Hello I’m John LaFreniere

Senior Global Digital Transformation and Technology Executive: CIO / CTO / SVP

Autstin, Texas

Hello I’m John LaFreniere

Senior Global Digital Transformation and Technology Executive: CIO / CTO / SVP

Autstin, Texas

Contact Me

Hello I’m John LaFreniere

Senior Global Digital Transformation and Technology Executive: CIO / CTO / SVP

Autstin, Texas

Contact Me

EXECUTIVE VALUE PROPOSITION

Enterprise technology executive known for connecting business strategy, financial discipline, and technology execution to drive growth, resilience, and operating leverage. Leads large-scale transformation across cloud, data, cybersecurity, and digital platforms with a strong business-of-IT mindset, aligning investments, portfolios, vendors, and operating models to enterprise priorities. Builds and leads high-performing organizations, develops trusted executive and board relationships, and mobilizes cross-functional teams to deliver sustained change. Recognized for modernizing multi-cloud environments across Azure, AWS, and GCP and deploying AI-enabled capabilities that improve customer, operational, and financial outcomes.

LEADERSHIP & TRANSFORMATION

Enterprise Transformation: Leading complex modernization across applications, infrastructure, data, and operating models to improve speed, resilience, and business performance.
Digital, Data & AI Strategy: Converting emerging technology into practical capabilities, revenue opportunities, and productivity gains across enterprise and customer-facing environments.
Cybersecurity & Enterprise Risk: Aligning security, resilience, compliance, and governance with board expectations and business priorities.
Strategic Planning & Governance: Turning strategy into funded roadmaps, value realization, and cross-functional execution through strong portfolio and program discipline.
Financial, Vendor & Operating Model Leadership: Managing large budgets, optimizing spending, simplifying vendor ecosystems, and improving service delivery models.
M&A Integration & Platform Simplification: Standardizing enterprise platforms and processes to accelerate integration, reduce complexity, and improve scalability.
Executive & Board Partnership: Building trusted relationships with leadership, boards, and business stakeholders to align technology decisions with enterprise outcomes.

Enterprise Transformation: Leading complex modernization across applications, infrastructure, data, and operating models to improve speed, resilience, and business performance.
Digital, Data & AI Strategy: Converting emerging technology into practical capabilities, revenue opportunities, and productivity gains across enterprise and customer-facing environments.
Cybersecurity & Enterprise Risk: Aligning security, resilience, compliance, and governance with board expectations and business priorities.
Strategic Planning & Governance: Turning strategy into funded roadmaps, value realization, and cross-functional execution through strong portfolio and program discipline.
Financial, Vendor & Operating Model Leadership: Managing large budgets, optimizing spending, simplifying vendor ecosystems, and improving service delivery models.
M&A Integration & Platform Simplification: Standardizing enterprise platforms and processes to accelerate integration, reduce complexity, and improve scalability.
Executive & Board Partnership: Building trusted relationships with leadership, boards, and business stakeholders to align technology decisions with enterprise outcomes.

CAREER IMPACT SNAPSHOT

Delivered production AI capabilities that improved productivity and created customer-facing value using Microsoft Copilot/Foundry, Claude, and AWS Bedrock.

Eliminated approximately $30M in annual downtime by modernizing digital and core platforms.
Directed a $400M transformation portfolio for an $8B enterprise, spanning full-stack modernization, buy/build decisions, and data center exits.
Led global organizations of 150 and annual operating and project budgets exceeding $500M.
Advanced enterprise data and cloud strategy across Azure, AWS, and GCP through governance, MDM, and Microsoft Fabric-enabled analytics while building Enterprise Data as a Service model
Accelerated M&A integration and enterprise simplification through platform consolidation across Workday, Salesforce, Zendesk, and ServiceNow while dramatically streamlining the vendor portfolio, reducing spending, complexity, and waste.

