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Alex Chidichimo

Critic · DISC type C
Director of IT Operations Engineering at Texas Instruments
📍 McKinney, Texas, United States

Alex Chidichimo is a Distinguished Engineer and the Director of IT Operations Engineering at Texas Instruments. He leads a global team of approximately 80 professionals, overseeing mainframe, server, and storage infrastructure. His expertise lies in modernizing legacy systems and strengthening security, further enhanced by his current pursuit of a Masters in Artificial Intelligence at UT Austin.

Outside of work, Alex is passionate about exploring emerging technologies and deepens his knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS and Azure in his personal time. He has a strong connection to his heritage, having recently undertaken a journey to research his family history and successfully obtain Italian citizenship.

After a decade in network security, he made the challenging leap into mainframe technology, a humbling experience he embraced to learn from the ground up.

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Experience
2 Years
Current Role
Director of IT Operations Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
McKinney, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Alex shows up

Objective Thinker
Precise
ROI Driven

They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others. They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Priorities

Topics Alex cares about

Legacy Modernization
He leads teams through projects modernizing legacy systems, including mainframe hardware refreshes and migrating core security frameworks.
Infrastructure Automation
He has a hands-on history with automation, having developed a system with Ansible that reduced firewall deployment time by 85%.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Director of IT Operations Engineering
Texas Instruments
2-2025 - 9-2025
Director of Mainframe Infrastructure
Texas Instruments
4-2023 - 2-2025
Network Security Manager
Texas Instruments
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Education
8-2024 - 8-2026
Masters in Artificial Intelligence
The University of Texas at Austin
2013 - 2016
Bachelor of Science
The University of Texas at Dallas
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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