Full-Time
Field Chief Technology Officer
Posted on 5/30/2026
SHI International
5,001-10,000 employees
Global IT solutions provider and integrator
No salary listed
London, UK + 1 more
More locations: Milton Keynes, UK
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- Completed Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience required
- 10+ years of experience in a customer-facing role explaining strategic and tactical concepts
- 10+ years of experience in a previous role taking concepts and reference architectures to operationalized implementations
- 10+ years of industry experience
- 10+ years of experience in architect work with Data Center, IT Operations, IT Automation technologies
- 10+ years of experience selling into large customer environments -OR- experience interfacing with executive committees at Fortune 1000 organizations
- Effectively engage and collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization to achieve seamless and impactful results. - Expert
- Skillfully engage in discussions to reach mutually beneficial agreements and compromises. - Expert
- Confidently deliver presentations that simplify and clarify complex issues for diverse audiences across various functions. - Expert
- Utilize a structured, logical approach to deconstruct and resolve challenging problems effectively. - Expert
- Possess a deep understanding of business operations, market dynamics, and financial principles to make informed decisions. - Expert
- Demonstrate emotional awareness, adaptability, and diplomacy to effectively interact across all organizational levels. - Expert
- Excel in managing tasks, prioritizing responsibilities, and effectively planning time to ensure project success. - Expert
- Expertly articulate design principles and concepts related to technical architectures and services. - Expert
- Proficiently discuss and explain interconnected solutions, including cloud, networking, and security. - Expert
- Engage and build relationships with senior executives to align on strategic objectives
- Communicate effectively with both C-Level executives and technical teams
- Present confidently as a subject matter expert to diverse audiences
- Collaborate with account teams to support strategic sales opportunities
- Articulate the value proposition for complex customer use cases
- Influence key stakeholders through dynamic sales-related discussions
- Act as an industry thought leader to advance strategic partnerships
- Monitor industry trends to guide account team strategies
- Advocate for solutions and share roadmaps at conferences and with partners
- Continuously enhance knowledge and skills to drive innovation and business growth
SHI International provides end-to-end IT solutions for organizations, handling procurement, deployment, and ongoing lifecycle management of technology. Its offerings cover cybersecurity, cloud, hardware, software, and related services to meet business needs. The company differentiates itself through private ownership, long-term organic growth since 1989, and its status as the largest MWBE in the United States, supported by scale and acquisitions. Its goal is to be a full-service IT partner that helps organizations optimize technology and accelerate digital transformation.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
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Total Funding
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Headquarters
Franklin Township, New Jersey
Founded
1989
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- AI literacy distribution via NJIT expands SHI's workforce transformation offerings.
- Brownsville's smart-city deployment demonstrates repeatable public-sector AI infrastructure sales.
- NStarX acquisition strengthens SHI's in-house AI solution engineering capabilities.
What critics are saying
- Hyperscalers and vendors pressure SHI's resale margins through direct purchasing channels.
- AI acquisitions can create integration drag and duplicated overhead if poorly absorbed.
- Public-sector AI and accessibility deals face political scrutiny and compliance-driven demand swings.
What makes SHI International unique
- Privately held since 1989, SHI combines resale, deployment, and managed IT services.
- Thai Lee has led SHI since inception, preserving long-term strategic continuity.
- Its MWBE status strengthens public-sector access and procurement positioning.
