Julius Hughes, MBA, CISSP

Chief Technology Officer at McShane Construction Company

Greater Chicago Area, United States

About Julius Hughes, MBA, CISSP

Julius Hughes, MBA, CISSP is Chief Technology Officer at McShane Construction Company. Location: Greater Chicago Area, United States.

Seasoned IT leader with 20 years of professional experience and 13+ years of expansive leadership experience across diversified global business environments including manufacturing/supply chain, transportation, energy, and construction. History of success in guiding strategy for planning, deployment, and oversight of enterprise-scale IT organizations. Excel at building and guiding large, multidisciplinary global teams accountable for designing, architecting, and upgrading best-in-class next-generation technologies. Partner effectively with C-level management, key clients,stakeholders and vendors to formulate forward-thinking operational and IT strategies. Fiscally savvy and bottom-line focused in forecasting, monitoring, and reducing expenditure for multimillion-dollar IT budgets. Strategic business partner with proven ability to effectively engage and innovate across all functional areas of the organization. Remarkable track record of forging transformational technology changes that deliver unprecedented revenue growth and deliver multimillion-dollar bottom-line cost savings. A sampling of my areas of strength includes: • Enterprise IT Operations • Leadership & Team Building • Organizational Transformation • Strategic Planning • Full Life Cycle Project Management • Client / Stakeholder / Vendor Relations • Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) • Budgeting & Technology Procurement • Enterprise Applications Development • IT Funding Reporting & Analysis • Information Security / Cybersecurity

Skills

  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
  • Data Analytics
  • Mentoring

Additional experience

  • Vice President of Information Technolgy

    Matrix Service Company

    February 2023 – February 2026

Education

  • Master of Business Administration - MBA, East Texas A&M University
  • Bachelor of Science - BS, Oklahoma State University