ChoiceTel, a Women Business Enterprise, welcomes Donald Schmidt, as an Executive Technology Strategist. Donald has led multi‑year enterprise initiatives across healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, and airlines, guiding cross‑functional teams through ERP, EMR, cloud, and security transformations. CEO Diane Smith notes his leadership and execution focus will help IT leaders drive meaningful change. Since 1994, ChoiceTel has advised enterprise clients on technology and cybersecurity needs.
Donald Schmidt is a connection coach and senior program leader who helps IT executives and emerging leaders turn complex transformation into clarity, confidence, and meaningful results. As Founder of Pagtaas Coaching + Consulting and President of SIM Nashville, he works at the intersection of strategy, execution, and human leadership, coaching IT leaders to connect strategy to execution, people to their potential, and complexity to clarity.
Donald brings a rare combination of symphonic and analytical thinking to his work, the ability to see across workstreams, functions, and stakeholders while also going deep on the details that matter. Over more than 20 years in roles ranging from VP of IT to senior program manager, he has led multi‑year enterprise initiatives across healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, and airlines, orchestrating cross‑functional teams through ERP, EMR, cloud, and security transformations. He now channels that experience into 1:1 coaching, the 5‑week Leader Class intensive for Nashville IT leaders, and curated peer conversations for CIOs and technology executives.
Donald is a Certified Professional Coach, a long‑time SIM leader (former Chicago VP Programs and now founding President of SIM Nashville), and a frequent facilitator and speaker on leadership, change, and IT transformation.