Kevin Blanco

Chief Information Officer

AVID

Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 6 months)

Avid is the global leader of technology and collaborative tools that empower creators to entertain, inform, educate, and inspire audiences worldwide. With more than 1,000 employees, Avid delivers an industry-leading media platform that connects content creation with collaboration, asset protection, distribution, and consumption. Our customers, including Disney, Warner Bros., and Fox, are the visionaries behind many of the world’s most compelling feature films, television programs, news broadcasts, sporting events, music recordings, and live performances. Our digital audio and video solutions continue to advance the art of storytelling and have earned hundreds of awards, including two Oscar® statuettes, a Grammy®, and 16 Emmys®. Global CIO,

Chief Information Officer

GLG

Feb 2020 - Jan 2025 (5 years)

Gerson Lehrman Group is the category creator and leading expert network firm. GLG delivers guidance from over 800,000 experts to global clients across any industry. First CIO at the firm, reported to the CFO and a member of the operating leadership team. Developed a high performing team focused on systems modernization across IT, Cloud Infrastructure, Data and Analytics, Business Systems, Cybersecurity and Vendor Management, achieving alignment to industry best practices, regulatory compliance and unlocking commercial value.

Vice President, Global Business Operations & Information Technology

Forrester

Jan 2019 - Feb 2020 (1 year 2 months)

Co-led the Technology integration of SiriusDecisions and Forrester. Integrated major Sales, HR, Finance systems that enabled the combined company to operate efficiently, eliminating manual workflow and overlapping platforms.

Vice President, Global Business Operations & Information Technology

SiriusDecisions

Aug 2018 - Feb 2020 (1 year 7 months)

SiriusDecisions is a leading global b-to-b research and advisory firm. The company delivers actionable intelligence, transformative frameworks and expert guidance to equip executives to modernize and elevate sales, marketing and product performance. Company was backed by JMI Equity. “Acting CIO”, reported to the CFO and member of the executive leadership team. Developed a high performing, business aligned team of twelve individuals accountable for maturing business operations and scaling Information Technology for growth, ultimately leading to a successful strategic exit.

Vice President, Global Business Systems & Operations

SiriusDecisions

Sep 2016 - Feb 2020 (3 years 6 months)

Led a high performing Business Operations team that served as the Technology partner to Sales, Marketing, HR and Finance functions. Built a mature SalesOps function, strengthening Sales rep performance and growing client retention by 15%. Deployed a built for purpose software solution to integrate the CRM, Events Management, and ERP creating a single source of truth for revenue recognition, upholding GDPR compliance. Deployed modern Talent Acquisition and HCM solutions, eliminating manual workflow andachieving 25% operational efficiency.

Vice President, Information Technology & Technical Operations

Smarsh

Sep 2013 - Sep 2016 (3 years 1 month)

Smarsh is a leading global b-to-b SaaS electronic message archiving provider. The company delivers the electronic supervision, archiving and retrieval capabilities for clients to comply with SSAE16 and other federal regulations. Reported to the CTO and led a cross functional, agile team of engineers that partnered across all business functions and implemented best in class business systems, operational process, network security, cloud technology, service desk and technology procurement. Improved the firm's Finance close from 14 to 5 days through implementing a modern ERP. Digitally transformed the opportunity to cash workflow in Salesforce.com, strengthening revenue recognition. Reduced operating expense by 20% through a stronger Procure

Vice President, Global Operations & Reliability

McGraw Hill SP Capital IQ

Mar 2012 - Sep 2013 (1 year 7 months)

McGraw Hill Financial is a global b-to-b SaaS provider of financial services software with $5.0B in revenues. The company delivers financial information, firmographic data and analytics to investment banks and hedge funds. Reported to the CTO and led a team of engineers across North America and India for a $1.5B business unit. The team was accountable for technical operations, systems engineering, DevOps, release management, technology procurement and IT service desk. Achieved 25% improvement in product reliability through code instrumentation. Grew revenue generating product infrastructure scale by 40% through technology modernization.

Vice President, Global Application Support and Infrastructure Engineering

Thomson Reuters

May 2003 - Mar 2012 (8 years 11 months)

Thomson Reuters is a global b-to-b SaaS provider of financial services software with $12.0B in revenues. The company delivers financial data, cloud workflow solutions and analytics to investment managers, investment banks and hedge funds. Reported to the Markets Division CTO and led a team of 115 engineers across North America and India for a $2.5B SaaS business. The team was accountable for DevOps, release management, quality assurance, database engineering and technology procurement for 25 revenue generating software products. Built a "follow the sun" DevOps team that improved product reliability by 20%. Implemented automated software technologies that eliminated manual workflow for engineers and saved over $225k annually.

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Director, Business Systems

I Mobile

Jul 2000 - May 2003 (2 years 11 months)

I3 Mobile is national provider customized mobile data services such as the delivery of stock quotes and other financial information, news, weather, sports, entertainment, traffic, and travel information. Reported to the CTO and led a team software developers that were accountable for the enterprise billing, ERP, data warehouse and business intelligence platforms.

Sr Business Systems Analyst

PepsiCo

Jun 1998 - Jul 2000 (2 years 2 months)

PepsiCo is a multinational marketing and consumer products corporation specializing in the manufacturing of food, snacks, and beverages. Reported to the Assistant Controller and was accountable for management of the firm’s financial accounting and consolidation software.

Consultant

KPMG

May 1995 - Jun 1998 (3 years 2 months)

First professional role after undergraduate education. Hired as a member of the Business Operations Improvement practice and specialized in implementing technology solutions to health care organizations. First professional role after undergraduate education. Hired as a member of the business operations improvement practice and specialized in implementing technology solutions to health care organizations.

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