Delivery velocity+200%
Organizational cost−50%
Release cycle6 to 9 months → 2 weeks
8 weeks
Apple Leisure Group. Inherited 15 Scrum teams and about 140 people during a leadership gap, then changed how work entered the organization.
Myron Schram · CTO, CPO and COO · Full-time, fractional or interim
Engineer by training.
Operator by necessity.
Started as a software engineer and served as CTO twice. At Intrusion, a public cybersecurity company, I held COO-level scope as VP of Operations and Product Development. I reported to the CEO and ran seven business functions accounting for well over half of company spending.
Open to full-time, fractional and interim roles · Austin, Texas
MEASURED RESULTS
Numbers with a story behind them
3M+ subscribers
Event-driven architecture
Proposal to production
Store returns integrated
$35M+
Blockbuster Online. Spotted the supply-chain opportunity, served as chief architect and led the redesign through delivery. Shipping times and disc reliability improved too.
$120M
$160M
15 months
GameStop online revenue during my time leading a 70-person online technology group. Requests were ranked by business case, and e-commerce, marketing and loyalty were treated as one journey.
WHERE THE EVIDENCE SITS
Three disciplines, one career
Scope that kept growing
Joined Intrusion to run Product and QA. Operations, IT, Marketing and Sales Operations followed. Cut roughly $570K in cost during a period of financial pressure, and reported to the CEO and board on the departments I led.
$570K
in operating cost removed at Intrusion: $250K marketing, $320K departmental salary
Owned product from roadmap to market
Set roadmaps and requirements for the Shield portfolio across cloud, on-premise and endpoint deployments, and worked with leadership on pricing and packaging. Product marketing moved under me in October 2025, and the full Marketing department followed in January 2026. Earlier, rebuilt LeisureLink's product function for a move from consumer to B2B.
300%
growth supported by LeisureLink's multi-tenant SaaS platform
Originated an AI product
Created Command Hub at Intrusion after working through what customers, support staff and field engineers needed. Its AI monitored network traffic, flagged likely threats and suggested fixes. It became the flagship of the product suite.
Flagship
Command Hub's place in Intrusion's suite, from first customer conversation through rollout
IN THEIR WORDS
From the people who worked with me
He has kept his knowledge of technology and architecture current.
Captain, coach and coder.
Incredibly smart, productive, and forward thinking.
1987 TO PRESENT
Operating record
1987 · U.S. Army and National Guard
Enlisted on active duty, then commissioned as an Armor Officer in the National Guard. Established a brigade scout school as its first commandant and received the Texas Adjutant General's Award.
1998 · Northrop Grumman, Sprint
Software engineer, then team lead of eight developers at Sprint building distributed monitoring and order-processing systems. Received Sprint's Excellence Award.
2002 · Kronos
Technical lead and architect on a labor-analytics suite designed for up to 250,000 employees in distributed, multilingual workforces.
2005 · Blockbuster Online
Director of Software Development. Chief architect of the supply-chain redesign that saved more than $35 million on daily shipments to over three million subscribers.
2010 · GameStop
Director of Online IT over a 70-person technology group. Online revenue rose from $120 million to $160 million in 15 months.
2012 · Backcountry.com
VP of Engineering over 34 engineers in the United States and Costa Rica. The iPhone launch lifted mobile share revenue 60% year over year.
2014 · LeisureLink, CTO
Chief Technology Officer. Moved the company from consumer to B2B on a multi-tenant SaaS platform that supported 300% growth, with a $9 million budget.
2016 · Apple Leisure Group
VP of Software Engineering and Architecture. Cut organizational costs 50% and raised delivery velocity 200% within eight weeks across 15 Scrum teams.
2018 · IFM Restoration, CTO; IBM
Chief Technology Officer of a property-services marketplace while enterprise value grew from roughly $4 million to $40 million. Then IBM's Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure group, 2021 to 2022.
2022 · Intrusion, VP Operations and Product
Joined to lead Product and QA and became VP of Operations and Product Development. Originated Command Hub, then took on IT, sales operations and all of Marketing.
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QUICK ANSWERS
Common questions
Who is Myron Schram?
Myron Schram is a technology, product and operations executive based in Austin, Texas. He began his career as a software engineer and served as Chief Technology Officer at LeisureLink and IFM Restoration. Most recently he was VP of Operations and Product Development at Intrusion, a public cybersecurity company, where he held COO-level scope and reported to the CEO.
What roles is Myron Schram open to?
Full-time, fractional and interim CTO, CPO and COO roles, and SVP roles in technology, product or operations. He is based in Austin, Texas, and open to remote work and travel.
Does Myron Schram take fractional or interim work?
Yes. For companies that need CTO, CPO or COO leadership before they can support a full-time executive, he takes fractional and interim engagements, in Austin or remotely.
What AI experience does Myron Schram have?
At Intrusion he originated and owned Command Hub, a cybersecurity product whose AI monitored network traffic, flagged likely threats and suggested fixes. It became the flagship of the product suite. He also developed The Cure Engine, an independent research concept that applies simulation to pediatric brain-cancer treatment, and he uses ChatGPT and Claude in his current work, including to design and build this site.
What measurable results has Myron Schram delivered?
A supply-chain redesign at Blockbuster Online that saved more than $35 million. A 50% cost reduction and a 200% increase in delivery velocity within eight weeks at Apple Leisure Group. About $570,000 in operating cost removed at Intrusion during a period of financial pressure.
What industries has Myron Schram worked in?
Cybersecurity, e-commerce and retail, travel technology, property services, cloud infrastructure, telecommunications and workforce software. His employers include Intrusion, IBM, Apple Leisure Group, GameStop, Blockbuster, Sprint and Kronos. He also served in the U.S. Army and the National Guard.
How can I contact Myron Schram?
By email at myron@myronschram.com or through LinkedIn.
SIGNAL LOG
Recent AI work
- 2026.11This sitePlanned, designed and built with ChatGPT and Claude: evaluating reference sites, organizing career evidence, generating mockups and writing the code. Deployed on Cloudflare.
- 2026.09Daily work with generative AIApplication materials, interview preparation and correspondence drafted with ChatGPT. I supply the source material and instructions, then check each draft for unsupported claims and revise the prompt when a fix misses.
- 2025.06The Cure EngineAn independent research concept for pediatric brain cancer: synthetic patients and stochastic simulation to explore CAR-T treatment variations for diffuse midline glioma, including DIPG. Filed a submission with the USPTO and gave my research notes to a University of Chicago research team. Project now paused.Founded in memory of my son, Hunter.
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CTO, CPO, COO and SVP roles in technology, product or operations. Austin based, remote and travel ready.
For companies that need CTO, CPO or COO leadership before they can support a full-time executive, I take fractional and interim engagements.