Ann Funai
Vice President Business Platform Transformation at IBM
Ann Funai
Vice President Business Platform Transformation at IBM
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
CIO, Vice President Business Platform Transformation
2023 - Current
Vice President, Transformation
2023 - 2023
Founding Limited Partner
2019
Operator Collective brings together as limited partners tech’s most sought-after operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of b2b tech.
Chief Technology Officer
2020 - 2021
Completed the successful stand up of the full technology organization and all functions for MyFitnessPal after divestiture from Under Armour. • Executed on transition and separation from Under Armour of all Software Development, QA, Data Science, Data Engineering and PMO functions. • Created Cyber Security and IT teams and worked with Francisco Partners to complete initial security assessments. • Took on additional role as interim Head of Product from February-April 2020, leading Product, Creative and Customer Happiness teams to reset roadmaps towards a stable, standalone company mission and vision.
Senior Vice President, Engineering
2018 - 2020
Built and led the first unified Engineering team crossing all digital experiences at Under Armour. Team product scope included MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal, Endomondo, Global eCommerce Applications and the HOVR(TM) Connected shoe. •Drove the implementation of a CDP and cloud data warehouse, integrating user data and analytics for all eCommerce and connected fitness customers. •Replatformed legacy eCommerce solutions to Salesforce and integrated with data, marketing and supply chain platforms. •Partnered externally for specification, creation and delivery of the HOVR(TM) Connected Shoe hardware into the supply chain and shoe manufacturing. Directly responsible for the firmware and algorithms that provide real-time coaching and analytics from the connected shoe to the MapMyFitness app. Exited Under Armour with the sale of MyFitnessPal to Francisco Partners in December 2020.
SVP & Chief Technology Officer
2017 - 2018
PeopleAdmin is a leading provider of talent management solutions for K-12 and Higher Education. Sold by Vista Equity Partners and merged with PowerSchool in August 2018. • Scope of responsibilities include: Architecture, User Experience Design, Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, IT Security and Project Management. • Drove the technology integration of four acquisitions (Performance Matters, TeacherMatch, Netchemia, SearchSoft) • Introduced design thinking across the company.
Director, Power Systems Software Development
2013 - 2017
• Led a 500-member global development team responsible for building and delivering all of the systems and cloud software for IBM’s $3B POWER and OpenPOWER business. • IBM Design Executive for Cognitive & POWER Systems (http://www.ibm.com/design/). • Key areas of technical responsibility include; hardware simulation, firmware, virtualization, systems management tools, OpenStack, test, documentation and translation. • Experienced in both Open and proprietary technologies.
Chief of Staff to the General Manager of Development & Manufacturing for Systems and Technology
2013 - 2013
• Through this elite executive development assignment, I shadowed the General Manager of IBM Development & Manufacturing, gaining unique perspective on and experience in what it takes to lead a multifunctional global team.
Program Director, Cloud Innovation Lab
2010 - 2012
• Responsible for the integrity and agility of the infrastructure and platforms within the WW Cloud Innovation Lab. The global team included centers in Austin, TX, Southbury, CT, India and Costa Rica. • Built one of IBM's first green data centers. • Delivered the infrastructure and facility for a first-of-a-kind joint offering with AT&T for a secure, data storage cloud infrastructure. • Developed additional innovation on cloud delivery including data analytics and rapid backup & deploy.
Senior Manager, DEMOcentral
2006 - 2010
• Successfully transitioned the infrastructure of DEMOcentral into a cloud platform capable of delivering high-potential customer demonstrations, PoTs and PoCs for the worldwide sales teams. • Grew usage 10x in 3 years, leading to over $3B in client revenue opportunities per year. • Created a management operations center for DEMOcentral using IBM products that is highlighted as a reference platform for Energy Management solutions.
Manager, Extreme Blue Austin & Europe
2000 - 2006
Technical Marketing Manager - Developer Community Programs
1999 - 2000
IT Specialist, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Account
1997 - 1999