Bio

Chief Information Techology Officer, Int'l Keynote Speaker, Blogger, Podcaster. Technical Writer and Author Carrie Goetz, Principal/CTO, StrategITcom, personifies over 40 years of global experience designing, running and auditing, data centers, IT departments, and intelligent buildings. Carrie is fractional CTO to multiple companies. She is an international keynote speaker and is published in 69 countries in over 250 publications. She holds an honorary doctorate in Mission Critical Operations, RCDD/NTS, PSP, CNID, CDCP, CSM-Agile, AWS CCP and is a Master Infrastructure Mason with 40+ certifications throughout her career. She served on the WIMCO national education committee and is a long-time participant in 7x24 Exchange, AFCOM and Data Center Institute board of advisors, Mission Critical Advisory Board, Women in Data Centers, Cnet Technical Curriculum Advisory Board, NEDAS Advisory Board, a member of BICSI, Women in BICSI, and an Education committee member, and a member of Women Leading Technology Sorority. She champions STEM education through outreach projects and her podcast series. She holds two patents. Amongst her accolades, she was recently named in the Top 25 Women in Mission Critical, 30 Top Most Influential Women in Tech 2021 by CIO Outlook, Top 10 most influential women in technology 2020 by Analytics Insight, honored as a Network Computing Inspiration Award finalist 2020, IMason’s IM100, and 2020 Comptia Women in Leadership Spotlight Finalist. I am an industry blogger, and STEM enthusiast. Podcaster, Careers for women, trades, and veterans in tech and data centers. • Global Technology Executive • CIO | CTO • IT Operations Manager • Project Management• Scrum Master – Agile • IT Director • IT Management • Keynote Speaker • Business Development • Business Strategy, P&L • Consulting and Integrations •Vendor, Channel, Product Management • Technical Presales Manager • Data Centers • Enterprise Architecture • Intelligent Buildings • ICT • Technical Writer •Marketing and Communications • CRM, ERP, HIPAA, ITIL, GDPR, DCIM, Microsoft, Apple, Salesforce L.I.O.N