| Senior Executive Cloud Leadership | Enterprise Cloud Transformation & Strategy | Cloud Business Development & Consulting | Cloud Service & Solutions Development | Cloud Service Brokers & Management Platforms | I build & lead cloud solution, services & organizations, & help technology businesses transform to cloud. 20 years of experience in IT leadership as a change agent, thought leader & new technology business developer focused on cloud consulting, strategic cloud adoption, global business transformation, & senior executive management. I build top-notch global teams & help organizations transition to infrastructure, platform, & software as a service models. With my experience as an early adopter in the cloud space, I have helped several global fortune 500 businesses adopt cloud successfully, delivering speed, flexibility, & cost optimization to their businesses. I have experience leading cloud product & service development & cloud sales, which enables me to successfully navigate & execute complex cloud initiatives with perspective as a cloud adopter & a cloud service provider. After launching an ISP in 1996 & a web services consulting company in 2000, I began working in the cloud computing field in 2005, where I helped take to market one of the first virtualized, utility compute offerings; a precursor to cloud services that became the foundation of Terremark's cloud, & later powered Verizon’s cloud. I helped launch the cloud practice & Enterprise Architecture program at Capgemini, along with one of the first major service integrator partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2009. I built & led the Capgemini Cloud Center of Excellence to enable cloud solutions based on AWS Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2). I also served as the North America lead to build Capgemini’s first private cloud offering in 2010. In 2011, I helped CenturyLink develop their cloud reseller program. I now lead cloud strategy, transformation, solutions & services for Hitachi.

Director, Enterprise Cloud Transformation & Enterprise Cloud Solutions & Services Development @ Served in a multidimensional cloud global services & solutions role focused on: Executive IT leadership, cloud adoption consulting, leading & delivering enterprise cloud transformation engagements, developing Hitachi cloud services, leading go-to-market efforts, establishing strategic partnerships, & leading cloud sales. • Worked with global regional executives to develop & implement a new cloud sales strategy & offering. Assisted the VP of Cloud GTM in developing a business case & helped secure investment funding for a new Enterprise Cloud Platform (ECP) solutions initiative driving millions in top line revenue for Hitachi. Helped establish ECP as a new, innovative & market-compelling cloud transformation solution. • Developed & led the ECP solutions vision and developed a roadmap that included the VMware vRealize Enterprise Suite, Microsoft Azure Pack Beta, CSC ServiceMesh Agility, & OpenStack as CMPs powered by HDS Unified Compute Platform (UCP). • Worked with sales teams to help develop a pipeline of targeted enterprise cloud customers serving as the company’s primary sales Subject Matter Expert & cloud thought leader, presenting at numerous customer events, conferences, & client venues. Provided executive thought leadership combined with consultative-led sales, directly leading sales engagements & client solutions delivery. • Developed & delivered cloud strategy workshop for the CIO of a $4B financial & IT services company, which led to the closure of an $18.1M Managed Cloud Services deal. • Led strategy cloud advisory services tied to a structured cloud transformation engagement as the Chief Cloud Strategist for a $4B financial services firm, working in tandem with the client’s CIO & Chief Cloud Architect. • Created & delivered an innovative Cloud Application Decision Analysis workshop for a $9.8B medical heath services company that sparked a potential 5-year enterprise cloud transformation engagement. From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaAdvisory Board Member - CSA North Texas Chapter @ CSA is a not-for-profit that promotes best practices for secure Cloud Computing and advances governance, risk and compliance for Cloud Computing. Join us here: http://www.meetup.com/CSANTX/ From March 2013 to Present (2 years 10 months) Advisory Board Member @ Advisory Board member for the Dallas Area Agency on Aging (DAAA) of the Community Council of Greater Dallas, not-for-profit organization responsible for planning, advocating, coordinating resources and providing services for seniors (persons 60+) and their caregivers in the Dallas County area. From February 2013 to Present (2 years 11 months) Advisory Board Member @ Member of the RiverMeadow Advisory Board - RiverMeadow is a SaaS-based solution that automates server migration to multiple cloud platforms and provides a rapid onboarding solution for Cloud Service Provider IaaS From September 2012 to Present (3 years 4 months) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaFounder @ Founded the Cloud Ecosystem Management Group on LinkedIn to provide a forum for addressing multi-cloud use & governance issues. Join the discussion here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4552759 From September 2012 to Present (3 years 4 months) Director, Consulting Services, Cloud Computing @ Built and directed a new cloud consulting organization as the executive thought leader, strategic advisor, and cloud product development driver for Consulting and Cloud Service Provider clients • Directed cloud consulting practice development, product development, strategic direction, and marketing, establishing a new set of innovative and practical cloud-based solutions for clients. Led organizational strategic goals and go-to-market plans, translated into sale and delivery of consulting solutions. • Led strategic advisory consulting in the Federal Government CSB space, working directly with the DoD, DISA and GSA, developing key relationships with top DISA executives leading the CSB initiative • Shaped the emerging Cloud Service Broker (CSB) space, providing strategic advisory consulting working directly with clients to address multi-cloud use & governance with CSB strategies • Primary company spokesperson for press & invited speaker at numerous conferences • Led engagement with a $18B global datacenter telco, leading a new strategic direction for their cloud service portfolio. Aligned client with $1B cloud market cloud reseller opportunity through research, business case development, service launch planning, & go-to-market strategy • Led engagement for a $4B electrical products manufacturer to develop private cloud solutions, developing cloud