Kevin Harper, MBA

Board Member at Habitat for Humanity DeKalb, Inc (HFHD)
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Pat Taliaferro OADC/DPA/EERB

Kevin is extremely knowledgeable in his field, and possesses the ability to master new and changing technology at any time. Great communicator and quickly makes it easy for a non-techical employee to understand and operate current and future technology.

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Experience

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Board Member
      • Jul 2023 - Present

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Consulting Project Manager
      • Mar 2023 - Present

  • Resurge Consultants
    • Greater Atlanta Area
    • CEO/Co-Founder
      • Jan 2004 - Present

      Strength in managing large, complex projects/programs, from initiation and planning through monitoring, controlling, and execution across Agile and Waterfall delivery environments. Expert in building critical relationships with executives, stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and partners to identify needs, define strategy, communicate approach, solve problems, and deliver critical projects across complex environments, on-time, within budget, and with high quality. High effectiveness of Project Management Office and creating project management structures that have enhanced the alignment of solutions with goals of Fortune 500 companies and Federal sectors. Skilled in introducing, overseeing the adoption, and utilizing models, processes, and standardized tools that have enhanced accountability, collaboration, and value. Show less

    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • IT Infrastructure Project Manager
      • Jul 2018 - Jul 2022

    • United States
    • Airlines and Aviation
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Business Project Manager
      • Feb 2017 - Jul 2018

    • IT Project Manager
      • Dec 2016 - May 2017

    • Switzerland
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • IT Project Manager
      • Mar 2016 - Sep 2016

      Managed a Vulnerability Management Project (VMP) that reached multiple milestones. We were able to consolidate some of the infrastructure while consolidating, eliminating, and updating some of the software. Direct medium and large scale $4.5 million infrastructure projects; (software, hardware, networking, and domain migrations). Provided project management leadership in an Agile, Waterfall and Matrix environment. Develop and implement project plans to meet team objectives, Milestones, and integrate project activities. Develop and support product release plans. Present project communication and weekly update plan to c-level executive, shareholders, and product groups (customers). Schedule and lead team meetings and function. Mange project multi-million dollar budget. Created and maintained Excel spreadsheet for data updates : Schedule, track and manage end to end assignments. Work closely w/ IS Director, IS Engineers (SME) and PMO to meet customer needs and reach milestones. Serve as the liaison between product development and information services groups. Develop and implement product release plans and administer project resources and project closure. Manage and consolidate demand requests from the businesses in relation to IS services in general and infrastructure activity in particular. Escalation liaison for IS infrastructure support issues. Deliver projects / reaching milestone on time with a high success rate Show less

    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Manager/Web Content Manager
      • Mar 2014 - Dec 2015

    • Germany
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • LAN Engineer
      • Jul 2012 - Dec 2013

      Interface with TKIT Project Engineers to help understand the business, technical requirement and develop shared services solutions to support the needs of the user and fulfill the business requirements to the shareholders. Served as the technical lead on large scale projects; software, hardware, networking, and domain migrations. Admin on SharePoint2010 server; create and edit user accounts. Develop and adhere to standard desktop policies and procedures in a mixed operating system environment. Lead documentation effort during migration project, working with team members to share and contribute ideas and solutions for shared products and services. Created and edited existing OU’s in Active Directory to work in conjunction with GPO’s. Imaged and reimaged desktops/laptops via SCCM for Win 7 deployment. Develop software distribution packaging via SCCM for software deployment and patch management. Support and assist with developing and deploying Citrix Presentation. Server/Xen Desktop and VMware/VMView to develop other future desktop alternatives. Show less

    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sr. Information Technology Specialist
      • Nov 2004 - Jul 2012

      Provide leadership to project teams through the coordination, planning and development of IT related activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Maintains integrity of information systems to ensure policies, procedures and guidelines are administered appropriately. Project manager for PC systems rollouts to CDC Employees in Atlanta. Supervise and train employees on help desk systems, PC provisioning, and PC setups to support a 1200 local and remote LAN/WAN network. Responsible for project plans, schedules, and task coordination at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Information Technology Office through the use of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. Serve as the liaison to users and the CDC Information Technology office. Responsible for development of policies and procedures to ensure user needs are met. Gathered information that has been filtered up to supervisors for Congressional information on data systems, security and compliance. Show less

    • Project Manager/Senior I.T. Specialist
      • Feb 2000 - Nov 2004

      Served on the management team as a Senior Project Manager responsible for consulting the Chief Information Officer and department managers on IT business continuity plans. Managed a multi-million dollar budget. Created proposals and statements of work for new contracts with vendors and clients. Negotiated contracts saving the company over $100,000 annually. Maintained partnerships with external partners and supported programmatic activities. Managed contractors and ensured the products and deliverables met and/or exceeded IT security standards. Provided technical, regulatory and policy leadership in the areas of PC network security by ensuring the department complies with applicable federal, state and department information security laws, regulations, policies, and procedures through knowledge of security laws and best practices. Provided technical oversight and assistance to vendors and contractors. Expert knowledge in translating business requirements into IT infrastructure solution requirements, developing engineering-based requirements change impact analyses for review by change controls. Show less

    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sr. LAN Admin/Network Support
      • May 1997 - Nov 1999

      Performed Network Support for Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Information Resources Management Office (IRMO) ISS Departments. Led Microsoft & Novell network support for over 1,000 users in a multi-site, multi-server environment (500+ servers). Served as domain administrator for NT 4.0 server and backup network administrator for Novell 4.0 server. Performed Network Support for Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Information Resources Management Office (IRMO) ISS Departments. Led Microsoft & Novell network support for over 1,000 users in a multi-site, multi-server environment (500+ servers). Served as domain administrator for NT 4.0 server and backup network administrator for Novell 4.0 server.

    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sr.Information Specialist /Lead
      • Nov 1993 - May 1997

      Served as the primary liaison for related activities and the overall integration of programs and products with hospital-wide electronic activities. Assisted in developing product specifications including the application and functionality of software programs. Conducted research in health care informatics. Conducted assessments of the medical informatics environments, synthesizes pertinent information, and identifies implications for planning and development of both clinical services and educational programs, providing periodic structured environmental assessment and recommendations relative to future direction for medical informatics for the Clinical System. Conducted ongoing technology assessment of medical information systems and products, related to identifying and meeting patient needs. Responsible for overall planning, development, and implementation of health care informatics programs, products and services, particularly to address the clinical needs of patients and to support the practice of clinical staff. Responsible for assessing training and development needs of clinical staff in relation to electronic development of programs, products and services. Collaboratively developed curriculum for students and staff, designing and implementing programs to address needs. Provided expert support to other departments in the development of clinical information systems, products and services responsive to current and future needs. Advisor on all issues related to access and interface. Tracked and advised on industry standards for the clinical needs. In collaboration with appropriate staff, advised on prototype development, coordinated/conducted prototypes, alpha and beta testing. Assisted in communicating results of prototype development to vendors and appropriate staff. Served as liaison with the staff and departments for the purpose of integrative program development with the Promina Healthcare Hospitals and Physicians. Show less

Education

  • Georgia State University
    PMP Certificate, Project Management
    2013 - 2013
  • American InterContinental University
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Project Management
    2006 - 2008

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