Operations & Technology Leadership

I keep enterprise IT running — secure, reliable, and on budget.

Director of Operations & Technology running IT for a 90+ location, 500+ user organization — service delivery, vendor and MSP governance, identity and security, and cost control you can put in front of a board.

Devin Fox, Director of Operations & Technology
26%+
Operating Cost Reduction
34%
Software Spend Reduction
500+
Users Supported
90+
Locations Managed
About

From the front line to the platform.

I started where the work is felt — managing a multi-site residential portfolio, owning the P&L, the vendors, and the service residents actually experienced.

What I kept noticing was friction: the same process breaking the same way across every location, work that technology should have been carrying. So I moved toward it — field training and enterprise systems came next, then the director role, where I now run IT and operations for a 500+ user organization across 90+ locations in multiple states.

The through-line hasn't changed at any stage: find where distributed operations grind, then build the framework that makes the grinding stop. It's a multi-industry, multi-faceted way of solving problems — pick the process apart, then rebuild it with the right technology behind it.

I lead the way I wish I'd been led: transparency and clear goals over blame. Give a team the right tools and honest incentives, and they take real ownership of the work.

I also believe financial performance starts with the end-user experience, not the budget line. Get the background mechanics right and front-line service becomes effortless — the numbers follow from there, not the other way around.

And none of it holds still. Technology moves too fast to coast on what worked last year, so continuous learning isn't a perk here — it's the job, for me and for the people I lead.

How I Run Operations

Day-to-day IT, run to a standard.

An ITIL-aligned operating model — incident, problem, change, and asset management with the metrics leadership actually reads.

Incident & Problem Mgmt

Triage, ownership, and root-cause follow-through. I track MTTR and recurring-issue trends — not just ticket counts.

Change & Asset Mgmt

Documented, approved change with rollback plans. Lifecycle tracking for endpoints, licenses, and configurations.

Service Desk & Reporting

Ticket SLAs, patch-compliance %, and backup-success rates on a cadence leadership can read at a glance.

Vendor & MSP Governance

SLA accountability, performance scorecards, and clear escalation paths. I hold providers to the contract.

Identity & Access

Entra ID / Azure AD, conditional access, role-based permissions, and periodic access reviews across 500+ users.

Security & Continuity

Built the first formal InfoSec & IT governance program; risk assessment, DR, and business-continuity planning.

Results

What changed because of the work.

26%+ lower
Operating expense

Centralized how services are delivered across the portfolio — cutting operating expense 26%+ while improving scalability.

34% lower
Software spend

Renegotiated enterprise contracts and rationalized the app portfolio — 34% lower recurring cost, no loss of capability.

From zero
InfoSec & governance

Stood up the organization's first formal information-security and IT-governance program across 90+ locations.

Board-level
HQ relocation case

Built the operational analysis and board justification for a corporate headquarters relocation.

Expertise

Where I operate.

Enterprise Digital Transformation

Multi-year roadmaps that align infrastructure, systems, and workflows with where the business is going.

Technology Strategy & Governance

Intake, evaluation, and approval standards that make technology decisions repeatable and defensible.

Cybersecurity & Risk

Policy, access governance, and risk assessment built for a distributed footprint, not a single office.

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure

Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Azure AD across on-premise and cloud — scalable, resilient, cost-aware.

Operational Process Reengineering

Taking apart how work moves across locations and rebuilding it so it scales without adding headcount.

Vendor & Cost Optimization

Contract renegotiation and portfolio rationalization that cut recurring spend without cutting capability.

Journey

The path from property to platform.

2023 – Present
Director of Operations & Technology
Oakwood Management Company
2021 – 2023
Field Training & Support Manager
Oakwood Management Company
2017 – 2021
Property Manager
Oakwood Management Company
Education
BBA, Business Administration & ManagementPenn Foster College
Certifications
ARM — Accredited Residential ManagerInstitute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
CPM CandidateInstitute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
CAPS CandidateNational Apartment Association (NAA)
Contact

Let's talk operations.

Whether it's IT operations, vendor governance, or turning technical health into something leadership can act on — I'd welcome the conversation.