The Company
Green Mountain Technology (GMT) is a Memphis, TN based SaaS
provider that offers planning, execution, and monitoring solutions for
high-volume parcel networks. With clients such as Walmart, Best
Buy, and Kohl’s, GMT enables large scale eCommerce to simplify
network complexity, drive increased profitability, and generally
enhance the customer experience through its suite of tech-enabled
services. Founded in 1999 by two former FedEx software engineers,
GMT has grown to over 150 employees and manages over $10B in
parcel spend for its customer base.
The Role
Thompson Street partnered with GMT’s founders and leadership
team in 2019 with the objective of leveraging the company’s
compelling value proposition to accelerate revenue and earnings
growth. As part of the partnership, the primary founders of Green
Mountain Technology have sought support in facilitating an
orderly transition plan to a new leadership team for the company’s
next stage of growth.
In partnership with Thompson Street, GMT seeks a new CTO to
lead the transformation of the operational structure and
performance of the legacy organization. GMT has an attractive
platform for growth, with a compelling margin profile and a robust
operational infrastructure. With the support of their private equity
partner, GMT plans to double the size of the business over the next
two years through both organic expansion and a pipeline of
potential acquisitions.
The CTO is responsible for setting and communicating the
company’s technical vision, developing the information technology
roadmap, and leading all aspects of information technology
development and infrastructure. This role is a key strategic thought
leader and business partner to the overall operation. They will
establish customer performance metrics, key objectives, and guide
both the internal technology infrastructure and client facing
technology products for Green Mountain Technologies.
Experience & Requirements
At least fifteen years of professional experience in high
performing organizations
• Demonstrated ability to envision, architect, and build
technology solutions that meet business objectives
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute an IT
roadmap to transition from proprietary, legacy systems to
native apps and web solutions. Experience overseeing a
database remodeling would be a plus
• Experience leading large, cross-functional development
projects and teams (up to $1M)
• Experience developing and maintaining back end systems
that integrate with embedded software
• Knowledge of information security vulnerabilities, user
privacy protocols, risk management, and compliance
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure for a company of
appropriate scale, including: user applications; database
administration; telecommunications; helpdesk and user
support; data security; and hardware, storage,
redundancy, and disaster recovery.
• Mature understanding of the role of people, processes,
and systems necessary for sustained success in delivery of
IT services in a growth environment
• Experienced forecasting, budgeting, and leading quarterly
and annual business planning processes
• Excellent at managing internal customers; able to work
up, down, and across manufacturing-based organizations
• A flexible, even-keeled, dynamic, self-demanding and
proactive individual; a natural bias for action and ability
to deal with ambiguity
