management and Program Management review
- WI-FI and Mobile Strategy
- Hosting Center design and deployment
- Recommend direction on Cloud Strategy
- (Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority)
Consultant K-12 student and Teacher’s Certification Implementation
State of Florida DoE
07.2016 - 12.2016
- Program Manager working with the CIO and sponsors, develop and conduct IV&V document per OIT standards
- Review and evaluate processes, procedures, infrastructure, and artifacts for an IV&V Assessment
- Deliver final report to CIO for submittal to State
Program Director
State of Florida Medicaid Systems
01.2013 - 12.2016
- Managing the RFP, deployment, and implementation of award for the vendor to support the Affordable Care Act in the State of Florida
- Developed processes, procedures, project schedules, and vendor oversight
- Collaborate with clients to gather business requirements for the system
- Work with legal to ensure vendor award was proper
Interim CTO
Consumer Finance Protection SaaS
04.2015 - 05.2016
- Lead the technology and infrastructure design of new financial system
- Develop and follow adherence to PCI/DSS and Cybersecurity standards including SOX compliance
- Provide Functional and Technical Leadership of projects, implementing custom solutions for contract creation and maintenance
- Managing development/deployment/rollout, enhancements development, and acts as a Liaison to business
MDM/MDG Program Manager
XCEL Energy
01.2014 - 06.2015
- Sr
- Program Manager for SAP HANA, SAP S-4 migration, FICO, EHSM, MDM Architect and Lead implementing latest version of MDM and MDG to support utility customers combined data efforts
- Also worked with business to develop geospatial architecture for transmission yards
Program Manager
State of Florida Lottery
01.2013 - 12.2014
- Project Scheduling, Resources, Financials, RFP development and implementation of new lottery system
Program Director
State of Florida Medicaid Systems
01.2011 - 12.2012
- Implementation of ACA software development throughout the State and interfaces to federal hub
- This included customer service center and claims management
- Present monthly updates of implementation to agency executives and Governor
- Prepare and present APD docs to federal hub
SAP Program Lead
Delta Airlines
01.2011 - 12.2011
- Project Schedules, Vendor Interfaces, Management Interfaces and Updates
- Program lead on the development of Waiver Management Project for Cybersecurity avoidance and fraud detection saving the company $122M per year in invalid waivers
- Work with several years of master data to evaluate loss potential for Delta
- Provide governance plan to management for future avoidance
- Provide Functional and Technical Leadership of projects, implementing custom solutions for contract creation and maintenance
Technical Program Lead
State of South Carolina DSIT
01.2011 - 05.2011
- Company Overview: (part-time)
- Assessing the rates of the State projects for SAP
- Implemented OTC as part of the extension to FICO for vendor procurement and streamlining
- Implemented SuccessFactor to help control the costs of SAP resources
- (part-time)
Executive Program Director
AT&T
01.2008 - 12.2010
- Company Overview: State of Georgia
- Managed Network Systems leading the migration of State of Georgia from legacy equipment to AT&T, IBM, and Dell outsourced data centers
- Migrated 13 agencies with new processes, procedures, billing, finance, and human resource systems
- The implementation of SAP FICO, ECC and billing replaced spreadsheet technology
- SAP HCM modules deployed were Core HR and Payroll, Recruiting and Onboarding and Time and Attendance
- Develop and execute a detailed roadmap for the data center exit strategy, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation
- State of Georgia
VP Infrastructure and Internet Operations
Time Warner
09.2005 - 12.2007
- Senior leadership responsible for development and all support of applications and implementation, of strategic, network, data centers, network operations, databases, ad services and security compliance for credit card transactions, system and cloud security, and support for 130 .com sites, notably, NASCAR, HBO, Tine Inc., CNN, TBS, CARTOON Network, GameTap, etc
Director, Corporate Enterprise Systems Development
Home Depot
09.2002 - 09.2005
- Responsible for strategic, and tactical, implementation in support of global distribution for HR, (PeopleSoft), Staffing, Time Keeping, (Kronos) Payroll, SAP Financials, Ariba, Legal and Distant Learning Systems
- S.T.E.P, (Store Technology This $365M project included the front-end store technology upgrade, Point of Sale, self-checkout, electrical and deployment of Cisco Fault Tolerant Networks
- FTN is an upgrade to Cisco technology replacing Nortel and 3Com for both WAN and LAN
- Implementation Leader on the S.T.E.P, (Agile methodology) POS technology upgrades for more than 2000+ stores across US, Canada, and Mexico
Education
BA - Business Administration
Cleveland State University
BS - Mechanical Engineering
Cleveland State University
BS - Mathematics
Cleveland State University
Alumni
Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills
- Leading Edge Software Development
- ERP
- Global IT Delivery
- Technical Architecture
- Integration
- Budget and Cost Control
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Call Center
- Program Management
- Process Implementation
- 6Sigma
- ITIL
- Agile
- Scrum Methodology
- Acquisition
- Divestiture
- Migration
- Organization and Staff Development
- Internet Operations
- Deployment
- PCI Tier-1 Experience
- Data
- Call Center Operations
- Telecommunications (wired and wireless)
Industry Certifications
- Betsey Magness - Advanced Leadership Training
- Women in Cable Telecommunications
- Women in Technology
- APTA
- COMTO
- Certified ITIL Service Management
- 6 Sigma- Certified Black Belt (trained and certified in Japan)
- PMP Certified
- Cleveland State University BA Business Administration
- Cleveland State University BS Mechanical Engineering
- Cleveland State University BS Mathematics
- Georgia Institute of Technology Alumni
Affiliations
Maven Consulting
GLG Grup Consulting
Certification
PMP
Black Belt 6Sigma
ITIL
Timeline
Project Manager
State of MS.
01.2024 - Current
Program Manager
11.2023 - 12.2023
Program Manager
State of Florida DoE
01.2023 - 09.2023
Program Manager
Google Cloud
11.2022 - 01.2023
Chief Information and Innovation Officer
BJCTA
04.2019 - 05.2022
Consultant Teacher’s Certification Upgrade
State of Florida DoE
01.2019 - 04.2019
Global Program Manager
Proctor & Gamble
04.2018 - 04.2019
CIO Consultant
Aerospace (confidential)
04.2017 - 05.2018
Consultant K-12 Student and Teacher’s Certification Development Program
State of Florida DoE
01.2017 - 12.2017
Consultant K-12 student and Teacher’s Certification Implementation
State of Florida DoE
07.2016 - 12.2016
CIO Consultant
MARTA
06.2016 - 05.2017
Interim CTO
Consumer Finance Protection SaaS
04.2015 - 05.2016
MDM/MDG Program Manager
XCEL Energy
01.2014 - 06.2015
Program Director
State of Florida Medicaid Systems
01.2013 - 12.2016
Program Manager
State of Florida Lottery
01.2013 - 12.2014
Program Director
State of Florida Medicaid Systems
01.2011 - 12.2012
SAP Program Lead
Delta Airlines
01.2011 - 12.2011
Technical Program Lead
State of South Carolina DSIT
01.2011 - 05.2011
Principal Consultant
AGGC Inc.
05.2008 - Current
Executive Program Director
AT&T
01.2008 - 12.2010
VP Infrastructure and Internet Operations
Time Warner
09.2005 - 12.2007
Director, Corporate Enterprise Systems Development
Home Depot
09.2002 - 09.2005
BA - Business Administration
Cleveland State University
BS - Mechanical Engineering
Cleveland State University
BS - Mathematics
Cleveland State University
Alumni
Georgia Institute of Technology
Director and Alumni
Georgia Institute of Technology
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