strategy, GTM, collateral, services & leading a new consulting services portfolio for cloud enablement From May 2011 to March 2014 (2 years 11 months) Sr. Manager & Sr. Enterprise Architect - Cloud Computing @ Set a new direction for OS revenue growth, in a shrinking economy, by leveraging innovative approaches to enterprise architecture (EA) and cloud solutions. Led Global Infrastructure Outsourcing cloud initiatives, driving strategy, transformation, architecture, product and service development, intellectual property development, and go-to-market efforts. • Conducted cost-model analysis to evaluate viability and profitability of cloud offerings. Initiated and managed partnerships with key cloud-platform vendors. • Developed required go-to-market collateral, service catalog components, client-facing marketing messaging and content, along with sales promotion and training materials. • Led senior management team to launch and nurture a partnership between Capgemini and Amazon Web Services (AWS). • Served as North America lead for Capgemini’s private Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud offering. • Led service product development, service delivery integration, commercials/financials, training, and sales support. • Formed & led a new Cloud Center of Excellence team in Mumbai • Led AWS Cloud DR POC for a $10B broad-line, Detroit retailer to secure cloud-based DR, with a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 82 minutes. • Led AWS Cloud SharePoint POC, developing and deploying cloud infrastructure to enable managed services capabilities. From December 2008 to May 2011 (2 years 6 months) Senior Manager & Senior Enterprise Architect @ • Established EA team to enable businesses to operate in a highly flexible environment of agility, innovation, and adaptability through rapid business and technical change. Initiated a TOGAF program to certify 15 architects, and co-led hiring and placement of architects on key accounts. • Engaged clients for a $6.1B energy provider in Ontario and a $43.2B pharmaceutical company in Indianapolis, co-leading ‘Accelerated Solutions Environments’ to develop IT architectures, strategies, and future-state IT roadmaps. • Promoted industrialization of IT operations with offshore support mixtures to improve quality/cost competitive advantage. Helped standardize services, operating models, tools & processes resulting in doubling of margins with a lean on/offshore mix • Developed components for IT service delivery catalog for the next-generation Industrialized Data Center (IDC), the cornerstone of Capgemini’s outsourcing strategy, with utility service, run book automation, process on the fly capabilities and pay-per-use pricing • Authored IDC thought leadership collateral for product development, go-to-market strategy, service catalog, and delivery framework. Developed positioning white papers, business cases, competitive proof points, trends relevance and IT/business value propositions From September 2007 to December 2008 (1 year 4 months) Sr. Principal Consultant & Solutions Architect @ • Brought to market an IT Operations (ITO) service offering in collaboration with Executive Management, Operations & Client Services - A principal contributor from day one, launching the new practice “from the ground up” for multi-billion dollar clients. • Year 1: $9.2M (230% increase) for 2005 • Year 2: $14.7M (60% increase) for 2006 • Year 3: Sale of Data Return to Terremark Worldwide for $85M in 2007 & then to Verizon for $1.4B in 2011 • Diverse and challenging role to lead a start-up style environment for a new business unit focused on innovative, virtualized utility services and managed hosting. • Responsible for client engagement, IT/business strategy alignment, infrastructure architecture, C-level executive interface, ITIL-based solution formulation, and sales and client relationship management. • Worked directly with the VP or marketing to shape and develop a series of marketing messages for new, virtualized services. • Defined a portfolio of new product and service offerings, based on market reviews, client assessments, and consulting engagements. From July 2005 to September 2007 (2 years 3 months) Founder & CEO - Netdeveloping @ • Founded an IT consultancy focused on leadership, strategy, and solutions for banking, financial services, retail, and construction clientele. • Job roles included: Enterprise IT Architect Consultant; Executive Technology Advisor; Sr. IT Advisor for Strategic Direction and Initiatives; Systems Architect; and Systems and Windows Engineer. Clients included: Centex Homes, Inc.; North Texas Crime Commission; Securus Technologies; Brinker International, Inc.; J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; Triad Financial Corp.; and Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. • Set aside independent consulting four years later to work directly for Data Return/Terremark, one of the first hosting companies to offer a virtualized, utility compute offering, a precursor to cloud services. From August 2001 to August 2005 (4 years 1 month) Enterprise IT Architect Consultant @ • Led IT architecture for Centex’s $3.5M construction scheduling application “FieldConnect” resulting in streamlined construction operations, subcontractor collaboration & optimized vendor integration From September 2004 to July 2005 (11 months) Systems Architect & Web Services Lead @ From January 2004 to September 2004 (9 months) Technologist, Web Application Engineer @ From March 2003 to December 2003 (10 months) Sr. Web Services & Systems Engineer Consultant @ • Published by Microsoft 1st quarter 2002; secure IIS web server builds - implemented procedures to secure JPMC servers • Managed 160 Windows NT 4.0 & 40 2000 Servers in New York, Houston & Dallas data centers From July 2002 to February 2003 (8 months) Sr. Systems Engineer Consultant @ From March 2002 to July 2002 (5 months) Windows 2000 Migration Engineer Consultant @ From August 2001 to March 2002 (8 months) Network Administrator & IIS Engineer @ From October 1996 to July 2001 (4 years 10 months)

Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Science, Information Engineering and Management @ Southern Methodist University From 2005 to 2010 Master of Science, Information Engineering and Management (MSIEM) @ Southern Methodist University From 2002 to 2004 Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems @ The University of Texas at Arlington From 1999 to 2001 Dunbar HSEP Chad Lawler is skilled in: Cloud Computing, SaaS, Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy, Virtualization, Solution Architecture, Data Center, Cloud Strategy, Cloud Service Development, Professional Services, Enterprise Software, Cloud Product Development, Cloud Service Brokers, Consulting, Hybrid Cloud