Chad Harp

About Chad Harp

I am an accomplished IT Executive with 21+ years of progressive experience in helming IT efforts and infrastructure engineering for high-profile companies. A motivational, influential leader and collaborator, I guide IT strategy and operations, ensuring flawless project management and service delivery. I effectively build and maintain lasting relationships, driving stakeholder engagement through a people-focused approach. As an out-of-the-box thinker, I am committed to making continuous improvements in processes and technologies to achieve business continuity, efficiency, and growth goals.IT Generalist with several years of open systems, enterprise storage, Mainframe, and midrange experience. Capable in all phases of design, administration, and maintenance including financial governance and vendor contracting. Drives cost reductions through organizational efficiencies, automation, and vendor management.Highlights:• Promoted up to Managing Director at SS & C Technologies, helmed Technology Infrastructure Services covering global data centers as well as enterprise compute, storage, virtualization, and incident management; optimized $174M annual budget.• Lead major projects, including management of a global hyperconverged private cloud, software deployment pipeline, and disaster recovery automation for Open Systems and Windows environments that reduced implementation times by 80% and work-hours by 50%.• Rose to positions of increasing authority. Promoted to Senior Director running all DST data centers and infrastructure after excelling as the Director leading St. Louis business operations including Disaster Recovery & Capacity Planning.• Managed 45K MIPS enterprise mainframe operation and companywide incident management, acting as a trusted resource with executive leadership to guide IT strategy and vision.• Integrated one-of-a-kind DCIM solution that documented every asset and connection in a 73K and 68K sq. ft. data centers within strict deadlines, elevating related efficiencies, and reducing mean time to repair.You can reach me at c••••••••@mac.com

Experience

1. Vice President Information Technology

   NCM Associates

   May 2022 — Present · Kansas City, MO, US

Education

• Kansas State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Information Systems

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Unix
• Windows Server
• Vendor Management
• Business Continuity Planning
• Itil
• Solaris
• System Administration
• Risk Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Process Improvement
• Virtualization
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Db2
• Troubleshooting
• Jcl
• Vmware
• Ibm Aix
• Business Analysis
• IT Management
• Cisco Ucs
• Data Center
• Visio
• Linux
• Cobol