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Renowned Technology Leader, Mark Tonnesen, Joins TAG CXO

Through TAG CXO, Tonnesen is delivering big-name strategy to mid-market operators in need of his valuable technology leadership

PHOENIX, Ariz., April 9, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TAG CXO is bringing the best of the best to its fractional advisory team. We’re proud to announce the addition of Mark Tonnesen. Tonnesen is a highly sought-after, high-powered business and technology leader with more than 25 years of experience in high-tech, security, financial services, gaming and transportation.

Photo caption: Mark Tonnesen Joins TAG CXO.

With an incredible pedigree and decades of experience from giants in technology including Cisco, Logitech, McAffe, Electronic Arts, and more, Tonnesen has key expertise in business, technology and organizational transformation including cloud computing, application development, contact center solutions, as well as B2B and B2C strategies.

As an integral part of the TAG CXO fractional advisory, he’ll be available to mid-market companies that might not otherwise have the budget to hire this high a caliber of C-suite executive. This is a game changer for brands. TAG CXO is literally delivering seasoned and time-tested executives to their doorstep at an affordable rate.

Tonnesen is an elite advisor and is recognized for his exceptional ability to transform businesses, solving the most difficult business and technical challenges. His method includes identifying top priorities and goals, and then balancing the change approach with anticipated market opportunity.

Prior to joining TAG CXO, Tonnesen worked on key projects for multi-billion-dollar companies. He migrated the infrastructure of a leading gaming company to a customized “micro-cloud” solution, reducing infrastructure costs by a significant 42% while increasing security and agility.

He also took AI integration to the next level for a major digital media company by developing a proprietary AI chatbot application. The chatbot was able to not only locate information, but complete processes for both customers and employees on the back end. This saved the company approximately $19M annually while also improving customer and employee support.

Through TAG CXO, mid-market brands will be able to tap Tonnesen for similar projects and take advantage of his depth of knowledge. Tonnesen feels that the key to success comes from the alignment of the team toward a common goal. Once everyone is unified in understanding the desired big picture KPIs, it is possible to create an environment of collaboration and communication which drives positive results.

“I am passionate about tackling new challenges,” said Tonnesen. “The more difficult a problem, the more excited and energized I become to meet the task head on and develop innovative solutions to meet the client’s need.”

“I am excited to align with Mark,” said Paul Theisen, founder and principal of TAG CXO. “His battle-tested experience adds immeasurable value to our client community and makes him a leader among his technology executive peers.”

Learn more about Mark here: https://tagcxo.com/about/mark-tonnesen/.

About TAG CXO:

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, TAG CXO is a privately held company, providing Interim and Fractional IT leadership executives, founded in 2019. The company maintains a bench of industry-trained, enterprise-level executives, available on demand to mid-market CEOs. TAG CXO executives help to round out a firm’s leadership team and close the IT talent gap with fully qualified expertise, offering a more affordable, lower-risk option than hiring full-time staff.

Learn more at: https://tagcxo.com/.

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Lisa Schaffner, PhD, Accomplished Expert in Healthcare Strategy, Data and Analytics, Joins TAG CXO

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 3, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TAG CXO is excited to announce Lisa Schaffner, PhD, as the newest member of our fractional advisory team. Dr. Schaffner is an execution-oriented visionary in her field and accelerates rapid and sustained returns by transforming data and analytics assets into actionable insights. She has a demonstrated ability as a strategic operator and change agent, having generated an astounding $2B in revenue, medical and pharmacy cost savings, and administrative efficiencies for payers, providers, systems, and technology enablers. Dr. Schaffner will be available to clients in need of senior advisory and as a fractional Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDAO).

Photo caption: Lisa Schaffner, PhD, Joins TAG CXO.

Dr. Schaffner’s approach focuses on aiding organizations to become data fluent. She understands that high data fluency is a core part of organizational culture and strategy, which allows for greater companywide collaboration. When teams share and analyze data together, they can solve problems and pursue common goals. Specialties include data and analytics, AI and machine learning (ML), digital health, data governance, data science and advanced analytics, data security, privacy and ethics, and more.

