Unified Banner ERP work across a multi-campus environment, aligning finance, HR, registrar, student services, academic affairs, and institutional research around shared systems.
Programmer. Network Builder. CIO. AI Transformation Strategist.
Technology Leadership That Evolves With the Moment.
I became what the moment required.
From programming and networks to ERP, cloud, cybersecurity, GLBA compliance, and AI-enabled operations, my career has been built on learning the next operating reality before the institution falls behind.
Systems seven-campus Banner ERP work
Security GLBA, MFA, and risk governance
AI latest chapter in adaptation
AI
AI-Enabled Innovation
Help@ShawU launched in 45 days.
SEC
Cybersecurity
Account compromises reduced 70%.
DEI
DEI-Centered Leadership
Research-backed advancement strategy.
DX
Digital Transformation
$2M annual savings from restructure.
IT
Enterprise IT
$12M modernization approved.
ERP
ERP & Cloud
Seven-campus Banner ERP work.
OPS
Service Operations
1,200 staff hours saved annually.
Executive Proof
Proof by era, not just by metric.
The numbers matter because they sit inside a larger record of adaptation: each era required a different kind of leadership, and each one produced operating proof.
Secured board approval for technology modernization across network, server, virtualization, and enterprise storage work, translating infrastructure need into executive governance.
Migrated approximately 80% of workloads to hybrid cloud platforms and reduced data-center operating costs by approximately 25% while improving institutional resilience.
Reduced account-compromise incidents by approximately 70% through identity, MFA, monitoring, and response improvements that treated security as executive stewardship.
Built for Every Technology Era
Each era demanded something different. I adapted without losing my center.
My career has never been defined by one tool, one platform, or one title. It has been defined by learning the next operating reality before the institution falls behind.
EraInstitutional needWhat Leon became
ProgrammingUnderstand and build systems from the inside.Programmer and technical problem-solver
NetworksConnect campuses and stabilize infrastructure.Network and infrastructure leader
ERPIntegrate finance, HR, student, registrar, and reporting systems.Enterprise systems strategist
CloudImprove resilience, scalability, and cost control.Cloud modernization leader
CybersecurityMove risk from technical issue to executive discipline.Cybersecurity and compliance executive
GLBATranslate safeguard rules into practical institutional controls.Risk and governance translator
AIUse intelligent systems responsibly for service, planning, and decision support.AI governance and operations strategist
Next eraPrepare before the institution falls behind.Adaptive institutional technology leader
AI As Latest Chapter
AI is not a break from the past. It is the next adaptation.
The same leadership pattern applies: understand the tool, define the governance, protect the institution, train the people, measure the value, and keep the mission at the center.
Operating Reality
Real transformation happens inside imperfect institutions.
Modernization work is rarely clean. It happens around legacy systems, budget limits, audit pressure, staffing gaps, security risk, vendor constraints, and people who are tired of another failed initiative.
Highlights
- 30+ years in higher education IT
- ERP, cloud, cybersecurity, AI, data, and service operations
- Evidence includes seven-campus ERP work, $12M modernization governance, and measurable savings
Legacy Preview
The tools changed. The values did not. Family history, public writing, photos, and values show the continuity behind the leadership work.
Explore Legacy ->Executive AI Systems
AI is the newest operating layer in a 30-year pattern of adaptation: governed decision support for risk, planning, service operations, research, and executive action.
AI governanceOversight
Risk intelligenceSecurity
Service copilotOperations
Planning systemStrategy
Point of Thought
- AI support launched in a live HBCU environment
- Cybersecurity framed as executive risk work
- ERP, data, and governance lessons from the field
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