Donald J. Schier is a technology and transformation leader with more than 30 years of experience guiding complex initiatives, teams, and client relationships. He began independent consulting in 2002 and formally founded DJSC, LLC in 2010. For more than two decades, Donald has helped public agencies, financial institutions, and enterprises turn technology investments into sustained operational results—not simply successful go-lives—often stepping in where programs have stalled, exceeded budget, or lost stakeholder confidence.

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Earlier in his career, Donald worked in Treasury Solutions at JPMorgan Chase, supporting compliance reporting, transaction data management, and audit controls for one of the world's largest regulated financial institutions. He began his consulting career at KPMG Consulting / BearingPoint, focused on government regulatory testing and audit methodology for public-sector clients.

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Since founding DJSC, Donald has led multi-agency platform implementations for state and municipal governments—including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New York, and the City of San Antonio—and designed an identity and access-control architecture for the New York Police Department governing more than 50,000 users. Clients and colleagues consistently point to his ability to lead through crisis, keep teams motivated under pressure, and deliver complex, mission-critical programs with transparency.​

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Donald studied Computer Engineering at Drexel University, has an Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) credential, and has completed executive education at MIT Sloan, Stanford, Duke (Fuqua), and Boston University (Questrom).

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VALUE TO ORGANIZATIONS

Executive Leadership — Fractional CIO/CTO and senior advisory leadership for organizations navigating modernization, transformation, technology risk, or delivery challenges.

 

Transformation & Recovery — Leadership for critical initiatives that need sharper governance, executive alignment, an achievable delivery plan, or renewed stakeholder confidence.

 

Board & Advisory Perspective — A practical operator’s view on digital strategy, technology investment, governance, program risk, and organizational execution.

 

Partner & Integrator Collaboration — Client-facing leadership for system integrators, consulting firms, and technology partners serving complex enterprise and public-sector accounts.

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Available for fractional executive, transformation leadership, advisory, and board engagements where strategy must become measurable execution.