Delivered production AI capabilities that improved productivity and created customer-facing value using Microsoft Copilot/Foundry, Claude, and AWS Bedrock.

Eliminated approximately $30M in annual downtime by modernizing digital and core platforms.
Directed a $400M transformation portfolio for an $8B enterprise, spanning full-stack modernization, buy/build decisions, and data center exits.
Led global organizations of 150 and annual operating and project budgets exceeding $500M.
Advanced enterprise data and cloud strategy across Azure, AWS, and GCP through governance, MDM, and Microsoft Fabric-enabled analytics while building Enterprise Data as a Service model
Accelerated M&A integration and enterprise simplification through platform consolidation across Workday, Salesforce, Zendesk, and ServiceNow while dramatically streamlining the vendor portfolio, reducing spending, complexity, and waste.

Recent Experience

Ministry Brands LLC

Senior Vice President of IT and Security

April 2022 – April 2026

Ministry Brands LLC

Senior Vice President of IT and Security

April 2022 – April 2026

Related Faces Technology, LLC

Co-Founder, Board Member, Patent Co-Owner

February 2021 – Present

Related Faces Technology, LLC

Co-Founder, Board Member, Patent Co-Owner

February 2021 – Present

Verge Information Technology (VergeIT)

Chief Information and Technology Officer

October 2018 – April 2022

Verge Information Technology (VergeIT)

Chief Information and Technology Officer

October 2018 – April 2022

Hertz Global

Vice President of Global IT Architecture & Chief Architect

2015 – 2018

Hertz Global

Vice President of Global IT Architecture & Chief Architect

2015 – 2018

Ally Financial (formerly GMAC)

Global Technology Delivery Executive Officer

2008-2014

Ally Financial (formerly GMAC)

Global Technology Delivery Executive Officer

2008-2014

Vanguard Car Rental (Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company)

Director of Infrastructure and Innovation

2005 – 2008

Vanguard Car Rental (Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company)

Director of Infrastructure and Innovation

2005 – 2008

Education & Accomplishments

BS Business Management

LeTourneau University

Summa Cum Laude - 4.0 GPA

BS Business Management

LeTourneau University

Summa Cum Laude - 4.0 GPA

Airman of the Year

United States Air Force

Veteran (Honorable Discharge)

Airman of the Year

United States Air Force

Veteran (Honorable Discharge)

Board of Directors & Former President

Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership

2016 - 2023

Board of Directors & Former President

Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership

2016 - 2023

IBM Cloud Advisory Board

2016 - 2018

IBM Cloud Advisory Board

2016 - 2018

Process Patents for AI / Facial Recognition

Related Faces Technology, LLC

2022 & 2024

Process Patents for AI / Facial Recognition

Related Faces Technology, LLC

2022 & 2024

Mentor/Volunteer

FIRST Robotics

2013 - 2022

Mentor/Volunteer

FIRST Robotics

2013 - 2022

Selected Recommendations

Dina Dimopoulos

Musician | Digital Artist | Media Producer | Tech Obsessive

July 2018

I had the opportunity to work for John on the Hertz global transformation project. His insight, leadership and guidance during this immense undertaking was inspiring to me. His ability to see the big picture, while working to unite literally thousands of moving parts into a cohesive unit was impressive and eye opening, to say the least. His results oriented style enlightened me to new ways of approaching any issue from an 'outside the box' standpoint. He gave me confidence in going with what I know and trusted me with those decisions. He is a true leader and I know that anyone lucky enough to come into his sphere of influence will come away all the better for it. I'd be honored to work with/for him again, any time.

Patrick Brady

VP & Client Partner @ Tech Mahindra | PMP, ITIL

June 2014

I had the fortunate opportunity to work with John as part of the Technology Infrastructure and Ally Financial. During that time he was instrumental in helping lead the organization through it's fast pace transformation. I know I came to trust his counsel and it made me a better leader for myself and my team. I can only hope I get the opportunity to work with John again in the future. It would be a real honor and privilege.