David Helps

About David Helps

A servant leader, project manager, business analyst, trainer, speaker, change agent, and IT professional with 25+ years of experience in the education and healthcare state government arenas. A results-oriented business professional who builds strong relationships with all levels of the organization to accomplish the work that needs to be completed successfully.

Experience

1. Organizational Change Manager

   Harsco Rail

   Jan 2025 — Present · Columbia, SC, US

   Leadership/Sponsorship– Help define why the project change is happening, how it aligns with the direction of the organization, and why it is a priority. Helping with both the people side and technical side of the change.•Prepare for Change – Develop a detailed change profile and define what success on the project looks like, focus on how the change impacts individuals, identify impacted groups and define adoption and usage, assess risk, identify potential resistance, and establish required roles.•Manage Change– Establish how to best prepare, equip, and support people who will be impacted by the change, establish a tracking calendar, identify performance strengths and opportunities, prepare adaptive actions, and continue to track performance.•Sustain Outcomes– Confirm desired results and document lessons learned, implement actions to sustain change outcomes, identify gaps and activate relevant sustainment roles, and celebrate change management successes.•Governance– Design and utilize governance policies and procedures to support regulatory environments, provide appropriate decision-making hierarchies, and align with the organizational culture.•Engagement–Regularly meet with leadership and directors across the organization to connect the policy, communications, engineering, systems, sales, and financial aspects required to successfully complete projects and reporting.

Education

• Midlands Technical College

  Certificate in Applications Programming, Information Technology

• College of Charleston

  Bachelor of Science, Psychology

  1993 — 1996

• University of South Carolina

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems

  2002 — 2006

• Columbia International University

  Master of Organizational Leadership, Business