Jeff Harris

About Jeff Harris

Critical, logical-thinking executive with 15+ years of experience translating organizational purposes and goals into actionable business plans. Collaborative leader known for effectively assisting diverse teams understand each other and make good decisions to achieve business value. Known by peers and superiors as a solid communicator with a strong executive presence and the ability to build relationships across business, government, civic, non-profit, and cultural spaces. Rapidly globally mobile and open to relocation.Core Expertise: Business Development • International Workforce • Client Relations • Contract Administration • Organizational Development • Cross-Functional Teams • Software Development • Strategic Planning • Process Design

Experience

1. Director of Learning and Development

   Spotlight

   Oct 2025 — Present

   Drive overall strategy for learning and development at Spotlight, ensuring alignment to company goals. Lead the team and programs to effectively develop tenured associates and new hires across the company, including continuous development, leadership development and client training.

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City

  MBA

• The University of Kansas

  BA

Skills

• Fileaid
• Leadership
• Cobol
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Sql
• Business Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Team Leadership
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Gathering
• Process Improvement
• Project Management
• Mainframe
• Business Process Improvement
• Software Development
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Agile Methodologies
• Jcl
• Management
• Vsam
• Cics
• Vendor Management
• Db2