Prior to joining TAG CXO, Dr. Schaffner created value for numerous companies, mostly focused on the healthcare vertical. She led the successful long-term renewal of business for a customer that drove $600M in revenue. She also established data protocols and gleaned insights indicating over $100M in actionable cost-of-care savings.

Dr. Schaffner is a change agent. In another role, she assisted the parent company of a multi-state healthcare provider to create the company’s first AI models. The adoption of these new technologies enabled the generation of over $50M annually in revenue, and over $30M in medical and pharmacy cost savings.

Tactical analytics is a strong talent for Dr. Schaffner. She initiated the first medical cost management committee for a value-based care enabler and built the company’s data infrastructure and architecture by curating data assets internal and external to the organization. Through the data uncovered, she identified over $75M in actionable reductions for total costs of care. Acting as a strategic operator, she aligned with clinical, financial and operational leaders to develop initiatives to impact the company’s shared savings performance.

“Data fluency is the path where everything comes together,” said Dr. Schaffner. “Insights gained from data and analytics uncover opportunity, which leads to common goals, which in turn leads to organizational success.”

“Lisa is an exceptional addition to the TAG CXO team,” said Paul Theisen, founder and principal of TAG CXO. “She is a brilliant analyst and strategic partner. She is passionate about how data and analytics can drive business success, and her remarkable performance record proves it.”

About TAG CXO:

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, TAG CXO is a privately held company, providing Interim and Fractional IT leadership executives, founded in 2019. The company maintains a bench of industry-trained, enterprise-level executives available on demand to mid-market CEOs. TAG CXO executives help to round out a firm’s leadership team and close the IT talent gap with fully qualified expertise, offering a more affordable, lower-risk option than hiring full-time staff.

Learn more at: https://tagcxo.com/.

MEDIA ONLY CONTACT:
Zach Poth, COO
+1-602-962-6200
zach@tagcxo.com

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Zach Poth Joins TAG CXO as COO to Support Growing Demand for Fractional Executive Services

PHOENIX, Ariz. /ScoopCloud/ -- TAG CXO, an organization of successful fractional executives available for hire, is pleased to announce that Zach Poth has joined the team. Poth is an accomplished information technology pro who will take on the role of chief operating officer.

In this role, Zach will support all TAG CXO chief information officers and industry advisors, helping to match these executives-as-a-service with the right companies to make a significant impact for both parties. Zach will ensure the company continues to offer undiluted quality as it grows and he will be a brand ambassador for TAG CXO's core values.

"I look at myself as the guardian of the brand for TAG," he said. "I want to make sure those core values are carried through all of our interactions - with the team and with our clients."

Zach has had the good fortune of working with many remarkable organizations and professionals that have provided him decades of experience learning the ins and outs of business building and leadership. Creating effective operational processes, designing cutting-edge platforms and managing lucrative sales programs are some of Zach's successes, but his greatest achievements have come from strategically bridging gaps in an organization to lead to success of their business initiatives.

While Zach has worked with a variety of companies in heavy, civil and commercial constructions, energy and utility, diversified industrials and software-as-a-service, his passion lies in in the development of businesses and people in the start-up and technology industries.

"Zach is a real utility player, astute with client-focused marketing strategies, able to provide experienced leadership across the sales cycle, and confident building out and managing the delivery executive bench," said TAG CXO principal and founder, Paul Theisen. "His portfolio of experience and skillsets are second to his strength of character as a man of faith, a great husband and father and great team member at the office. We are delighted and fortunate to have him join the TAG Team, raise the bar and be the guardian of our brand promise."

Zach takes his role as guardian outside the office as well, to his home and wife and children. Raising his family to be Christ-centered leaders is Zach's greatest joy.

To learn more visit: https://tagcxo.com/about/zach-poth/ and https://tagcxo.com/services

About TAG CXO:

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, TAG CXO is a privately held company, providing Interim and Fractional IT leadership executives, founded in 2019. The company maintains a bench of industry-trained, enterprise-level executives, available on-demand to mid-market CEOs. TAG CXO executives help to round-out a firm's leadership team and close the IT talent gap with fully qualified expertise, offering a more affordable, lower-risk option than hiring full-time staff. Learn more at: https://tagcxo.com/.

TAG CXO, 7000 N 16th Street, Suite 120-167, Phoenix, AZ 85020.

