Mathew Sturgill

IT portfolio, governance & financial operations — run like a business.

Senior IT executive with 19 years across Fortune 500 environments in water management, medical devices, energy, and retail. I build the governance, vendor, and financial operating models that turn IT spend into accountable, measurable outcomes.

Career statement — documented figures
IT indirect vendor renewal portfolio ownedPentair — ~110 contracts, end to end $30M
Annual IT spend approval authorityPentair — indirect portfolio plus enterprise agreements incl. IBM & Salesforce $35M+ / yr
Largest single-vendor restructureMedtronic — IBM professional services, 3-year savings $6M+
Team led at peakMedtronic — direct reports / dotted-line 19 / 100+
Documented IT cost reduction delivered $40M+
Selected results

Programs that paid for themselves — then kept paying.

$40M+3-year program

Enterprise cost reduction as a permanent capability

Designed and led Medtronic's enterprise-wide IT cost reduction program against a $10M annual target — delivering $18M, $12M, and $10M in consecutive years. The framework, governance structure, and real-time Power BI savings dashboard were adopted as a standing organizational capability after the program closed.

$6M+vendor restructure

Restructuring a top-three vendor relationship

Rebuilt Medtronic's professional services contract with IBM — rate card standardization, spend incentive structures, and full renegotiation — while designing the vendor governance framework that improved satisfaction scores and strengthened the relationship it disciplined.

$2Myear-one savings

Telecom expense management that paid for itself

Built and delivered a telecom expense management program in six months on a sub-$250K budget, chartered to fund itself — and it did: $2M saved in year one through device removals, plan optimization, and carrier negotiations, with $7M+ in further cost reduction opportunities surfaced.

$30Mportfolio owned

Rebuilding the vendor machinery of a global IT organization

At Pentair, owner of the IT indirect vendor renewal portfolio — ~110 contracts, $30M annually — and architect of the operating model behind it: renewals rebuilt from Excel to Jira Service Management, intake migrated from OneTrust, PO creation automated. $35M+ in annual IT spend approval authority; partner to Finance leadership in AOP development.

Experience

Nineteen years, four Fortune 500 environments.

2025 — now
IT Process & Capability Lead — Senior Manager Pentair · Golden Valley, MN

Owner of the IT indirect vendor renewal portfolio ($30M annually, ~110 contracts) and architect of the vendor lifecycle operating model. $35M+ in annual IT spend approval authority; partner with Finance leadership in AOP development.

2024
Program Manager Xcel Energy (via Insight Global) · Minneapolis, MN

Portfolio of six concurrent programs (~$10M annual spend) across wind energy, electric distribution, natural gas, and enterprise IT. Four PM direct reports.

2023 — 24
Engagement Manager Domo Inc. · Provo, UT

10+ concurrent SaaS implementation programs across retail, healthcare, academic, and non-profit clients.

2014 — 23
Senior Program Manager · Program Manager · Principal Vendor Manager Medtronic, Inc. · Minneapolis, MN

Nine years of progressive leadership: $40M+ cost reduction program, IBM contract restructure, telecom expense management, and establishment of the offshore professional services center in Bangalore. Led 19 direct reports and 100+ dotted-line personnel at peak.

2007 — 14
Project Manager · ITIL Problem Management Lead Target Corporation · Minneapolis, MN

Nationwide store hardware replacement program — four-year roadmap and an RFP that cut project costs 25%. Member of Target's IT Leadership Program.

Credentials

Certified where the money meets the technology.

MBA PMP CSM FinOps Certified Practitioner FinOps Certified FOCUS Analyst Six Sigma Green Belt Google Cloud Digital Leader

Master of Business Administration — Augsburg University

B.S. in Business, Management Information Systems & Operations Management — Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

The ledger is open.

If your IT organization needs its spend governed, its vendors managed, and its results documented — let's talk.