Adam Lawson

Served as senior business advisor owning business architecture for the BEWS organization, translating strategic objectives into target capabilities, value streams, operating-model components, and measurable outcomes. Advised the COO and senior leadership on a new target operating model for IT and related teams; leadership adopted the future-state operating model.

Led discovery and scoping sessions, defined the what and why of initiatives, and translated business requirements into value propositions, business cases, SOWs, and phased plans with delivery teams. Reviewed solution designs and SOWs to align teams on business goals, scope, and value; balanced outcomes with delivery feasibility, margin, and risk.

Consulted with enterprise clients on transformation and cloud adoption, translating business requirements and application portfolios into target-state architectures, phased roadmaps, and governance models.

Helped build a new public-cloud consulting practice from the ground up: service strategy, frameworks, discovery motions, reusable patterns, standards, and solution library. Translated client assessments into target architectures, operating models, implementation scopes, and delivery handoffs across sales, engineering, and operations.

Strategic advisor to 15 large K-12 and higher-education organizations; worked with CIO, CTO, and CISO leadership to define transformation roadmaps aligned to business outcomes. Orchestrated cross-functional stakeholders through large-scale transformation, including a program that moved 80% of a large Texas ISD's infrastructure to Azure; FY2021 Technology Excellence Award.

Owned discovery, assessments, solution design, SOWs, and onboarding for enterprise services; achieved 125% of plan across a 45-seller, 300+ account territory.

Hands-on engineering foundation across Softchoice, Akins IT, and Southern California roles: enterprise systems, migrations, data center infrastructure, and recovery of troubled projects.

Hands-on engineering foundation across Softchoice, Akins IT, and Southern California roles: enterprise systems, migrations, data center infrastructure, and recovery of troubled projects.

Hands-on engineering foundation across Softchoice, Akins IT, and Southern California roles: enterprise systems, migrations, data center infrastructure, and recovery of troubled projects.

Earned Microsoft 365 Fundamentals certification.

Earned Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fundamentals certification.

Earned Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification.

Earned Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification.

Completed coursework in Computer Information Systems at Cypress College.