Jeffery A. Shorts, President

Strategic Management & Technology Services, LLC
(813) 505-1459

For over 25 years Mr. Shorts’ has successfully managed information technology organizations in producing cost-effective enterprise solutions for world-class companies.  Utilizing his expertise, he assisted numerous companies achieve substantial growth.  Then looking for new challenges, he chose to take his Information Technology (IT) life experiences on the road, assisting companies of all sizes to realize their operational and revenue potential.  Since early 2005, Mr. Shorts has been assisting companies reach their goals through the use of technology.

Mr. Shorts believes the key to operational and financial success for a company is in their management and presentation of data.  Managing data sounds like a simple task, but requires the Information Technology organization to make sure they are well organized, have the right people in the right seat of the bus, and work closely with the user community to understand key business components and translate those into solutions that enhance the user’s productivity.  IT and business must be on the same page.

During his years of IT leadership, Mr. Shorts has held numerous management and senior management positions with organizations such as Bausch & Lomb, Lucent Technologies, W. R. Grace, Expanets, and WebMD.  During this time, Mr. Shorts implemented IT Governance processes that standardized operations, providing repeatable processes and streamlining delivery.  He oversaw the implementation of numerous ERP and CRM implementations that greatly improved user productivity and permitting reductions in customer service support staff. 

Being based in Florida the past 13 years, the need for Disaster Preparedness and Business Continuity was evident.  Mr. Shorts lead the development and implementation of plans for 3 major organizations.  During 2004 while at WebMD, those plans were successfully enacted, keeping operations running smoothly while riding out 3 hurricanes that skirted the Tampa Bay area.

As a consultant, Mr. Shorts has worked closely with venture capital and private equity firms participating in many separation divesture due diligences, providing key information on systems, infrastructure, processes, and staffing.  He has built and executed strategic and operational plans enabling IT to be a critical provider in the business’s success.

On a personal note, Mr. Shorts is a graduate of Youngstown State University.  He resides in Land O’Lakes, FL with his bride of 30 years Jean.  He has two grown sons, both married also living in the Tampa Bay region.