CHRISTOPHER MENARD
Royse City
Summary
Strategic and business-focused Virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) with 30+ years of experience aligning IT strategies with organizational goals. Adept at advising SMBs and enterprises on digital transformation, cybersecurity, infrastructure optimization, and vendor management. Proven track record of reducing IT costs, improving efficiency, and driving innovation through technology. Trusted partner to executive teams in achieving growth through scalable and secure IT solutions.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
vCIO
Integris IT
- Current
- Accomplished executive providing strategic IT guidance to organizations aligning technology strategies with business goals, advice on budgeting, cybersecurity, digital transformation and technology planning. Responsible for creating a long-term technology roadmap that aligns with business objectives. Managing and forecasting IT expenses to maximize ROI. Ensuring robust security measures are in place, handling vendor management relationships, identifying and mitigating technology-related risks and helping organizations adopt new technologies and processes to stay competitive.
Sr Professional Services Technician
Integris IT
- Responsible for the successful implementation of project work in the Professional Services department for new and existing clients. Fantastic problem-solving, and communication skills providing IT support for clients both remotely and onsite. Major focus on project planning and implementation moving clients from on-premise to cloud based environments providing stability, ease of management and exceptional uptime. This position also includes Time and Material work as well as Break/Fix support responsibilities.
vCIO/Project Manager
AllSafe IT
- Recruited by AllSafe IT to fill the role of vCIO and Project Manager for large scale enterprise initiatives collaborating with and advising clients’ IT departments by functioning as a dedicated CIO. These duties include formulating strategic IT goals, planning the IT budget, analyzing and reworking business processes and facilitating technology changes, leadership and management of ~20 support engineers.
IT and Procurement Manager
BlastCo Inc.
- Recruited as primary IT point of contact for West Coast division supporting all Windows and OS X machines, printer support, wireless network and server administration.
Director of IT
ShowBiz Cinemas, LLC
- Responsible for planning, design and implementation of Active Directory, network and Exchange environments. Successfully created and maintained digital menus and poster media utilizing Adobe Creative Suite for 5 theaters located throughout Texas. Recognized for achieving %99 uptime of remote networks using Dell SonicWall firewalls, VPNs, industry standard network security practices, PCI compliancy, redundant satellite connections and Partnertech POS systems operating on TicketSoft and Vista platforms.
Director of Operations
SoftLayer Technologies
- Senior manager responsible for overseeing day-to-day datacenter operations. Focused on optimizing processes, improving productivity, and aligning operational activities with the organizations strategic goals by developing and implementing strategies to improve overall operational efficiency and effectiveness, identifying areas of inefficiency and working to streamline workflows, reduce costs, and increase productivity, managing department heads and team leaders to ensure smooth operation across various functions, such as logistics, customer service and supply chain management. Overseeing operational budgets, ensuring cost-effective resource allocation, and identifying areas to reduce expenses without sacrificing quality. Setting and tracking key performance indicators to ensure the company meets its operational targets. Compliance and risk management supervision to ensure all operations comply with regulations and internal policies.
Education
No Degree - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Eastfield College
Mesquite, TX01-1989
Skills
- Leadership - Management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
- Verbal communication
Timeline
vCIO
Integris IT
- Current
Sr Professional Services Technician
Integris IT
vCIO/Project Manager
AllSafe IT
IT and Procurement Manager
BlastCo Inc.
Director of IT
ShowBiz Cinemas, LLC
Director of Operations
SoftLayer Technologies
No Degree - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Eastfield College
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