Matt Harding

About Matt Harding

I am a seasoned digital leader, strategist, architect, consultant, and Microsoft…

Experience

1. Director of Strategy and Consulting

   Kinetix Solutions

   Mar 2025 — Present

   Kinetix Solutions is a leading Managed Services Provider (MSP) delivering secure, scalable, and innovative IT solutions for businesses across Louisiana and the United States. As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, we specialize in Microsoft 365, Azure cloud architecture, security and compliance, VoIP, and digital services. Our mission is to empower hybrid workforces through technology, strategy, and personalized support.As Director of Strategy and Consulting at Kinetix Solutions, I lead the intersection of business vision, technology innovation, and client transformation. My role focuses on driving strategic growth, shaping high-impact service offerings, and serving as a trusted advisor to mid-market and enterprise clients navigating Microsoft 365, Azure, cybersecurity, and compliance journeys.Strategic Leadership: Define and execute Kinetix long-term services roadmap, identifying emerging technologies and market opportunities that align with client needs and business outcomes.Client Advisory: Lead strategic engagements - including Microsoft 365 security assessments, cloud migration roadmaps, and compliance gap analyses - translating complex IT landscapes into actionable business value.Service Innovation: Architect and refine managed service offerings, building repeatable frameworks for onboarding, security governance, digital workplace enablement, and regulatory alignment (e.g, HIPAA, NIST, ISO 27001).Thought Leadership: Represent the company at industry events, deliver executive briefings, and publish whitepapers and strategic content to elevate our market positioning.Cross-Functional Enablement: Collaborate closely with Sales, Operations, and Technical Services to ensure our solutions are scalable, profitable, and strategically aligned across the client lifecycle.Technology Evangelism: Evaluate and champion emerging innovations - such as Microsoft Copilot, Zero Trust, and SASE frameworks - to keep our clients and internal teams ahead of the curve.

Education

• Harvard Business School

  Exercising Leadership, Business

  2020 — 2021

Skills

• Microsoft Technologies
• Prince2
• Group Policy
• Data Center
• Hyper-V
• Integration
• Mirosoft Office Communications Server 2007 R1
• Microsoft Products
• Hp
• Citrix
• System Deployment
• Servers
• Itil
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Mirosoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2
• Microsoft Exchange
• Lync Server 2010
• Disaster Recovery
• Sharepoint
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Sharepoint Designer
• Microsoft Sharepoint 2010
• Iis
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007