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↑ 0%HPE and Rowan University expand partnership to accelerate research and strengthen student workforce readiness. May 28, 2026 New advanced learning initiative boosts research capabilities, expands hands-on learning with AI tools, and improves campus connectivity. * Initiative enhances research capacity, expands applied learning, and strengthens the campus technology environment * Expanded high-performance computing supports research excellence, experiential learning, and institutional resilience * Modernized infrastructure enables faster discovery, broader access to advanced tools, and stronger campuswide connectivity HOUSTON and Glassboro, N.J. - May 28, 2026 - HPE (NYSE: HPE) today announced an expanded partnership with Rowan University to accelerate research, strengthen student training, and support the university's continued growth. Delivered in partnership with SHI International, one of the world's leading technology solution providers, the initiative will enhance the performance and resilience of Rowan's technology environment to enable faster insight, more hands-on learning, and a better-connected campus experience. Ranked among the top 100 public research institutions nationally, New Jersey-based Rowan University has expanded its research portfolio in recent years with a focus on engineering, health care, biomedical sciences, and advanced manufacturing. This growth is increasing demand for scalable compute and data services, as well as reliable connectivity across classrooms, student housing, and research facilities. Building on a more than 25-year relationship, the collaboration will help Rowan faculty and researchers work faster with large datasets, complex models, and advanced analytics, shortening time from hypothesis to result. Students will get hands-on experience with powerful supercomputing systems that power global research, along with enterprise platforms and AI tools used in coursework, research assistantships, internships, and class projects. In close partnership with HPE and Rowan University, SHI worked with the University's Information Resources & Technology (IRT) team to implement a colocation facility supporting a new data center, enhancing institutional resiliency in the event of a disaster. By aligning solutions across HPE's networking, compute, storage, data center networking and HPC portfolios, and providing warehousing and deployment services, SHI enabled two data centers and a high-performance computing cluster. Rowan University is deeply grateful to HPE and SHI for this extraordinary partnership. This initiative will accelerate innovation across disciplines and expand hands-on learning opportunities that help prepare its students to lead in an AI-driven world. Ali A. Houshmand Rowan University president "Rowan University is deeply grateful to HPE and SHI for this extraordinary partnership," said Rowan University president Ali A. Houshmand. "This initiative will accelerate innovation across disciplines and expand hands-on learning opportunities that help prepare our students to lead in an AI-driven world." Rowan selected HPE for the ability to deliver an integrated approach across infrastructure domains, backed by expertise to deploy and operate at scale. The expanded partnership is designed to deliver measurable outcomes for research productivity, teaching and learning, and campus connectivity. Rowan is shifting its campus networking platform to HPE Networking to support more consistent connectivity for students, faculty, and researchers, and to enable AI-enhanced network operations and insights that can improve reliability across campus. The upgraded environment will help researchers run larger experiments and iterate faster across modelling and simulation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and Internet of Things applications, among other areas. It is intended to support AI-driven research workflows, from data preparation and experimentation to model training and evaluation, while providing the scalable performance needed for data-intensive research. This deployment helps Rowan move faster from ideas to results, giving researchers and students the dependable performance they need for data-intensive work. Patrick Osborne Senior vice president of technology acceleration for hybrid cloud at HPE "This deployment helps Rowan move faster from ideas to results, giving researchers and students the dependable performance they need for data-intensive work," said Patrick Osborne, senior vice president of technology acceleration for hybrid cloud at HPE. "By bringing together the right mix of infrastructure capabilities, Rowan can support more teams, more projects, and more experiential learning at scale." With the full-stack HPE solution, Rowan will expand capacity and improve service levels across storage, compute, high-performance computing, and networking. * HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 and HPE Zerto Software to support data availability and recovery * HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 GPU and HPE Synergy 480 Gen12 compute to support teaching, research, and shared services * HPE high-performance storage solution to support large-scale modeling and analytics * HPE Aruba Networking to strengthen campus connectivity "Universities demand more from their IT environments than ever before, from supporting research at supercomputing scale to giving students hands-on experience with the same enterprise tools they'll use after graduation," said Denise Collison, senior vice president of Public Sector at SHI. "We have built an environment that works as one system, not a collection of separate upgrades. Rowan's researchers and students now have a technology foundation that supports current and future needs." The expanded partnership reflects HPE's continued commitment to helping higher education institutions modernize infrastructure, accelerate discovery, and prepare the next generation of talent with real-world technology experience. HPE (NYSE: HPE) is a leader in essential enterprise technology, bringing together the power of AI, cloud, and networking to help organizations achieve more. As pioneers of possibility, its innovation and expertise advance the way people live and work. Hewlett Packard Enterprise empower its customers across industries to optimize operational performance, transform data into foresight, and maximize their impact. Unlock your boldest ambitions with HPE. Discover more at www.hpe.com. About Rowan University Rowan University is a public research institution based in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a growing portfolio of research and education programs spanning engineering, health care, biomedical sciences, advanced manufacturing, and data-driven innovation. Through experiential learning and industry collaboration, Rowan prepares students for leadership in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. Media Contact: Kari Curto Rowan University Jose Cardona
Cisco Strategic Assessment: improve data quality and align key stakeholders gain visibility, strengthen governance, and support informed decisions across your Cisco estate. Reading Time: 2 minutes As Cisco software environments grow more complex - spanning networking, security, and hybrid cloud - many organizations struggle with one persistent challenge: visibility. Without a clear, shared understanding of what's deployed, how it's supported, and how it's being used, teams make renewal and investment decisions with incomplete information. SHI has designed its Cisco Strategic Assessment to change that. Built to support informed decision-making rather than compliance enforcement, this assessment helps organizations establish a reliable view of their Cisco estate while strengthening internal alignment and governance. What to expect. The assessment begins with an install base review that consolidates available data to highlight documentation gaps and improve inventory completeness. This creates a more dependable foundation for conversations across IT, procurement, and software asset management teams. From there, SHI provide support coverage and renewal context - explaining Cisco support constructs, renewal timing windows, and replacement tiers - so internal stakeholders can plan hand-offs and renewals with fewer surprises. You'll also gain practical insights into software adoption. By reviewing usage signals and version or feature data from provided inputs, its assessment surfaces opportunities for standardization and more consistent processes across sites and teams. For organizations operating under Cisco Enterprise Agreements (EAs), SHI include advisory-level guidance on EA True-Forward readiness, outlining growth-allowance concepts, annual checkpoints, and suggested internal preparation steps. What you'll gain. With its help, you can identify unused assets, optimize contracts, and better align Cisco investments with business outcomes - all while leveraging SHI's certified Cisco specialists as a trusted partner. For organizations preparing for renewals or seeking stronger governance around Cisco platforms, its Cisco Strategic Assessment provides the visibility and structure needed to move from reactive decisions to confident, proactive planning. NEXT STEPS Ready to optimize your Cisco estate? Contact its ITAM experts to get started or download its solution brief below to learn more.
