The LiRo Group (LiRo), a national, multidisciplinary project and construction management, engineering, architecture, and technology firm, has hired John B. McCaffrey as Chief Information Officer. With 2017 revenues exceeding $400 million, ENR Engineering News-Record magazine currently ranks LiRo as the 15th-largest construction management firm in the United States.
McCaffrey will spearhead the coordination, product development, and marketing, and of LiRo’s comprehensive suite of digital technology services offered to public, institutional, and private clients. LiRo’s technology services include Building Information Modeling (BIM); Virtual Design, Construction, and Operations (VDCO); Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Survey; and Information Technology (IT). He will also oversee the operations, development, and planning of the firm’s internal IT systems.
“LiRo has recognized early on that Information Technology is a critical key to successful management, engineering, and architectural design as well as planning and budgeting of construction undertakings. With an impressive experience in leading large IT operations for both public and private organizations, John McCaffery is uniquely qualified to offer our clients digital tools and systems to accelerate and streamline project design and delivery as well as to support facilities management operations,” said Luis M. Tormenta, PE, LiRo’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman.
Prior to joining LiRo, McCaffrey worked as Chief Information Officer for Westchester County and as Commissioner of Information Technology for Orange County, both in New York; and as Director of Information Technology for the Village of Skokie in Illinois. He also founded a technology-consulting firm John McCaffrey Associates.
He received an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University, in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois; a Master of Science in Network and Communications Management, also from DeVry University; and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Saint John’s University in Jamaica, New York. He holds graduate certificates in Information Security Management, Electronic Commerce, and Wireless Networking. McCaffrey was recognized as a 2017 Top Government Innovator by Government Technology Magazine and received a 2017 Symantec Cyber Award for Excellence in Government Cybersecurity.
McCaffrey serves on the Westchester County Historical Society Board, the State University of New York Orange Curriculum Advisory Board, New York CIO/CISO Executive Summit Governing Boards and the Westchester County Association Broadband Advisory Committee. He also is a Public Utility Director of Westchester County Emergency Operations and an Advisor for the Orange County, New York Business Accelerator. McCaffrey is a member of the New York State Local Government IT Directors’ Association and the North West Municipal Conference’s Technology Subgroup Long Island Info Systems Management Association.
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