Leadership Portfolio

Michael P. Radonis

Leader, inventor, and enterprise architecture executive with 37+ years of experience translating business goals into platform strategy, modernization roadmaps, architecture guardrails, KPI dashboards, operating models, AI readiness, and technology transformation that improves visibility, resilience, and business impact.
Enterprise Architecture | AI Strategy | Technology Transformation | Inventor on 6 U.S. Patents

Open to senior technology leadership, enterprise architecture, AI strategy, platform modernization, and technology transformation opportunities.

6
U.S. patents in network encryption and infrastructure design automation
37+
Years in enterprise technology leadership, architecture, delivery, and operations
$25M+
CTO-sponsored initiatives aligned across business, technology, and operations stakeholders
$1M+
Annual software savings delivered through modernization and automation leadership

Executive profile

My leadership style combines architecture depth, operational clarity, and business discipline. I have spent my career helping large, regulated organizations modernize platforms, improve resilience and visibility, and strengthen operating discipline through governance, KPI dashboarding, modernization planning, delivery discipline, and executive alignment.

Core leadership strengths

  • Enterprise architecture and platform strategy
  • Modernization and operating models
  • AI strategy, readiness, governance, and practical adoption
  • Operational resilience and executive visibility
  • KPI dashboarding, capacity & demand planning, and portfolio visibility
  • Cross-functional leadership across engineering, infrastructure, security, risk, and operations

What companies get

  • Clearer platform strategy, roadmaps, and architecture guardrails
  • Better alignment between business priorities and technical execution
  • More resilient, scalable, supportable services and disciplined modernization paths
  • Stronger visibility into capacity, delivery constraints, operational risk, and financial impact
  • Leadership that mentors senior talent while staying engaged in architecture, strategy, and execution
Advisory Practice

MPR Technology Advisors

MPR Technology Advisors helps businesses make practical technology and AI decisions that improve operations, reduce manual work, strengthen governance, and create measurable business value.

Built on my background in enterprise architecture, infrastructure strategy, platform modernization, resiliency, automation, governance, and technology leadership, MPR focuses on helping organizations move past the AI hype and identify where technology can actually improve how work gets done.

AI Transformation Advisory

Helping businesses understand where AI can create value, what risks need to be managed, and how to create a practical roadmap for responsible adoption.

Architecture & Platform Strategy

Advising on enterprise architecture, cloud and infrastructure modernization, platform strategy, resiliency, automation, and operating model improvement.

Governance & Operating Discipline

Helping organizations put the right structure around technology and AI adoption, including governance, controls, risk awareness, visibility, and execution discipline.

AI strategy AI readiness Enterprise architecture Platform modernization Automation Governance Technology advisory Operating model improvement

Patented innovation

In-flight network data encryption

Patents reflecting a long-standing focus on practical security architecture and platform-level protection for data moving across networked environments.

Network architecture visualization & design tooling

Patents tied to design tooling that improve how infrastructure and network systems are modeled, standardized, and translated into build-ready designs.

Selected U.S. patent numbers available on request or through public record. These patents remain a strong differentiator for leadership roles valuing innovation, architecture, automation, and technical judgment.

Selected leadership impact

VP, Enterprise Solutions Architecture — Truist

2011 - 2026

Led CTO-sponsored architecture and delivery teams across Financial Services and Mortgage platforms, aligning engineering, data, infrastructure, security, risk, operations, and business leaders on strategy, priorities, roadmaps, and execution for business-critical programs.

Platform strategy Architecture boundaries KPI dashboards Capacity & demand Operational resilience

AVP, Web Architect — BB&T

2006 - 2011

Led architecture direction for enterprise banking products across DMZ and internal environments, guiding secure, scalable platforms through APIs, integration services, authentication, load balancing, release discipline, and high-availability transaction flows.

Digital platforms Security partnership High availability Integration services

IT Architect & Team Lead — Arrow Electronics

1998 - 2006

Built early automation and executive reporting solutions, including a Perl-based operational reporting application and C++ hooks on Windows servers, giving executives clearer visibility into operational performance, service delivery, KPIs, and profitability.

Automation Executive reporting Operations visibility Infrastructure modernization

Let’s talk

I’m open to director, senior director, principal, and executive technology leadership opportunities where enterprise architecture, platform strategy, modernization, operational resilience, executive visibility, and business impact all matter. I’m also open to advisory conversations through MPR Technology Advisors around AI strategy, automation, governance, and technology transformation.

Raleigh-Durham area 919-995-4585 mradonis23@gmail.com Open to relocation, remote, and hybrid opportunities