SHI International wins 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence award from Business Intelligence Group. Published on: 3/24/2026 SOMERSET, N.J. - March 24, 2026 - SHI International, one of the world's leading technology solutions providers, has been named a winner in the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards in the Agentic AI category. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, the award recognizes organizations that apply AI to drive real, measurable impact. This year's program honored winners across 36 industries and more than 15 countries. SHI earned recognition for a body of work over the past 12 months that moved agentic AI from concept to production across enterprise and public-sector environments through their Imagine, Experiment, Adopt, and Scale Framework. Highlights include: * AI & Cyber Labs: A new facility in Piscataway, New Jersey, built with NVIDIA accelerated computing infrastructure, where customers can prototype, test, and validate AI use cases against their own data, workloads, and security requirements before deploying to production. * Digital AI Ambassador platform: The SHI Digital AI Ambassador is a unified, scalable engagement platform that operationalizes AI by combining automation, personalization, action, and immersion. It transforms how people access information, complete tasks, and interact with services across web, mobile, kiosks, physical spaces, and immersive environments. By integrating advanced speech recognition, vision, agentic and generative AI, and digital ambassador rendering, it delivers consistent, human-like interactions while centralizing intelligence, governance, and orchestration to reduce friction, improve outcomes, and strengthen brand trust. * Agentic AI smart city deployment: Working with HPE, NVIDIA, Kamiwaza, and other partners, SHI helped the Town of Vail, Colorado, become one of the first U.S. municipalities to deploy an agentic AI smart city solution. The deployment includes wildfire detection through AI-powered video analytics, an agentic AI accessibility solution that achieved federal Section 508 compliance in a single weekend - a project the town had budgeted three years and several million dollars to complete - and a digital AI civic assistant for residents and visitors. "SHI turns AI ambition into rapid real-world impact. Our Imagine - Experiment - Adopt and Scale framework, accelerated platforms, ecosystem partnerships, state-of-the-art labs, and deep engineering expertise enable customers to deploy secure, enterprise grade AI in weeks, delivering measurable outcomes for businesses and communities alike," said Rami Douenias, Head of AI Platforms, Infrastructure and Solutions at SHI. "AI has arrived! 2026 is about execution, accountability, and results," added Russ Fordyce, Chief Recognition Officer at Business Intelligence Group. "SHI International stood out because its work in Agentic AI reflects where the market is headed: practical AI that solves real problems, earns trust, and delivers measurable value. This recognition highlights a team that is not just participating in the AI shift, but helping define what meaningful progress looks like." Winners of the Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards were selected based on how effectively they used AI to improve performance, reduce friction, and solve meaningful problems. About SHI International SHI International Corp. is a $16 billion transformational technology solutions provider serving the needs of more than 17,000 corporate, enterprise, public sector and academic customer organizations around the world. It helps companies achieve business goals through the use of technologies ranging from software licensing and end user computing devices to innovative cloud and edge solutions. With over 7,000 employees worldwide, SHI is the largest Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) in the U.S. Contact Gregory on behalf of SHI International Matt McLoughlin 610.228.2123 [email protected]
SHI International has partnered with Brownsville, Texas, to deploy a Smart City public safety solution combining Centific's VerityAI, NVIDIA AI and Lenovo's AI-accelerated platforms. The system integrates real-time visual data from safety cameras across the city of 190,000 residents to improve incident response and situational awareness. The solution uses Centific's VerityAI to interpret visual data and identify potential incidents, built on NVIDIA Metropolis Blueprint and NVIDIA Cosmos Reason technologies. SHI's modular architecture integrates on-premises computing, cloud services, networking and cybersecurity into a single ecosystem. According to Deloitte, AI-enabled public safety tools could reduce crime by 30-40% and accelerate emergency response times by 20-35%. The infrastructure is designed to support additional capabilities including traffic management, fire detection and energy optimisation.
