Martin Stevens

Strategic technology executive with over 20 years of experience leading enterprise-wide modernization, cloud transformation, and AI strategy for large-scale organizations. Proven track record as a "Strategic Fixer," specialized in stabilizing complex IT portfolios, maturing cybersecurity posture, and aligning technical roadmaps with business outcomes to drive measurable ROI. Dedicated to a transformational leadership style centered on mentorship, operational excellence, and the mission-first discipline of a 7-year U.S.

Army veteran.

Signature Achievement: Successfully turned around a multi-million-dollar statewide digital initiative by implementing proactive stakeholder engagement to ensure systems met specific user needs, while overhauling Agile workflows and cloud-first development standards to cut deployment cycles by 75% and virtually eliminate UAT defects.

Senior Vice President of Government Relations at Tryfacta, Inc. (2025-10 – 2026-02)

Recruited to lead business development for contract staffing solutions across public-sector accounts; completed a rapid assessment of organizational culture, leadership alignment, and market strategy, ultimately choosing to exit early to maintain mission-driven standards while preserving strong relationships and securing a positive recommendation.

Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Florida Department of Environmental Protection (2023-05 – 2025-10)

Served as the enterprise technology leader who orchestrated digital transformation, infrastructure modernization, and cybersecurity maturity across a $30M+ portfolio with 180+ staff. Aligned technology strategy with business outcomes and priorities to deliver secure, innovative, and citizen-focused services within a complex, multi-office landscape.

• Scale & Budget: Directed a $30M+ annual technology portfolio, overseeing enterprise architecture and digital strategy for statewide environmental programs.
• Organizational Optimization: Re-engineered a 186-person IT department into a high-velocity 176-staff organization; accelerated software delivery cycles while systematically reducing enterprise technical debt.
• Modernization: Led the legacy-to-cloud migration of critical enterprise portals, ensuring high-availability for 50,000+ stakeholders.
• Talent Turnaround: Applied Servant Leadership principles to stabilize the IT workforce, successfully reducing agency vacancies from 26% to a sustained 6% through culture-first recruitment.

Chief Information Officer (CTO/CIO) at Office/Division of Early Learning (2016-02 – 2023-05)

Directed all aspects of IT and the digital "front door" for Florida's early learning systems, managing high-concurrency public platforms and state-wide data integrity during a period of critical organizational transition.

• High-Concurrency Impact: Architected and stabilized digital ecosystems supporting 350,000+ annual child enrollments and 100,000+ active families and providers.
• Development Velocity: Transformed software delivery cycles, increasing annual deployments by 300% while reducing UAT issues to near zero through standardized QA and Agile rigor.
• Financial Stewardship: Ensured 100% operational availability for high-traffic portals managing the distribution of mid-eight-figure educational funding.
• Strategic Talent Recovery: Successfully performed a rapid talent turnaround, reducing organizational vacancies from 30% to a sustained 4% while modernizing legacy architectures.

Director of Information Technology at On Target Performance Systems (2012-01 – 2016-02)

Directed all IT operations, enterprise systems, and application development for a growing performance-management and analytics company. Led the full technology lifecycle from initial architecture through delivery and continuous improvement.

• Platform Modernization: Spearheaded the modernization of core performance-management and analytics platforms, aligning product delivery with expanding customer expectations and regulatory requirements.
• Operational Reliability: Built a high-performing IT organization from the ground up, strengthening infrastructure stability and strengthening service quality across the enterprise.
• Strategic Alignment: Partnered with executive leadership to align technology roadmaps with business goals, ensuring scalable growth for a high-demand SaaS/Analytics environment.
• Disciplined Execution: Drove measurable operational gains through the implementation of standardized engineering practices and comprehensive security protocols.

Software Engineer, Database Administrator, & IT Consultant at Various (2003 – 2012)

Engineered, developed, and administered enterprise applications and relational databases across the financial, hospitality, and media sectors. Utilized Java, C++,.NET, and SQL to integrate complex systems and optimize data performance for high-demand environments. This decade of hands-on engineering established the architectural foundation for my current executive leadership and my ability to derisk complex technical transitions.

B.S in Computer Science, Minor in Business Administration – Middle Tennessee State University