Dennis Ruggeri.
Technology Strategy & Portfolio Management Leader

I turn technology strategy into delivered, measurable value.

Twenty-eight years delivering mission-critical work in the most regulated environments in the country, from the Federal Reserve to the FDIC. I led the strategic growth of Elicere into an Inc. 500 firm.

Dennis Ruggeri
28 yrs
Leading technology strategy & delivery
60+
IT projects transitioned, zero disruption
#443
Inc. 500 fastest-growing companies
50+
Executive presentations delivered
01Positioning

I operate where strategy meets execution: synthesizing messy, cross-functional inputs into clear plans, decisions, and the narratives that get leadership aligned behind them.

My career began inside Marriott International's corporate headquarters and has since spanned enterprise digital transformation, cloud modernization, portfolio and roadmap development, and executive communications across financial services, government, and highly regulated enterprises. The through-line is trust, earned with clients, teams, and stakeholders, and used to move difficult initiatives forward.

02The Elicere story

I built Elicere into an Inc. 500 (#443) and Washington Technology Fast 50 (#43) technology-delivery firm, personally owning program delivery, IT governance, operating-model transformation, and stakeholder relationships.

I have delivered mission-critical work in the most regulated environments in the country. For the Federal Reserve Board, I served as program manager for the migration of 90+ mission-critical sites to secure cloud, capturing requirements directly from senior executives, including the Fed Chair's office. For the FDIC, I directed governance and orchestrated the transition of 60+ complex IT projects from a legacy incumbent with zero mission disruption.

I turn stalled systems into delivered wins. I rescued a failing $500K enterprise data platform, re-architected it onto open-source PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and cut report generation from three days to under three minutes, work that helped drive the client's acquisition by one of the largest agriculture enterprises in the US. I have scaled platforms to 1.7 million acres and 277 million data points, and delivered TMSALogix, a maritime risk and compliance SaaS deployed to vessels worldwide. I turned a paper-based process of 175 forms into a real-time workflow engine, engineering a custom synchronization protocol that reconciles data between onshore cloud servers and ships at sea anywhere in the world. Vessel owners now manage their OCIMF, ISM, and ISO 9000 audits in real time through role-based dashboards that give executives global visibility into their compliance posture, scaled across 25 companies on five continents.

More recently I have brought generative and agentic AI into production with the guardrails regulated enterprises require: retrieval-augmented generation to reduce hallucinations, role-based access controls, cost governance, and human-in-the-loop review.

03What I do

StrategyTechnology strategy & portfolio management

Portfolio intake, prioritization, sequencing, and benefits realization; multi-year roadmaps, investment tradeoffs, and enterprise KPI alignment in highly regulated environments.

DeliveryDelivery, governance & program management

Agile, SAFe, and Scrum delivery with PI planning, SLAs, and measurable outcomes; CMMI Level 3 governance, PMO stand-up, and zero-disruption transitions.

CommunicationExecutive communications & stakeholder alignment

High-impact presentations and strategic narratives that align senior leadership, up to the Fed Chair's office, and win capital investment; vendor and prime/SI alignment.

PlatformsEnterprise platforms & applied AI

Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, ServiceNow ITSM, and cloud modernization; generative and agentic AI in production with RAG, role-based access, and human-in-the-loop guardrails.

Contact

Let's talk about the problem you're trying to solve.

Based in
Washington, DC