MEDIA ONLY CONTACT
Zach Poth, COO
+1-602-962-6200
zach@tagcxo.com

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TAG CXO, an organization of successful fractional executives available for hire, is pleased to announce that Zach Poth has joined the team. Poth is an accomplished information technology pro who will take on the role of chief operating officer.

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TAG CXO Names Dan Streufert to Lead its IT Infrastructure Practice Area

PHOENIX, Ariz. /ScoopCloud/ -- TAG CXO, a provider of fractional IT executives, appointed Dan Streufert to lead its new IT Infrastructure practice area located in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, Streufert is responsible to lead and develop the delivery teams helping TAG CXO clients build the robust and durable IT operating environments needed for growth and efficiency.

By optimizing critical IT infrastructures, clients benefit from much greater simplicity, overall security, and scalability. As practice lead, Streufert will serve existing clients, develop new clients and build the delivery bench, leading TAG CXOs infrastructure services across its national network of fractional executives.

Mr. Streufert comes to TAG CXO with broad experience designing, engineering, and implementing optimized IT infrastructures across large multi-national, multi-site businesses in the manufacturing and real estate industries. Most recently, Streufert was Principal Systems Architect for co-working giant WeWork, and formerly directed global IT operations for medical device manufacturers, Viant Medical and The Tech Group, as Head of IT. His clients have also included companies in the construction industry such as Buesing Corporation, Centuri Construction and NPL Construction. He holds a Bachelor of Business and Information Systems from the University of Phoenix.

"Dan Streufert is easily one of the best hiring decisions I made during my corporate career, and it's a joy to be working together again," said Paul Theisen, enthusiastically. "Dan is always professional, technically current, insatiably curious, humble yet driven, and has a very astute business mind.", Theisen described. "Now, 25 years into his career and seasoned with a depth of global-enterprise experience, Dan's unique qualifications are available to the benefit of TAG CXO clients." "To sum it all up," Theisen concluded, "Dan has a certain techno-functional-engineering-business-leadership genius he brings into every interaction; and he really exemplifies the TAG CXO promise - to provide our clients with the best enterprise-level, industry-trained, battle-tested IT leaders...not career consultants."

To learn more visit: https://tagcxo.com/about/dan-streufert/ and https://tagcxo.com/services

About TAG CXO:

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, TAG CXO is a privately held company, providing Interim and Fractional IT leadership executives, founded in 2019. The company maintains a bench of industry-trained, enterprise-level executives, available on-demand to mid-market CEOs. TAG CXO executives help to round-out a firm's leadership team and close the IT talent gap with fully qualified expertise, offering a more affordable, lower-risk option than hiring full-time staff. Learn more at: https://tagcxo.com/.

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TAG CXO, 7000 N 16th Street, Suite 120-167, Phoenix, AZ 85020.

TAG CXO, a provider of fractional IT executives, appointed Dan Streufert to lead its new IT Infrastructure practice area located in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, Streufert is responsible to lead and develop the delivery teams helping TAG CXO clients build the robust and durable IT operating environments needed for growth and efficiency.

Related link: https://tagcxo.com/

TAG CXO Has Named Darin Howard to Lead its BI/Reporting and Analytics Practice Area

PHOENIX, Ariz. /ScoopCloud/ -- TAG CXO, a provider of fractional IT executives, appointed Darin Howard to lead its new BI and Analytics practice area located in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, Howard will be responsible for helping TAG CXO clients to better understand their business performance and gain key insights that boost growth and profitability. As practice lead, Howard will serve existing clients and develop new clients, leading TAG CXOs services across its national network of fractional executives.

Mr. Howard comes to TAG CXO with broad experience in business intelligence, product and project management. He brings a deep knowledge of back- and front-end enterprise software to TAG CXO and has implemented end-to-end reporting and analytics solutions for companies of up to $ 1B+ in sales, serving tens of thousands of BI consumers. Formerly, Howard led BI for Viewpoint Construction Software, a division of Trimble, and most recently, directed Product Management for InEight. His clients have included companies such as Primoris Services, Westland Construction, Buesing Corporation, Centuri Construction, and Cubex. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University with a minor in Information Science.

