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John P. McCartan

Enterprise Growth & Transformation Executive

A dual-threat executive: deep technology fluency — including the latest in GenAI, Copilot, and agents — paired with three decades of P&L leadership, market expansion, and team building. Now advising Fortune 500 leaders on AI-enabled transformation.

Currently: Senior Enterprise AI Business Process Solution Specialist · Microsoft Corporation

Executive Impact

Selected boardroom-level outcomes from a career building, scaling, and turning around technology businesses.

Growth Built
$7M → $40M
Helped scale Quilogy across a decade and six progressive leadership roles.
P&L Owned
$20M+
Capgemini consulting practice across mulitple geogpraphies.
Teams Led
150+
IT professionals and business developers across multiple firms and geographies.
Markets Launched
$0 → $3.5M
Built Quilogy's Nashville office from scratch — 1 to 28 employees in 17 months.

What I Do

I am a technology executive who builds and scales businesses. The combination of deep technology fluency — including the latest in GenAI and agentic capabilities — with three decades of executive business acumen makes me a dual threat: someone who can move from a CFO ROI conversation to a live agent demo in the same meeting and translate either into measurable enterprise outcomes.

Scale technology services and product businesses

Built and grown organizations from start-up and turn-around situations through senior leadership roles spanning consulting services, cloud, healthcare SaaS, and AI.

Lead AI and digital transformation with business accountability

Hands-on with Copilot, agents, Power Platform, and the broader Microsoft AI stack. Translate emerging GenAI capabilities into ROI-grounded business cases for CXOs at Fortune 500 enterprises — moving organizations from AI experimentation to operational adoption.

Open markets, build teams, convert strategy into operating results

Hands-on operator and people leader — from launching new geographies and turning around under-performing offices to attracting, building, and retaining high-performing delivery teams.

Executive Capabilities

Growth & P&L Leadership AI & Digital Transformation Market Expansion Executive Client Engagement Turn-around & Start-up High-Performing Team Building Solution Sales Leadership Strategic Planning

“John's first major assignment was in Nashville, Tennessee where he started a new office and grew it into one of the most profitable offices in our 14-location operation. He showed himself to be a competent, creative, and knowledgeable executive.”

Randy Schilling, President & CEO, Quilogy

Selected Experience

Microsoft Corporation

Senior Enterprise AI Business Process Solution Specialist

Redmond, WA · January 2022 – Present

Trusted advisor to enterprise executives on AI-enabled transformation. The dual-threat combination of deep technology fluency (Copilot, agents, Power Platform, Azure) and executive business acumen lets me move CXOs from AI curiosity to operational adoption — orchestrating cross-functional Microsoft, partner, and customer teams to translate emerging GenAI capability into ROI-grounded business cases.

  • American Airlines — AI agent program: Stood up multiple Copilot AI agents across compliance, Q&A, marketing, and investor relations. The Cargo compliance agent helps AA avoid potential $10K-per-shipment regulatory fines. Built executive maker community through office hours sessions reaching 100+ attendees.
  • Goodyear — competitive displacement: Led $363K Power Automate win replacing a legacy RPA platform — published Microsoft Win Wire and a foothold for further Power Platform expansion (including SAP connector).
  • Enterprise Mobility — pipeline catalysis: Catalyzed a $700K+ Fleet Management data initiative and re-energized stalled deals through Innovation Hub workshops, AI Tour engagement, and a January Enterprise Executive Briefing centered on AI.
  • FedEx — executive briefing: Delivered a senior-leadership EBC on AI-driven marketing yielding eight follow-on initiatives, including a "Brand Copilot" agent. Strengthened the Microsoft–FedEx partnership at the executive level.
  • Multi-account orchestration: Drove 23-customer participation at Power Platform Conference 2025 (16 from American Airlines, 2 Executive Track) and a 100+ attendee Patterns-of-Value session at Berkshire — recognized by event leadership for the depth of executive engagement.