Brownsville, Texas, deploys Smart City solution with world-class innovation from SHI International and leading AI technology developers. Published on: 3/11/2026 SOMERSET, N.J. - March 11, 2026 - SHI International, one of the world's leading technology solutions providers, has extended its partnership with the City of Brownsville, Texas, to build a Smart City public safety solution. The solution combines Centific's VerityAI(TM), NVIDIA AI, and Lenovo's AI-Accelerated platforms, delivered through SHI's scalable Smart City solution, design, and architecture. The Smart City solution integrates key features into a single future-ready framework. This enables Brownsville, a border city in Southeast Texas with a population of more than 190,000, and potentially other municipalities across the United States and beyond, to respond faster to incidents, safeguard residents more effectively, and lay the groundwork for other use cases such as traffic management, fire detection, weather monitoring, and energy optimization. While the technology behind Brownsville's modernization initiative is sophisticated, its mission is to create a city where families, businesses, and visitors feel safe and supported. "For us, this is about our people. SHI's Smart City solution design supports our goal of making Brownsville safer, more connected, and more innovative," said Jorge Cardenas, Chief Information Officer for the City of Brownsville. "This technology will help us see across our city with clarity and make decisions based on real-time insight, not guesswork or legacy data." "We're building an infrastructure that will allow local businesses, hospitals, and professionals to access advanced AI and networking capabilities they need to drive economic development. This is the technology foundation that will support Brownsville and surrounding cities for years to come." To realize Brownsville's vision, AI experts at SHI brought together AI-accelerated technologies from Centific, and Lenovo built with NVIDIA AI. Centific's solution, VerityAI(TM), intelligently interprets visual data by identifying potential incidents, summarizing activities, and providing valuable real-time insights. VerityAI(TM) leverages visual AI agents, which are deployed using NVIDIA Metropolis Blueprint for video search and summarization, and NVIDIA Cosmos Reason, seamlessly understanding large amounts of visual data from strategically placed safety cameras across the city. SHI's Smart City solution is built on an iterative, flexible, modular architecture that is designed to quickly and easily support additional data, use cases, and digital capabilities. The initial implementation at Brownsville integrates on-prem, cloud computing, networking, and cybersecurity into a single cohesive ecosystem, significantly enhancing resource deployment, response, and situational awareness across public spaces and facilities. According to Deloitte, cities using AI-enabled public safety tools could create some of the most meaningful improvements in recent municipal history, including a 30-40% reduction in crime and a 20-35% faster emergency response time. "Brownsville is proving what's possible when a city embraces technology with purpose," said Denise Collison, Senior Vice President of Public Sector at SHI. "By combining NVIDIA's advanced AI models, Centific's VerityAI(TM), and Lenovo's AI-accelerated robust platforms in our Smart City design architecture, we're creating a powerful blueprint for how communities across the country can improve safety, strengthen resilience, and accelerate economic growth. We're proud to partner with Brownsville as they set a new national standard for what a future-ready city can be." The solution empowers the City of Brownsville and its residents with real-time intelligent insights that promote awareness, efficient resource utilization, and enable civil intelligence. SHI's dedicated Public Sector organizations help states, cities, and municipalities leverage multiple pathways and public-sector grants to achieve their Smart City goals. To learn more about SHI's AI & Cyber Labs and how it is helping organizations imagine, experiment, and adopt AI at scale, visit www.shi.com/ai. Attendees at NVIDIA's 2026 GTC can visit the SHI Booth 1231 from March 16th to 19th. SHI International Corp. is a $16 billion global technology solutions provider serving the needs of more than 17,000 corporate, enterprise, public sector and academic customer organizations around the world. It helps companies achieve business goals through the use of technologies ranging from software licensing and end-user computing devices to innovative cloud and edge solutions. With over 7,000 employees worldwide, SHI is the largest Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) in the U.S. Press Resources SHI Corporate Website: https://www.SHI.com SHI Blog: https://blog.shi.com SHI X Handle: @SHI_Intl Contact Matt McLoughlin Gregory on behalf of SHI International 610.228.2123 [email protected]