Dean Samuels

Dean Samuels, a seasoned CIO & CTO with a strong background in technology leadership, is helping businesses achieve success by leveraging technology. With extensive experience in funded startups and CEO-led turnarounds, business-technology integrations, platform consolidations, and IT-reduction strategies, Dean has served as a CIO at Genesys, Raptor Pharmaceuticals, Alcatel-Lucent, and CTO of TrakCel and Achieva. He has worked with numerous Silicon Valley clients, including Visa, HP, Microsoft, BofA, and Intel.

Dean is an expert in cloud and enterprise IT migrations, global expansions, IT organization remodeling, product innovations, and technology platform transitions. He has experience in cell and gene therapy, developing orchestration software for supply chain, clinical, and commercial purposes. He also specializes in compliance, governance, and security, and CTO-product development.

Dean provides engagement-based CIO & CTO leadership, serving as an in-place, hands-on CxO for companies undergoing business transformations or technology transitions. He owns and operates Silicon Valley CIO Inc. with his partner Lori Samuels, who provides CTO program management for technology transitions, software engineering, and large-scale cloud initiatives.

If you need immediate technology leadership for your business or want to advance your business goals, Dean Samuels is the person to work with. You can contact him through phone, email, or visiting his website.