Marc Williams, Head of Data and AI

Marc Williams

Head of Data and AI candidate, EnRoute Growth Platform Chief Digital and AI Officer

Marc.Williams@EnRoute.Global · linkedin.com/in/marcrwilliams · +1.703.989.9728 · McLean, VA

Profile

Thirty-five years building, shipping, and governing enterprise technology programs targeting the Head of Data and AI mandate at e.l.f. Beauty. I run the operating model, the cadence, and the board-grade reporting that turn an AI mandate into measurable quarters. Authored the EGP AI Operating Framework and shipped it across ten industries.

Career Highlights

• Operationalized an AI-first enterprise blueprint adopted across ten industries, with 300 percent improvement in pipeline engagement and 40 percent gain in sales velocity.
• Launched EnRoute AI Labs and moved 50-plus AI use cases from prototype to production under measurable telemetry.
• Stood up Marriott's first DevSecOps Pod and brought solution design through operational readiness in 90 days, protecting $180M in China-channel revenue under cross-border data-transfer regulation.
• Application rationalization for AstraZeneca and MedImmune; reduced total cost of ownership by 35 percent and the application estate by 44 percent across a $70M portfolio.
• Strategic direction for Kaiser Permanente Health Foundation; 300-plus projects and annual budgets above $100M across application development, business intelligence, SOA architecture, infrastructure upgrades, and data warehousing.

Core Competencies

Generative AI Strategy, Agentic Architecture, AI Governance, Responsible AI, Multi-LLM Orchestration, Vector and RAG Pipelines, MLOps and Drift Monitoring, AI Capability Maturity Model, C-Suite Operating Leadership, Board and ExCom Reporting Cadence, Enterprise Program Delivery, M&A Integration and Cutover, Vendor and Supply-Chain Governance, Cybersecurity and Zero-Trust, AI Operating Framework Design, Customer-Zero Feedback Loop, Snowflake, Atlan, Collibra, Alation, dbt, Fivetran, Apache Airflow, Monte Carlo, Databand, Soda, data observability, data quality, metadata management, data governance

Recent Experience

EnRoute Growth Platform · Founder, Chief Digital and AI Officer, VP Transformation and Innovation PMO (January 2025 to Present)

Founded and operate an AI-native growth platform serving healthcare, professional services, SaaS, financial services, education, and home services. Architected the EGP agentic AI fleet, unified CRM, omnichannel messaging, vector-RAG retrieval stack, and zero-trust security re-architecture.

• Operationalized an AI-first enterprise blueprint across ten industries, 300 percent lift in pipeline engagement, 40 percent gain in sales velocity.
• Transitioned 50-plus AI use cases from prototype to production under measurable telemetry.
• Built the EGP AI Governance Council, responsible-AI framework, compliance standards, centralized use-case repository.

EnRoute Family Office · Chief Financial Officer, VP PMO and M&A Professional Services (November 2022 to December 2024)

Owned financial stewardship and operational excellence across a portfolio of strategic initiatives and M&A engagements. Delivered fractional CFO, CIO, CMO, and CTO services to startup and SMB clients.

• Managed the contractual supply-chain ecosystem: 3,500 manufacturers, 250 cloud providers, 500-plus vendor relationships.
• Led pro-forma stabilization, working-capital and liquidity analysis, debt-like reviews, warranties and indemnities diligence on multiple deals.
• Built financial models specialized in cost-driven analysis and capacity planning.

EnRoute Global Exchange · Chief Information and Digital Officer (April 2020 to October 2022)

Led digital transformation and IT governance across 20 global solution centers. Practice leader for ServiceNow implementations, data-center build and decommissioning, M&A, and cybersecurity.

• Stood up Marriott's first DevSecOps Pod in 90 days protecting $180M in China-channel revenue.
• Managed 1 million SKUs, 3,500 manufacturers, and 10,000 brands into a Cloud Marketplace and Master Data Management estate.
• Took over a failed Big Four engagement as Chief Transformation Architect at Gore Manufacturing.

Pro-Ture Consulting Services · Senior Vice President, Head of Technology Portfolio and Project Delivery (June 1991 to April 2020)

Three decades of practice leadership; aggregate customer program budgets above $1 trillion. Hospitality and Supply Chain Practice Lead (2017 to 2022); M&A Practice Lead and Senior Management Consultant prior to 2017.

Education and Professional Development

• Computer and Electrical Engineering, Honors Program, Drexel University
• Intellectual Property and International Law, LaSalle University (Online)
• Project Management Institute, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
• FreshBooks Collaborative Accounting Certification, Xero Certified Advisor