Robert Sheesley is a senior executive leader with experience driving business and technology transformational change and growth across mid-market and global Fortune 100 organizations. He is well known for being a people-focused leader recognized for building teams of experts, cultivating critical mass, and delivering exceptional results. A strategically focused executive who leverages a unique blend of information technology, business architecture, and mergers and acquisitions knowledge and experience to consistently align vision, mission, and strategy. His past responsibilities include leading transformations for scale to achieve measurable business value and navigating starfish and spider organizations with a consistent record of leading from various starting points and translating complex challenges into opportunities.
In his current role as Chief Information Officer of Wrench Group, Robert is responsible for the information, technology and computing platforms enabling and supporting Wrench Group’s enterprise goals and driving technology innovation and the adoption and use of technology across the enterprise to support business expansion, data and information-based decision making and digital transformation to create competitive advantage and drive organic and transactional growth. Robert oversees all information, technology, and systems functions for Wrench Group and its twenty-six brands across twenty-five cities and fourteen states in the United States, serving two million customers.
Robert joined Wrench Group as CIO in 2018. Transitioning from his position as Triton Value Creation Consultant in 2017, Robert brings with him thirty years of experience in business and technology strategy and transformation. He previously served as Director of Strategic Technology Optimization at University of Pittsburgh (UPMC) Medical Center and Global Enterprise Architecture Lead at Mylan, Inc.
Robert feels that Wrench Group provides an opportunity for himself and every team member at every level across the company to contribute to the success of an industry-leading organization. From leadership, to operations, to techs, every person can participate in the growth, evolution and success of the business.
A United States Marine and Operation Desert Storm Veteran, Robert is a published author, an international speaker, a three-time finalist in three categories GeorgiaCIO of The Year and an active member of the GeorgiaCIO Advisory Board and Pennsylvania Region 13 Counter Terrorism Task Force. He holds a MBA and Bachelor of Science Degree of Communications from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, a Cyber Security Leadership Certification and Enterprise Architecture Certification from Carnegie Mellon University, a TOGAF 9 Enterprise Architecture Certification from The Open Group, a Business Architecture Certification from the Business Architecture Guild, and a Merger and Acquisition Integration Advisor Certificate from Pritchett, LP.
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