Full Name
Ayotunde Gibbs
Job Title
Senior Director
Company
Dave & Buster’s, Inc.
Speaker Bio
WHO I AM
A global senior IT leader with a proven track record of building strong, agile teams that use technology in innovative ways to accomplish business objectives while setting milestone goals for an organization. I focus on delivering exceptional business value through collaboration and leveraging cross-functional relationships.

THE VALUE I BRING
Track record of devising and implementing ground-breaking technical solutions to solve complex business problems.
Added value to the organization through my leadership on various initiatives that set the team up for future success.
Ability to lead teams to consistently deliver projects on time, on scope, and within budget.

AREAS I EXCEL IN
Modelling and Driving Collaboration
Taking Action to Achieve Results
Leading from the Customer’s Perspective
Translating technical details into business impact at all levels within and outside the organization

MY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
Oversaw Level 3 support of a portfolio of 40+ custom applications that serve 30,000+ store associates at 3800+ GameStop and ThinkGeek stores.
Led and implemented a new innovative, build from the ground up, point of sale (POS) $4.5M project.
Improved efficiency by over 300% by allowing the IT team to increase speed to market of POS enhancement.
Led team to deliver and take part in 20+ capital projects totaling $2M in IT capital investments.
Saved $150K by implementing a flexible, more efficient resourcing model for staff augmentation.
Performance Review comments: “The team excels in the ability to take a project that is in a bad spot, analyze the reasons why, and then determine actions around scope, time, budget to get the project back to green.”

MY FAVORITE QUOTE:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke
Ayotunde Gibbs