Meet Neal Reyes

Neal Reyes is the founder of Blue Ocean CIO, an executive technology advisory firm dedicated to helping mid-sized organizations turn technology from a weight they carry into the engine that drives their growth.

With over 19 years of experience operating at the CIO level across vastly different industries and organizations, Neal has built a proven, repeatable model for stabilizing and scaling businesses through strategic technology leadership. Where others experiment, Neal executes. Where others speak technology, Neal speaks business.

A true Next-Gen CIO, Neal leads with business strategy first and technology second. He partners with CEOs, founders, and senior executives as a true peer, not as a vendor or a subordinate, bringing the same caliber of strategic vision and executive leadership that Fortune 500 companies rely on, now accessible to the mid-sized organizations that need it most.

Neal's expertise spans IT strategy and roadmap development, AI governance, vendor selection and contract negotiation, and cybersecurity leadership. His work in cybersecurity has earned recognition from the FBI for both crisis leadership preparedness and real-time threat response, a distinction that reflects not just knowledge but tested, real-world experience under pressure.

Blue Ocean CIO was founded on a simple but powerful belief. Every growing business deserves executive technology leadership that thinks about the future before it arrives, protects the organization before threats emerge, and moves IT from the back of the room to the front of the strategy.

Neal is based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and works with clients locally and remotely across the country.