Sogeti, Part of Capgemini

Vice President

Des Moines, IA · January 2018 – January 2022

Owned multi-state P&L for the Capgemini-owned global engineering services brand — a 25,000-professional, 15-country firm delivering Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Manufacturing, and QA solutions.

  • Owned $20M+ revenue across two geographies and reported into the U.S. executive leadership team.
  • Led a 150-person consulting practice and a 5-person business-development team responsible for client portfolio direction and growth.
  • Negotiated contracts and pricing directly with executive-level IT leaders across the territory.
  • Recruited, built, and reinforced delivery talent during a period of rapid market expansion.

LightEdge Solutions

Director, Cloud Integration Services

Des Moines, IA · November 2016 – December 2017

Led Cloud Integration Services for an enterprise-grade cloud, colocation, and consulting provider serving customers with sophisticated, mission-critical IT requirements.

  • Expanded LightEdge's addressable market by integrating public cloud offerings (AWS, Azure, GCP) with the company's enterprise-grade private cloud and colocation services.
  • Led Compute, Storage, and Application Delivery Professional Services lines while growing the client base and deepening existing relationships.
  • Active member of the Professional Services leadership team during a period of cloud-first repositioning.

Health Outcomes Sciences

VP of Innovation / National Director — Professional Services

Overland Park, KS · January 2012 – November 2016

Senior Leadership Team member for a precision medicine SaaS company — led the journey from product to first revenue and first enterprise clients across the U.S. healthcare market.

  • Designed and delivered the implementation services architecture that brought ePRISM® — the company's patented precision-medicine decision-support platform — to first revenue and to 10+ marquee U.S. healthcare facilities.
  • Built the client service and support structure that fed customer signal back into product roadmap, validating the precision-medicine model.
  • Represented the company on healthcare industry standards boards and initiatives, building enterprise credibility for an emerging SaaS company.

Quilogy

Vice President and Key Member of Business Leadership Team, Reporting to President and CEO

Six progressive executive roles — Senior Consultant → VP, CRM and ERP National Practice

St. Charles, MO / Nashville, TN / Des Moines, IA · 1996 – 2006

Helped scale Quilogy from $7M to $40M in revenue over a decade, progressing through six executive leadership roles and reporting directly to the President & CEO for nine of the ten years.

  • Profit contribution: Delivered 33% of Quilogy's overall profit in FY 2005 as VP of the CRM and ERP National Practice; finalized exclusive deal with Factiva (Dow Jones / Reuters joint venture) and led a 30-city road show with Microsoft to take the offering to market.
  • Market launch: As General Manager Nashville (1997–1999), launched the new office from $0 to $3.5M revenue and 1 to 28 employees in 17 months. Established 1 of only 9 worldwide Oracle Education Partners.
  • Turn-around: As VP & General Manager St. Louis (2003–2005), reversed negative growth at the firm's flagship 50-consultant, $9.5M practice and reinvigorated employee morale; oversaw a $1.5M wireless-handheld engagement that became a marquee Quilogy case study.
  • Scale leadership: As VP Sales & Marketing (2000–2001), led a 25-person sales force across 12 locations against a $40M sales budget; led the company's re-branding from Solutech to Quilogy across 12 national events.
  • Microsoft partnership: Microsoft Field Sales nomination to the Partner Advisory Council, providing direct feedback to Microsoft Redmond product groups on future product direction.
See role-by-role progression

VP — CRM and ERP National Practice 2005 – 2006

  • Delivered 33% of Quilogy's overall profit in FY 2005.
  • Finalized exclusive deal with Factiva (Dow Jones/Reuters) and led 30-city road show with Microsoft.

VP & General Manager, St. Louis 2003 – 2005

  • Led flagship St. Louis practice: 50 consultants, 5 salespeople, $9.5M revenue.
  • Reversed negative growth trend and reinvigorated employee morale.
  • Oversaw $1.5M consulting engagement deploying wireless handheld technology.

