Kennard Reeves

Created the business case and redesigned the experience for clients, employees and partners centered on trust and agency. Completed the buildout of the hybrid framework.
- Refined and aligned on vision statements for purposeful interactions
- Aligned leadership on hybrid modes of work, associated considerations, and workforce expectations
- Developed a hybrid framework guidelines for the firm, functions, partners and employees on how to work with clients and colleagues in the new ways… Show more

Created the business case and redesigned the experience for clients, employees and partners centered on trust and agency. Completed the buildout of the hybrid framework.
- Refined and aligned on vision statements for purposeful interactions
- Aligned leadership on hybrid modes of work, associated considerations, and workforce expectations
- Developed a hybrid framework guidelines for the firm, functions, partners and employees on how to work with clients and colleagues in the new ways of working Show less

Played a large role in building AI consulting GTM strategy for the Southeast Ignition Office featuring execution of AI.

Conducted AI Readiness Assessment for large Fortune 500 logistics client. Defined the scope of AI objectives to level set with executive sponsors.
- Delivered checklist of recommendations to improve readiness for AI adoption focused on building appropriate enterprise infrastructure: data, risk mitigation, talent, and reusable components

- Compiled open source data on key metrics including number of AI job postings and news article mentions for this group of 100 large cap… Show more

Conducted AI Readiness Assessment for large Fortune 500 logistics client. Defined the scope of AI objectives to level set with executive sponsors.
- Delivered checklist of recommendations to improve readiness for AI adoption focused on building appropriate enterprise infrastructure: data, risk mitigation, talent, and reusable components

- Compiled open source data on key metrics including number of AI job postings and news article mentions for this group of 100 large cap companies

- Developed business case for modernizing the organizational capital stack which are company specific assets that enable resources to obtain optimal productivity

- Led workshops level setting on expectations for establishing a single COE for AI; linking line of businesses with corporate decision making Show less

-Partnered with North Highland, Sparks Grove consulting firm for a customer insights internal project to bolster visibility for executive leadership
- Created user stories and use cases for key 6 types of banking customer using Oracle data from $15 million of customer accounts from the Regions partnership
-Met and communicated with businesses and owners to discuss best practices regarding their business model and receive customer feedback

From RFP to boots on ground, this project started with an assessment and research on how some of the largest companies in the world are deploying AI.
- Stakeholder Interviews - Interviewed 30 senior leaders driving AI strategy
- Conducted market analysis via secondary research on AI job postings, projects, and strategy
- Delivered Executive Summary with 8 key trends of successful AI transformations
- Laid out roadmap for deploying Automation, AI, Analytics and Low-Platform code… Show more

From RFP to boots on ground, this project started with an assessment and research on how some of the largest companies in the world are deploying AI.
- Stakeholder Interviews - Interviewed 30 senior leaders driving AI strategy
- Conducted market analysis via secondary research on AI job postings, projects, and strategy
- Delivered Executive Summary with 8 key trends of successful AI transformations
- Laid out roadmap for deploying Automation, AI, Analytics and Low-Platform code initiatives in tandem pilots within prioritized focus areas
- Made the business case to executive leadership and the board to make AI part of the overall strategy as a competitive differentiator Show less

This client had previously lost sensitive information, such as trade secrets, financial information, intellectual property and personal data. As a result, to prevent future compromise of IP, data loss, or cyber security attacks, we conducted an assessment of an obsolete vendor and recommended implementation of Azure Information Protection.

• Through change management & effective communication, rebranded the AIP implementation message around protection from cyber-attacks, hackers… Show more

This client had previously lost sensitive information, such as trade secrets, financial information, intellectual property and personal data. As a result, to prevent future compromise of IP, data loss, or cyber security attacks, we conducted an assessment of an obsolete vendor and recommended implementation of Azure Information Protection.

• Through change management & effective communication, rebranded the AIP implementation message around protection from cyber-attacks, hackers, malicious threats – Eliminated doomsday/Big Brother fears of AIP & DLP scanning/watching of content storage
• Developed training to educate business & end users on proper classification of documents; proper classification of documents allowed AIP and DLP to persistently track activity via metadata/labels of sensitive data
• Met with information assurance & business change leaders to update policy in Azure and integrate AIP & DLP with AD groups
• Filmed a fun-themed Learning Video with the CISO in which we wrote the script and worked with digital & film team(s) to screen capture to walk thru steps with cutaways in sync with our executive cast
• Met with IA and Legal to obtain approval/buy for updates to data classifications; these updates enabled automatic classification & encryption of documents containing “Highly Restricted” sensitive data
• Worked with Client Lead of Global Communications & Change to design Outlook messages “From the Desk of the CIO” executive branding which we distributed via O365
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Fortune 1000 Industrial Cleaning Products Conglomerate - Managed initiative to provide standardization and visibility to financial close through implementation of BlackLine Financial Close Software Suite. By the final phases of implementation, the engagement will have the crossed over a dozen international locations, impacting 70+ entities and 50+ end users; producing significant cost savings and efficiencies. Trained client administrators and staff nationwide on BlackLine functionality as part… Show more