"TAG CXO is very fortunate to have Darin Howard driving decision-support excellence for our clients. Darin has that coveted ability to help business leaders see their enterprises with an unrivaled level of clarity and insight," said Paul Theisen. "Darin is the total package; his mastery of business intelligence spans the technical, functional, managerial and organizational domains, which speeds and enhances client outcomes. He understands the foundational aspects of good data management, the presentation aspects that ease data access and visualization, and the analytics that support on-demand insights. What's more, Darin is a seasoned organization builder, ensuring solid bench depth is in place to optimize service delivery. So, to work with him is to work with an equally skilled team."

To learn more visit: https://tagcxo.com/about/darin-howard/ and https://tagcxo.com/services

About TAG CXO:

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, TAG CXO is a privately held company, providing Interim and Fractional IT leadership executives, founded in 2019. The company maintains a bench of industry-trained, enterprise-level executives, available on-demand to mid-market CEOs. TAG CXO executives help to round-out a firm's leadership team and close the IT talent gap with fully qualified expertise, offering a more affordable, lower-risk option than hiring full-time staff. Learn more at: https://tagcxo.com/.

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TAG CXO, 7000 N 16th Street, Suite 120-167, Phoenix, AZ 85020.

MEDIA ONLY CONTACT

Paul Theisen, CEO

+1-602-962-6200

paul@tagcxo.com

Tags: #BI #BusinessIntelligence #Analytics #TAGCXO #fractionalCIO #interimexecutives

TAG CXO, a provider of fractional IT executives, appointed Darin Howard to lead its new BI and Analytics practice area located in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, Howard will be responsible for helping TAG CXO clients to better understand their business performance and gain key insights that boost growth and profitability.

Related link: https://tagcxo.com/

TAG CXO Names Shane Jones to Lead its Fractional Project Management Office (PMO) Services

21-0119-shane-jones-696x522.jpg /ScoopCloud/ -- TAG CXO, a provider of fractional IT executives, appointed Shane Jones to lead its new Project Management Office practice area located in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, Jones will expand TAG CXOs PMO services, develop new clients, and lead fractional PMO services across TAG CXOs expanding national network of fractional executives.

Mr. Jones brings over 20 years of experience to this new role, including work across a spectrum of markets that include major corporations in energy and utilities, construction, non-profit, banking, and education markets. Over his career, he managed large, complex, and multi-million-dollar programs spanning IT services, labor and construction. Most recently, Jones led the project management office at Centuri Group.

His clients have included companies such as Greentree Financial, Spire Energy, Imperial Irrigation District, and Luke Airforce Base. He holds a Masters of Project Management from the Keller Graduate School of Management, an MBA from Keller, and a BS in Computer Information Systems from DeVry University.

"We are absolutely thrilled to have Shane Jones aligned with TAG CXO, bringing our clients the depth and rigor needed to more effectively manage their IT investments," said Paul Theisen. "His determined focus on solution adoption, beyond implementation (as a means to increase project ROI), is the hallmark of his personal brand promise. And, Shane's extensive Program Management background and reputation for impartial accountability, enable him to attract the best PM delivery talent and forge trustworthy customer relationships."

To learn more visit: https://tagcxo.com/about/shane-jones/ and https://tagcxo.com/services

About TAG CXO:
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, TAG CXO is a privately held company, providing Interim and Fractional IT leadership executives, founded in 2019. The company maintains a bench of industry-trained, enterprise-level executives, available on-demand to mid-market CEOs. TAG CXO executives help to round-out a firm's leadership team and close the IT talent gap with fully qualified expertise, offering a more affordable, lower-risk option than hiring full-time staff. Learn more at: https://tagcxo.com/.

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TAG CXO, 7000 N 16th Street, Suite 120-167, Phoenix, AZ 85020.

MEDIA ONLY CONTACT
Paul Theisen, CEO
+1-602-962-6200
paul@tagcxo.com

Twitter Tags: #pmo #TAGCXO #fractionalCIO #interimexecutives

TAG CXO, a provider of fractional IT executives, appointed Shane Jones to lead its new Project Management Office practice area located in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, Jones will expand TAG CXOs PMO services, develop new clients, and lead fractional PMO services across TAG CXOs expanding national network of fractional executives.

Related link: https://tagcxo.com/