VP — Business Development 2001 – 2003

  • Led $12M roll-up sales budget for 6 branch offices.
  • Established new Strategy consulting practice (IT Strategy, Portfolio Analysis, IT Audit).
  • Microsoft Field Sales nomination to Partner Advisory Council.

VP — Sales & Marketing 2000 – 2001

  • Led 25-person sales force across 12 locations with $40M sales budget.
  • Led re-branding from Solutech to Quilogy across 12 national events.

Regional Director 1999 – 2000

  • Led sales and delivery for 6 offices producing $15M in revenue.

General Manager, Nashville 1997 – 1999

  • Launched Nashville office from $0 to $3.5M revenue and 1 to 28 employees in 17 months.
  • Secured $1.5M engagement with major entertainment company.
  • Spearheaded Quilogy's entrance into Oracle technology — established 1 of 9 exclusive Oracle Education Partners worldwide.

Senior Consultant & Practice Manager 1996 – 1997

  • Led multiple consulting engagements and teams of 4–6 developers.
  • Delivered $800K property management system for major financial services organization.
  • Authored technology course on Active Server Pages generating $500K+ in revenue.
See additional roles (1992 – 2013)

THISSPACE, INC.

President and Owner

Des Moines, IA · January 2010 – January 2013

  • Founded company with 2 key clients secured and engaged.
  • Responsible for all phases of the business including delivery, invoicing, and client management.
  • Delivery of solutions to 10 marquee healthcare facilities across the U.S.
  • Managed multiple initiatives simultaneously while quickly grasping new environments and technologies.

Sogeti USA LLC

Director, Microsoft Practice

Des Moines, IA · 2009 – 2010

  • Responsible for Microsoft Professional Services in the Iowa market.
  • Ensured client satisfaction and successful delivery of engagements leveraging Microsoft technologies.
  • Enhanced relationship with local Microsoft Account Teams to increase visibility and engagement.

MicroStrategy

Director, Professional Services — Central US

HQ: McLean, VA · 2008 – 2009

  • Increased services revenue in region from $1.2M to $1.6M (33% YoY growth).
  • 100%+ increase in active services clients in the region.
  • P&L management with 35%+ gross margin delivered.

Hershey Systems, Inc.

Director, Professional Services

Des Moines, IA · 2007 – 2008

  • Built and implemented plan for growing professional services revenue in Higher Education market.
  • Implemented professional services P&L to manage profitability by project.
  • Managed multiple successful client engagements implementing company software.

Pcubed (Program Planning Professionals)

Senior Account Manager / Principal Consultant

Chicago, IL · 2006 – 2007

  • Drove all aspects of new business development for the Chicagoland market.
  • Engaged with organizations to evaluate, manage, and execute portfolio of IT programs and projects.
  • Managed P&L for Chicago market.

Earlier Career

McGladrey & Pullen, LLC — Consultant (1996)

IT consulting with Oracle Forms, Visual Basic, PowerBuilder. Oracle and SQL Server back-end development.

The Principal Financial Group — Systems Analyst (1992 – 1996)

Mainframe CICS development for Group Life and Health Insurance. Pioneered mainframe-to-PC data access for underwriting analytics at this Fortune 100 company.

Recommendations

"There are few technology professionals I've worked with who displayed such a complete mastery of their craft. John's ability to discern the why and the how, along with his ability to vision an outcome made him an ideal innovator and technologist. While he has worked for several companies operating at scale, John also displayed the ideal temperament and approach with me at HOS, helping bring a product to market, first revenue and its first tranche of clients. Ultimately, John helped prove the efficacy of our particular precision medicine approach through his thoughtful design of a services model which returned client feedback to the innovation process. Finally, John was a consummate team member and contributor to our early stage company."

Matt Wilson, President and Chief Commercial Officer, SparkChange

"John McCartan was an employee at Quilogy from 1996 through 2006. Originally hired as a consultant in our Des Moines, Iowa office, John's talent and skill at understanding technology, client needs, and business leadership resulted in rapid and successful professional growth at our company.

