Cale Corbett
Develop Leadership Skills with a Former Dell Director's Proven Methods
Studied at Bellevue University
Hiring Manager at Ctrl Alt Recover
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Cale's Offerings
Custom hourly · $79/hr
Get help with AI Automation, AI Fundamentals, and .
Cale also coaches for Transitioning from the Military and Project Management. View all.
Cale’s Leadership Coaching Qualifications
Experience level: Director
60+ people coached for Leadership Coaching
I spent 20+ years recovering stalled programs and building the leaders who run them at Fortune 50 companies, Big 4 consulting firms, and mid-market SaaS companies with $126M in documented impact along the way. Now I coach program and operations managers moving into leadership and leaders trying to get to the next level. USAF veteran, 15-year adjunct professor, no theory that hasn't been tested under real deadlines.
Cale can help with:
AI Automation
AI Fundamentals
AI Strategy
Change Management
Coaching and Mentoring
Conflict Resolution
Diversity and Inclusion
Emotional Intelligence
Ethical Leadership
Innovation and Creativity
Problem Solving
Team AI Upskilling
Time Management
Cale also coaches for Transitioning from the Military and Project Management. View all.
Work Experience
Director of Program Management
Ctrl Alt Recover
January 2026 - Present
Hiring Manager
Independent advisory and consulting practice specializing in structural program recovery and AI-native operating models for mid-market and enterprise clients. - Orchestrated multi-agent AI workflows connecting Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT via structured prompt protocols, replacing ad-hoc tool use with a repeatable orchestration layer. - Reduced per-engagement delivery overhead by an estimated 60% by automating client deliverables, data enrichment pipelines, and CRM outreach via Zapier and agentic Claude. - Designed a 17-framework diagnostic system to rapidly identify and resolve cross-functional execution gaps, technical debt, and governance breakdowns in stalled client initiatives. - Deployed enterprise-grade AI governance frameworks covering model selection rationale, output audit trails, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints for compliance-heavy environments. Consulting, Operations Management and +2 skills
Principal Program Manager
Workiva
November 2024 - December 2025
Interviewer
Global SaaS vendor providing cloud-based enterprise compliance, risk management, and financial reporting solutions. (Role ended prematurely due to organizational restructuring.) - Protected $4M in ARR by restoring a stalled, high-priority GTM initiative within 5 weeks through structured stakeholder engagement and cross-functional realignment. - Accelerated program delivery cycles, reducing project synthesis times from 2 days to 2 hours using custom AI tooling (ChatGPT/Gemini). - Shortened time-to-market metrics by 3 weeks per launch by rebuilding the GTM operating model and redesigning cross-functional KPI frameworks. - Led organizational change management for AI tool adoption, scaling operational efficiency across multiple departments for 50+ users while ensuring alignment with Legal and Security compliance. AI for Project Management, Business Operations and +11 skills
Director Program Management
Dell Technologies
April 2019 - August 2024
Hiring Manager
Fortune 50 global technology leader specializing in cloud infrastructure, client solutions, and digital transformation. - Enforced global program governance standards across the Finance, Services, and Engineering divisions, achieving an $80M annual support cost reduction. - Dissolved cross-functional silos by unifying competing prioritization frameworks across Engineering and Finance, ensuring predictable, performance-based delivery. - Reduced reactive churn by 7% through the implementation of an integrated intake-to-execution operating model that automated dependency visibility. - Recovered 9% of total team capacity through targeted workflow redesign and automation, driving measurable productivity gains across the organization. - Managed complex cloud infrastructure and software engineering programs utilizing both Agile and Waterfall methodologies within a SaaS environment. AI for Project Management, Business Operations and +11 skills
Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives
General Motors
April 2014 - March 2019
Hiring Manager
• Led the Customer360 data transformation by driving executive alignment across matrixed business units to migrate and merge 15 disparate legacy databases into a single corporate master data platform. • Realized $40M in total financial impact ($26M in net annual recurring revenue generation + $14M in operational cost reductions) with absolute zero system downtime at cutover. • Directed the complete technical separation and asset decoupling framework for a $100M international business divestiture, protecting core security protocols and cross-functional operating standards across 200+ global stakeholders with zero business interruption. - Led a cross-functional program management organization, overseeing a distributed team of 6 program and project managers. - Defined team operating rhythms, coached PMs on governance standards, and held accountability for portfolio-level delivery outcomes. - Managed staffing, performance, and professional development for the PM team across concurrent workstreams. Operating Model Design, Executive Stakeholder Management and +8 skills
Information Technology Professor
University of Nebraska at Omaha
June 2010 - Present
• Curriculum Design & Instruction: Design and deliver core coursework in IT Project Management, IT Ethics, and Managing in a Digital World to 60+ students per semester. • AI Integration: Integrated Generative AI as both a core tool (project decomposition and synthesis) and a process-level framework for modern technical leadership. • Practical Outcomes: Developed capstone projects and coaching frameworks that connect coursework directly to active job search strategy and early-career technical leadership. AI for Project Management, Executive Stakeholder Management and +2 skills
Education
Bellevue University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Information Systems
Activities and societies: Relevant Coursework: IT Strategy and Policy, Software Development, IT Project Management, Server-Side Development Master of Science in Computer Information Systems
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Bachelor of Arts - BA, History
Activities and societies: Actively participated in seminars and workshops on emerging technologies in enterprise platforms, enhancing both theoretical understanding and practical insights applicable to technical program management. Bachelor of Arts in History