Career Roadmap

Director-Level Career Plan

Compounding 20 years of execution into a defined director operating model.

A long-term roadmap aligned with Director-level leadership in governance, vendor strategy, and service integration.

Executive Summary

A five-year plan to compound director-level scope.

Over 20 platforms engineered, thousands of users served, and a decade of governance-driven leadership.

Darrance Tezino is actively executing a five-year Director-track roadmap centered on enterprise service governance, vendor accountability, and service integration across a regulated utility environment. The plan compounds 20+ years of hands-on execution into a defined director-level operating model: standardize service performance, harden vendor SLAs, and integrate executive, field, telecom, mobility, and event-readiness functions under one governance lens. In parallel, his 20-platform AI product leadership translates the same governance instincts into consumer-facing systems, proving the operating model beyond a single industry.

Director-Level Fit

Why I’m a fit for Director-level roles.

20+ years of compounding scope across finance, energy, healthcare, managed services, and enterprise AV.

Currently serving as Director of Technology Services at CenterPoint Energy: not aspiring, executing.

Holds vendors to outcomes inside a regulated utility where reliability and audit are non-negotiable.

Integrated executive support, field operations, telecom, mobility, event readiness, and hardware distribution under unified governance.

FEMA / EOC-grade operational resilience and emergency-operations technology leadership.

Published technical writer and Total Tech Summit Advisory Board member, peer-recognized at the director level.

20 AI platforms shipped as founder: governance instinct made portable across industries.

Strategic Pillars

Three pillars the roadmap is built on.

Pillar 1

Governance

Define the standards every service must clear for risk, reliability, controls, and audit, so performance is measurable and defensible, not aspirational.

Pillar 2

Vendor Management

Hold vendors to outcomes through SLAs, procurement alignment, and performance scorecards, converting relationships into accountable delivery.

Pillar 3

Service Integration

Unify executive support, field operations, telecom, mobility, event readiness, and hardware staging under one governance lens so the enterprise sees one service.

Leadership Competencies

Current proficiency vs. Director-track target.

A radar visualization of the six competencies the roadmap is engineered to lift from current mastery toward director-level leadership: Governance, Vendor Strategy, Service Integration, Technical Leadership, Innovation, and People Leadership.

GovernanceVendor StrategyService IntegrationTechnical LeadershipInnovationPeople Leadership
  • Current
  • Director Target
Recruiter Brief

A director-ready operating profile.

A consolidated snapshot for executive search, boards, and hiring committees evaluating director-level fit.

Target Role
Director of Technology Services / IT Director
Experience
20+ years enterprise technology leadership
Industries
Finance · Energy · Healthcare · AI / SaaS
Core Competencies
Governance · Vendor Strategy · Service Integration · Executive Support
Location
Houston, TX, open to hybrid / relocation
Readiness
Open to director-level conversations
Director-Track Roadmap

A scroll-driven plan aligned to Director-level goals.

My roadmap aligns with Director-level roles in governance, vendor strategy, and service integration, supported by proven delivery across multiple platforms.

24
2024

Baseline Director Role: Hold the Line

Goal
Solidify director-level service governance at CenterPoint Energy.
Initiative
Standardize executive-support SLAs and harden EOC technology resilience.
Success metric
Executive event readiness under unified governance.
2024

Baseline Director Role: Hold the Line

Goal
Solidify director-level service governance at CenterPoint Energy.
Initiative
Standardize executive-support SLAs and harden EOC technology resilience.
Success metric
Executive event readiness under unified governance.
25
2025

Vendor Accountability at Scale

Goal
Convert vendor relationships into outcome-bound contracts.
Initiative
Telecom + mobility SLA standardization with procurement alignment.
Success metric
Vendor SLA coverage above 95% across managed fleets.
2025

Vendor Accountability at Scale

Goal
Convert vendor relationships into outcome-bound contracts.
Initiative
Telecom + mobility SLA standardization with procurement alignment.
Success metric
Vendor SLA coverage above 95% across managed fleets.
26
2026

Service Integration Council

Goal
Unite dispersed service towers under one governance lens.
Initiative
Stand up a cross-functional council spanning executive, field, telecom, mobility, and event.
Success metric
A single service scorecard across all towers.
2026

Service Integration Council

Goal
Unite dispersed service towers under one governance lens.
Initiative
Stand up a cross-functional council spanning executive, field, telecom, mobility, and event.
Success metric
A single service scorecard across all towers.
27
2027

Enterprise Platform Scale

Goal
Extend director span across enterprise platforms and AI governance.
Initiative
Integrate 20-platform governance patterns into enterprise service standards.
Success metric
AI governance framework adopted enterprise-wide.
2027

Enterprise Platform Scale

Goal
Extend director span across enterprise platforms and AI governance.
Initiative
Integrate 20-platform governance patterns into enterprise service standards.
Success metric
AI governance framework adopted enterprise-wide.
28
2028

VP / Executive Track

Goal
Step into enterprise technology strategy leadership.
Initiative
Expand scope to enterprise technology strategy and architecture governance.
Success metric
Cross-division technology strategy published and sponsored.
2028

VP / Executive Track

Goal
Step into enterprise technology strategy leadership.
Initiative
Expand scope to enterprise technology strategy and architecture governance.
Success metric
Cross-division technology strategy published and sponsored.
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