Rico Singleton
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Rico Singleton – Leadership with a Difference
Being an exceptional business leader is more than getting the job done. You've got to balance your business goals and objectives with your team's needs. Rico Singleton, an insightful business Ieader and technology visionary knows how demanding the tech world can be.
Rico Singleton provides leadership for the continued development of a robust, innovative and secure information technology environment. His prime initiatives include improving the technological governance and policy and resource allocation, implementing information technology initiatives, evaluating and rationalizing existing systems & programs, and recommending effective strategies to gain industry leadership in the IT sector.
An Experienced Business Innovator and Technology Expert
Rico Singleton brings 18 years of experience in the field of information technology and has a diverse background in both educational and corporate settings, with expertise in emerging and enterprise technologies.
Throughout his career tenure, Rico has led several strategic, technology transformation projects for the public sector and education industries – Apollo Education Group, City of Baltimore, New York State Office of Information Technology Services, Ohio State Treasurer and State of Ohio.
As the National Director, US Technology Workforce at Apollo Education Group, Rico Singleton was responsible for heading up an internal consulting practice to provide market leading education technology solutions. He represented the University’s educational technology interests by serving as a trusted consultant to clients and designing technology education solutions for B2B technology enterprises.
Prior to this role, Rico was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at City of Baltimore where he managed and led the improvement of robust, highly versatile and advanced systems with 24/7 capabilities. He saved $8M+ annually by strategically balancing the cost and quality, and project of major enterprise technology initiatives.
“With rich business acumen and technical expertise, it’s possible to strengthen an organization’s strategic IT investment planning and implementation, while driving a positive technological change across processes.”
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Rico Singleton's Experience:
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National Director at US Technology Workforce
January 2012 - Present
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING | CLIENT RELATIONSHIP | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
♦ Head up internal consulting practice targeting technology workforce solutions. Drive business development client engagement. Lead the strategy and execution of education technology solutions that increase customer satisfaction and improve business productivity.
ACHIEVEMENTS
♦ Generated over $2M in annual revenues.
♦ Increased relevancy of IT career preparedness by developing major client strategic relationships representing over 15,000 technology companies nationally
♦ Revitalized & improved IT education by developing new industry-aligned technology certification & degree programs globally which are endorsed by industry leaders
♦ Designed 4 new go-to-market education technology platforms and enhanced brand relevance by thorough market analysis of the IT education market and university offerings.
♦ Revitalized initiatives through improving existing program model, developing re-engineering offerings, and leveraging innovative technology strategies
RESPONSIBILITIES
♦ Serve as a trusted consultant to clients, designing technology education solutions for B2B technology enterprises.
♦ Develop strategic client relationships with major technology employers and industry associations.
♦ Ensure education technology service excellence delivery through industry thought leadership and expertise in application/software innovation and product development
♦ Perform a vital role in meeting tactical execution, exceeding customer satisfaction, and becoming the leader in the IT education solutions sector
♦ Evaluate existing educational systems & programs, and recommend effective strategies to gain industry leadership in the IT education sector
♦ Expand educational offerings and develop go-to-market strategies for the group
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