Fortune 1000 Industrial Cleaning Products Conglomerate - Managed initiative to provide standardization and visibility to financial close through implementation of BlackLine Financial Close Software Suite. By the final phases of implementation, the engagement will have the crossed over a dozen international locations, impacting 70+ entities and 50+ end users; producing significant cost savings and efficiencies. Trained client administrators and staff nationwide on BlackLine functionality as part of organizational change management for sustainability and continuous improvement. Show less

Partnered with business stakeholders & technical resource leads to lead the change transitioning from legacy data centers to the cloud. As a PM, worked with application owners and technical leads to stand up Microsoft Azure cloud environment and transition of all Core Security applications to be migrated out of on premise client data centers to the cloud. This required documenting each change to hardware via ServiceNow and meeting with the CAB (Change Approval Board) on a weekly basis to… Show more

Partnered with business stakeholders & technical resource leads to lead the change transitioning from legacy data centers to the cloud. As a PM, worked with application owners and technical leads to stand up Microsoft Azure cloud environment and transition of all Core Security applications to be migrated out of on premise client data centers to the cloud. This required documenting each change to hardware via ServiceNow and meeting with the CAB (Change Approval Board) on a weekly basis to conduct assessments on the impact of all proposed migrations, hardware or app decommissions etc.

This cloud transition process required Kennard to establish governance checkpoints at each stage of the migration to assess project quality, decrease project risk, reduce development time and enhance communication/collaboration between IT & the business. Show less

• Worked with offshore team in India to test all environments of the client cargo portal and document defects
• Met with Capgemini leadership to ensure we were on target with our Agile methodology project milestones
• Facilitated requirements elaboration workshops with clients
• Wrote use cases elaborating business processes for the airline industry
• Performed analyses of client feedback for test cases and requirement traceability matrix documents
• Developed team process… Show more

• Worked with offshore team in India to test all environments of the client cargo portal and document defects
• Met with Capgemini leadership to ensure we were on target with our Agile methodology project milestones
• Facilitated requirements elaboration workshops with clients
• Wrote use cases elaborating business processes for the airline industry
• Performed analyses of client feedback for test cases and requirement traceability matrix documents
• Developed team process documents including a test case and RTM process RACI, various Visio diagrams, and a use case review checklist
• Reviewed test cases and requirement traceability matrices after use case approvals
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During the discovery phase of this project, we determined that current standard of username/password authentication is insufficient to proactively deter today’s evolving security threats. In face of this challenge, we implemented MFA at a leading retail & refreshments company with the goal of creating a layered defense and make it more difficult for an unauthorized person to access top business apps.
• Wrote solution design documentation that became the backbone for an MFA integration with… Show more

During the discovery phase of this project, we determined that current standard of username/password authentication is insufficient to proactively deter today’s evolving security threats. In face of this challenge, we implemented MFA at a leading retail & refreshments company with the goal of creating a layered defense and make it more difficult for an unauthorized person to access top business apps.
• Wrote solution design documentation that became the backbone for an MFA integration with Azure AD and Workday
• Created detailed Communication Plan: Approach included robust Comms, educational videos via Chatter & on site workshops, white paper added to Knowledge base & Client Wiki page
• With leadership buy-in, led change management process that globally affected end user access to top 25 client business applications
• Established critical success factors for retirement of Symantec VIP & User Certificates before transition to Azure MFA
• Forecasted change impact/business impact to app specific vs phased regional approach to rollout to North America, Europe and APAC

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Smart Energy Consultant on project for a large publicly traded utility company ensuring fulfillment of requirements, facilitating between systems teams and the client for all non-functional requirements.

Organized workshops and drafted Business Process and Requirements Documentation for:
- Demand Load Administration
- Gas and Electric Theft
- Theft Analytics
- Interval Web Portal
- Demand Peak Pricing
- Interval Billing
- PayGo
- Meter Data Management System… Show more

Smart Energy Consultant on project for a large publicly traded utility company ensuring fulfillment of requirements, facilitating between systems teams and the client for all non-functional requirements.

Organized workshops and drafted Business Process and Requirements Documentation for:
- Demand Load Administration
- Gas and Electric Theft
- Theft Analytics
- Interval Web Portal
- Demand Peak Pricing
- Interval Billing
- PayGo
- Meter Data Management System (MDMS) architecture Show less