Theresa S.

Dr. Theresa M. Szczurek, a Tech, Cybersecurity, and AI Expert C-level Fractional Executive, 3x tech entrepreneur, and former State Chief Information Officer, is a business growth and innovation strategist. She boldly transforms private and public sector organizations as a pursuit of passionate purpose in order to: ● grow revenues through strategic marketing and customer delight, ● reduce risks and improve efficiencies through technology, and ● scale through innovation, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation. As a 3x tech entrepreneur, CEO, and private Board Director, she raised over $60 million in funds, pivoted, scaled, and delivered good exits. She took her first start-up from $0 to an over $40M exit in less than six years. Previously she improved system performance as a Member of Technical Staff for Bell Labs and opened global markets as Product Line Manager for AT&T International. Theresa serves as a fractional executive / coaches / speaks / serves on boards as a Certified Management Consultant® through her firm Technology and Management Solutions. She helps clients produce extraordinary results through overall management, strategic planning, marketing, and organization / leader development. As a certified board director (NACD.DC), she has deep board and board chair experience. She served in the Governor’s cabinet as State of Colorado Chief Information Officer overseeing all IT / cybersecurity and leading digital transformation for the $33B state. She received the ORBIE® award as Colorado Public Sector CIO of the Year. An awarded leader and speaker, she researched and authored the Amazon-bestseller, Pursuit of Passionate Purpose (Wiley), which provides her proven, step-by-step success formula. Theresa has a Ph.D. and MBA from University of Colorado Boulder in Business Administration, MS in Operations Research from Stanford University, and BS in Mathematics, with high honors, from Western Illinois University.