Full Name
Ayotunde Gibbs
Job Title
Senior Director Store and Guest Technology
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
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
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