Mark Overton Email Address

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

HKS, Inc. is an international architecture firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas (USA). It was founded in 1939 by Harwood K. Smith.

I am a business leader who understands how to leverage technology - transforming organizations and driving innovationWhat I do best: DEVELOPING A BUSINESS-CENTERED TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY AND TRANSLATING THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES INTO MEASURABLE SUCCESS- STRATEGIC PLANNING: Assessed the organizational competencies and capabilities, created a Strategic Vision and maintained an ongoing 3-5 year strategic roadmap for the technology in the enterprise while developing tactical and operational initiatives to support the strategic plan- BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: Developed a platform for sharing information across the organization, allowing us to make informed decisions by providing a single source of information for project and company performance- OPERATIONAL OPTIMIZATION: Reduced operational IT expenditures by 30% by centralizing and optimizing the IT support and technical services organizations while improving reliability and stability- STRATEGIC DELIVERY: Identified technology and services that should be moved to a cloud services model or outsourced to decrease costs, increase scalability and optimize delivery while re-structuring the team to focus on driving innovation, allowing us to deliver our services more effectively and efficiently- GLOBAL COLLABORATION: Enabled productivity and collaboration by providing the tools to get our work done anytime and anywhere and to be able to access information and systems from across global boundaries - STRATEGIC PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Invested in technologies and processes that increased productivity of the firm using technology and strategic process improvementOTHER SPECIALTIES:Business Intelligence & Knowledge ManagementIT Project Governance and PrioritizationPerformance MeasurementIT Operations Collaborative Service LeadershipEnterprise ArchitectureTalent DevelopmentBudgeting and ForecastingVendor Relationship ManagementExecutive Communications