Primary Job Title CEO & Founder Primary Organization M37 Ventures
Location San Diego, California, United States Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Robert A. "Rob" Strickland is presently CEO and Founder of M37 Ventures. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and CTO for Leap Wireless.Since joining the Cricket brand in February 2012, Strickland has led the Engineering and Operations team, National Field Services and the Information Technology Team.
Strickland previously was
President of Strickland Consulting LLC, which advised global companies on business and technology strategy surrounding the ecosystems of carrier services.
Additionally, he serves as an active member of the Sundance Institute’s Board of Directors Technology Committee and Teradata’s Customer Advisory Board.Rob is formerly the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for T-Mobile, USA. During his 4 years at T-Mobile, he brought over 20 years of Business and IT leadership to his staff of over 2000.
Strickland migrated IT into a fully right-shored model with just over 1000 FTEs in the US and another 1000 off shore. As the lead for the Enterprise IT (EIT) team, he was responsible for aligning IT strategy with business initiatives and delivering innovative solutions to support T-Mobile’s J.D. Power, award winning customer-driven philosophy.
Rob has been honored with a CIO 100 Award twice, in 2009 and in 2006.