Toby Buckalew, MBA's Linkedin Analytics

I am a (vaccinated) Senior Executive leveraging my experience from multiple industries with entrepreneurial experience in rapid growth and turn-around organizations. I empower people to lead while making the tough strategic decisions for the business. A four-time Chief Information Officer (CIO) with P&L and operations experience moving to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) role, I currently reside in Dallas; I can relocate to where the next adventure awaits! WHAT I DO: Anyone can call themselves leaders – but few lead – most are managers. I lead teams by motivating them to follow the vision and driving change. Only then will a company grow and overcome the plateau most find to be their ceiling. Ask me about how I successfully transformed a 20-year-old company out of bankruptcy, built IT as a $27M P&L, or how I built development and technology operations teams after a merger. WHAT MAKES ME DIFFERENT: Today’s business environment has evolved rapidly over the past years. No longer is a company one in which senior leaders can focus solely on sales, technology, and the bottom line. They must embrace the changing demographic, generational evolution, the environmental/social aspects of the business, and how technology now is part of every facet of a successful operation. I not only understand these global shifts in business but embrace them. SPECIALTIES: Strategic Planning | Company Growth | Budgeting | Team Building | Leadership Development | Turnarounds | Mentoring | Change Management | Security Management/Risk Management | Policy/Procedure Development | Crisis Management | Disaster Planning | Operations | Audit/Enterprise Security | Health Information Technology - HIT - EHR - EMR | HIPAA / SSAE18 / SOX / PCI DSS | Digital Transformation | P&L | Finance | Public Speaking ME: I love tech, science, and learning! I am intensely curious and delve deep into topics to understand them. I believe learning is a constant pursuit. It is this passion to always learn that made me successful. I love to fly! It was a childhood dream that I was able to make happen - I am a certificated private pilot. KD5GID - my FCC-issued amateur radio operator call sign. I have enjoyed spotting storms for the NWS with SkyWarn and used my skills on a search team in East Texas after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. My wife and I love SCUBA diving! We take a trip each year to blow some bubbles, even if it is a short trip (the Florida Keys are wonderful). There is more about me, but that is another conversation!