Nezar Gharbia — Technology & AI Strategy Executive. Leadership that transforms. Strategy that delivers.
Guiding enterprises through legacy modernization, cloud migration, and AI adoption — available for full-time, fractional, interim, and deployed executive roles.
Executive Leadership AI Strategy & Innovation Cloud Migration & Modernization Software Delivery Measurable ResultsNezar Gharbia
Nezar is a seasoned technology executive with more than 25 years of experience leading organizations through complex technology transformation, innovation, and business growth. Throughout his career, he has successfully guided organizations ranging from entrepreneurial startups to large global enterprises and government institutions, delivering technology strategies that create measurable business value.
His executive leadership experience spans organizations including a government entity in Qatar, CoreLogic, Brink's, American Achievement Corporation, and numerous other private and public sector organizations. This diverse background has provided him with a unique perspective on scaling technology organizations, navigating complex business environments, and aligning technology investments with strategic business objectives.
With over 15 years in executive leadership—including a decade serving as Chief Technology Officer across three different organizations—Nezar has built and led high-performing engineering organizations, modernized enterprise technology platforms, and established cultures centered on innovation, operational excellence, and customer success.
Over the past decade, his primary focus has been leading enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives. His expertise encompasses business and operating model transformation, legacy application modernization, cloud strategy and migration, enterprise architecture, software engineering excellence, platform modernization, and technology organization transformation. He has consistently partnered with executive leadership and boards to translate technology investments into competitive advantage and sustainable business outcomes.
More recently, Nezar has become a trusted executive advisor in Artificial Intelligence, helping organizations develop pragmatic AI strategies, accelerate enterprise adoption, establish governance frameworks, and deploy AI solutions responsibly while maximizing business value. His approach balances innovation with security, risk management, and organizational readiness.
In addition to his executive leadership accomplishments, Nezar is an accomplished technologist and inventor, holding eight U.S. patents in software engineering and technology innovation. His combination of strategic vision, technical depth, and proven execution enables him to bridge the gap between boardroom strategy and operational delivery—helping organizations transform with confidence and achieve lasting business impact.
Chief Information Officer
Aligns technology roadmap with business goals to drive growth, efficiency, and scalability; owns enterprise cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and IT budgeting while optimizing technology costs without compromising performance or reliability.
Field CTO & Consultant
Led scoping, architecture, and delivery of a healthcare data engineering and Agentic AI strategy on AWS Bedrock, building HIPAA-compliant pipelines and multi-LLM agents that scored clinical summaries — achieving a 500% gain in operational efficiency.
VP of Technology
Led six engineering transformation initiatives, shifting SDLC culture from ITIL/CAB to CI/CD Agile with Infrastructure-as-Code and QA automation — improving delivery efficiency by 15%, cutting defects by 15%, and modernizing core LOS platforms on Azure.
VP of Technology
Directed the engineering department’s migration to microservice architecture and CI/CD on Azure, leading vendor selection and legacy modernization, and improving e-commerce conversion rate by 20% through enhanced observability.
Internal Chief Technology Officer
Rebuilt the engineering organization to 50+ engineers and launched EnCore, a new SaaS yearbook platform that generated $50M in revenue within three years; reduced AWS OpEx by over $1M annually and cut outages by 90% through DevOps and CI/CD automation.
Director of Software & Data Engineering
Led a distributed Software and Data Engineering Center of Excellence across three continents, executing a cloud migration strategy and consolidating six remote ATM platforms into three — saving millions of dollars while rebuilding profitability reporting for routes, branches, and clients.
Senior Director of IT
Led the digital transformation of a $400M tax business unit from AS400 mainframe to the cloud, managing a $20M SDLC budget and a 250-engineer, multi-continent team — delivering $20M in savings by automating financial processes.
Chief Information Officer
Managed a $12M IT budget and Tier III data center, implementing an SOA/BPM digital transformation strategy and ITIL-based service management — improving customer service by 60% and saving $1.5M through a blade and virtualization infrastructure strategy.
Director of Software Development
Led software development delivery, laying the technical foundation that shaped his transition into enterprise technology leadership roles.
Master of Science, Computer Science
Graduate study in computer science, building the technical foundation for a career spanning software engineering, enterprise architecture, and technology leadership.
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Undergraduate degree in computer science, establishing core expertise in software development and computing fundamentals.
Professional Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP) and ITIL Expert V3 certified, reflecting expertise in program governance, structured delivery, and IT service management.
United States Software Patents
Eight granted U.S. patents in automated data processing systems.
Executive Leadership
Guiding organizations through complex change with clarity, structure, and accountability — building high-performing teams and aligning critical technology strategy with high-impact business outcomes.
Success Stories– Founded Image2Web, raised 1st round of funding, and negotiated Corel’s technology acquisition.
AI Strategy & Innovation
Turning emerging AI capability into pragmatic, governed business value — from strategy and adoption roadmaps to responsible deployment at scale.
Success Stories– Spearheaded the development and execution of an enterprise Agentic AI strategy & an operational model for a healthcare organization, transforming business operations and improving operational efficiency by 500% through AI-powered automation and process optimization.
Cloud Migration & Modernization
Driving enterprise transformation by modernizing legacy platforms, accelerating cloud adoption, and operationalizing AI—available for fractional, interim, project-based, and deployed executive leadership engagements.
Success Stories– Modernized CoreLogic Tax division from mainframe to a modern Cloud based system. that included over 40 business processes that were reengineered, streamlined and optimized resulting in over $20 Millions in savings.
Software Delivery
Build & scale high-performing engineering organizations and CI/CD delivery cultures that ship faster, with fewer defects, and greater confidence.
Success Stories– Transitioned the SDLC culture from ITIL/CAB to CI/CD Agile, implementing IaC, QA automation, and self-service, boosting project delivery efficiency by 15%.
Measurable Outcomes
Tying every initiative back to efficiency, cost, and revenue impact — with a consistent record of quantifiable results across roles and industries.
Success Stories– Delivered $20 million in savings by automating the financial processes of CoreLogic tax division. – Launching Balfour new SaaS yearbook platform. Reached $50 million in revenue in its third year. – Saved Balfour over $1.0 million per year by re-architecting our AWS footprint.
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