Mike A. Williams

Mike A. Williams
	; Photo of Mike A. Williams ; (Entrepreneur & Author)
Birth date	21 November 1969
Nationality	African American
Occupation	Technology Executive
Years active	Over 30 years
Home town	Paterson, New Jersey
Website	[www.mrmikeaeilliams.com www.mrmikeaeilliams.com]
Height	6ft 2 in

Mike A. Williams is a dynamic force in global leadership. Mike is a multifaceted technology executive, transformative team builder, and catalyst for innovation across Fortune 500 giants in tech, healthcare, fintech, and logistics.

Early Life

Mike A. Williams (Was Born on 21 November 1969): A Visionary Leader Driving Transformation & Growth Mike A. Williams is a results-driven executive who transforms organizations, accelerates innovation, and delivers measurable impact at the highest levels of business. With three decades of leadership experience across Fortune 100 powerhouses—including Google, IBM, UPS, Cigna, ING, and FIS—Mike has consistently driven digital transformation, operational excellence, and revenue growth in hyper-competitive industries like technology, healthcare, fintech, and logistics. A strategic architect of high-performing global teams, Mike doesn’t just lead—he inspires organizations to outperform. His expertise extends beyond the boardroom as a two-time author, angel investor, and trusted advisor to startups and C-suite leaders. A champion of leadership development and diversity, Mike is deeply committed to cultivating the next generation of talent, equipping professionals and entrepreneurs with the tools to excel in an evolving marketplace. For executives seeking a proven leader who delivers both business results and legacy, Mike A. Williams is the partner who that works with his team and yours to turn vision into reality.

Career

Technology Executive, Strategic Transformer, and Operational Leader From UPS to Google, Mike A. Williams has spent over three decades steering technology, operations, and innovation at the heart of some of the world’s most recognized Fortune 500 enterprises. His career is a powerful narrative of transformation—marked by a relentless focus on operational excellence, scalable solutions, and measurable business impact. Mike began his journey with UPS and ING Financial Services, where he built the foundation of his expertise in large-scale infrastructure and operations. He quickly became known for his ability to manage complex, global IT environments and deliver stable, high-performance platforms. At FIS, a global leader in fintech, Mike took on the dual role of SVP and CTO of Infrastructure and Operations. There, he led over 2,000 employees and managed $800M in budgets, executing cloud strategies and security transformations that reduced vulnerabilities by hundreds of thousands and generated tens of millions in savings. He spearheaded a five-year $350M data center modernization strategy, dramatically increasing client satisfaction and system resilience. As Global Head of IT Business Operations at Cigna, Mike sharpened the intersection between business and technology. He drove IT portfolio governance, improved cybersecurity posture, and trimmed audit close times by over 60%. His work helped the enterprise define and enforce value realization through data-driven decision-making and project accountability.

His momentum continued at CareerBuilder, where Mike was tapped to lead a massive turnaround effort. As SVP and CTO, he executed a cloud-first strategy, rebuilt DevOps pipelines, and implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC), resulting in a $20M year-over-year savings and a transformed engineering culture.

At IBM, he led global operations for cloud data centers, managing 1,500+ personnel and a $1B budget. His efforts streamlined fleet management, energy efficiency, and supply chain operations while reinforcing IBM’s commitment to sustainable, secure infrastructure.

Today, as a Director of Engineering at Google, Mike continues to drive impact at scale. He recently led the expansion of Google’s internal VDI platform—freeing 1.5 million cores and 5,000 servers and yielding $100M+ in efficiency gains and earning two of Google’s highest internal accolades.

Throughout his career, Mike has married deep technical knowledge with strategic leadership. He’s built and led diverse global teams, introduced forward-looking technology strategies, and consistently delivered results that align with business goals. Mike is more than a technology executive, he’s a trusted advisor, a builder of resilient systems and cultures, and a champion of innovation that scales. His story isn’t just about titles or roles. It’s about transforming complex challenges into operational clarity and measurable success.

Personal Life

Mike is a single male who is divorced and co-parents his teenage daughter Mikayla Michelle Williams with her amazing mom, Michelle

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