Joe Norton is an executive, consultant and speaker who has extensive experience in improving the performance of corporate organizations and in turning around "at risk" endeavors.
Joe has been engaged with teams and organizations as an applied information technology professional, systems engineer, program and project manager, executive, and performance consultant for over 30 years. He has served as:
CIO Grumman Space Systems Division, Grumman Corporation
Consulting Product Manager, Oracle Corporation and Sybase, Inc.
VP Corporate Technology, JPMorgan
VP & CTO, McDonald's Corporation
Executive in Residence, McKinsey & Company
VP & CTO, Novartis Corporation
Since 1999, Joe has applied his extensive experience to improving the health and performance of organizations, leadership and management teams, product and project teams.
His specialty is working with leadership teams and improving the performance and health of technology based organizations engaged in the development, delivery and support of information technology based products for sale or use by enterprises and / or individuals, and with corporate information technology organizations supporting their parent enterprise.
A graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, with a BS in Information Management Technology, Joe also holds an MBA from the University of Illinois. Joe has been affiliated with Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business, DePaul University and the University of Chicago since 2001 and continues to lecture on topics related to business / IT value, strategy, and complex product development, delivery and operations.
Clients: A partial list of Joe's consulting clients include:
Accenture
ARAMARK
Baxter
International
BlueCross
BlueShield Association
Boise
Cascade Corporation
Bristol-Myers
British Airways
CCC
Information Services
Chicago Olympic
Bid Committee
Cisco
Systems
Dollar
Thrifty Auto Group
Eaton
Corporation
Federal Express
Fisher Scientific
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Harrah�s Entertainment
HIMSS
Hudson Highland Group
IBM
McDonald�s Corporation
McKinsey
Mercury Interactive
Microsoft
Nation Wide Insurance
National Equity Foundation
Naval Supply Systems Command
Nextel
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
OMG
Panama Canal Authority
Peolesoft
PepsiAmericas
Prosperity
SAP
Simon Property Group
SmithersOasis
State Farm Insurance
University of Illinois
U.S Department of Housing & Urban Development
U.S Veterans Administration