John's first major assignment was in Nashville, Tennessee where he started a new office and grew it into one of the most profitable offices in our 14-location operation. He showed himself to be a competent, creative, and knowledgeable executive. He played a significant role in Quilogy's success over the past 10 years."

Randy Schilling, President & CEO, Quilogy

"I wanted to take a moment to personally thank you for the exceptional impact you’ve had as part of the AI Transformation Insiders Community this fiscal year … Insiders bring forward real-world, valuable insights that shape our priorities and decisions …

Of our 800+ person global community, your individual contributions truly stood out and deserve special recognition. You’ve earned the #1 ranking across the entire Insiders community … With consistent attendance at our live bi-weekly sessions and feedback shared throughout, you’ve been one of the most consistent and vocal voices helping us shape the direction of AI transformation …

You’ve helped raise the bar for what’s possible when we co-create with our field, and your leadership within the Insiders community has not gone unnoticed."

Pam Maynard, Corporate Vice President, AI Transformation Office, Microsoft
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Executive Perspective

On AI, Co-Intelligence, and the Decade Ahead

"We are living through the most rapid technological transformation in history. AI isn't coming — it's here, and it's reshaping every industry, every workflow, every assumption about how work gets done. The key isn't whether to use AI, but how to use it wisely — to treat it as a co-intelligence that amplifies human judgment rather than replacing it.

I believe our greatest challenge isn't the technology itself — it's ensuring we apply and manage AI so that it serves us, not the other way around. That means keeping humans in the loop, leading with curiosity, and grounding every AI initiative in real business value. I've spent my career bridging technology and business, and I've never been more energized. The potential for AI to help businesses — and humanity — accomplish things we once thought impossible is extraordinary. The future belongs to those who lean in thoughtfully."

AI and innovation

Education

MBA

Washington University — Olin Business School

Executive MBA Program

Global Tycoon Business Strategy Winner

St. Louis, Missouri · 2006

Executive Leadership Residency

Fudan University — School of Management

Doing Business in China

Shanghai, China · 2006

BS — Business Administration & Computer Science

Morningside College

Double Major · Summa Cum Laude

Scholarship Baseball Player

Academic All-Conference Honors

Sioux City, Iowa · 1992

Technology Foundation & Credentials

Hands-on technical depth combined with executive business acumen — a deliberate combination cultivated across 30+ years to translate technology into business outcomes.

Active Certifications

13 Active · 33 Exams Passed

  • Microsoft Certified: AI Transformation Leader
  • Microsoft Certified: AI Business Professional
  • AWS Certified (Amazon Web Services)
  • SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
  • Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI)
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Technical Foundation

Cloud, AI, architecture, data, and the languages and platforms that built them.

View technical detail

AI, Agents & Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot Studio Azure AI Foundry Azure OpenAI Service Azure AI Search GitHub Copilot RAG / Agentic Workflows Model Context Protocol Responsible AI

Microsoft Business Applications

Power Platform Power Apps Power Automate Power Pages Power BI Microsoft Dataverse Dynamics 365 (CE & F&O)

Cloud Platforms

Microsoft Azure AWS Google Cloud Platform Microservices API-First Integration Event-Driven Architecture

Data, Analytics & Integration

Microsoft Fabric Power BI SQL Server Oracle DB2 HL7 / FHIR XML / XSLT REST / SOAP

Application Development

C# JavaScript / ECMAScript SQL HTML / CSS .NET Visual Studio GitHub

Productivity & Collaboration

Microsoft 365 Teams SharePoint OneDrive Microsoft Project

Industry Domains

Aviation & Logistics Healthcare Financial Services Insurance Manufacturing Energy & Utilities Higher Education Entertainment

Technical Heritage

PowerBuilder (CPD/CPI) Visual Basic / VBA COBOL Oracle Forms / PL/SQL IBM Mainframe (CICS) SOA MicroStrategy MCSD / MCSE / MCP / MCT

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