kent gring

Managing Consultant Independent Consultant at G Group LLC

Bio Summary

Experience leading engagements at Big 4 / Top Tier consulting firms at the nexus between business and technology in the US and the most challenging international environments. I am known for using my collaborative and entrepreneurial mindset to found the Deloitte Technology for Emerging Markets community of practice to craft client solutions and business opportunities. And I have demonstrated my willingness to go to the ends of the earth to learn the client’s business by traveling three days through The Empty Quarter in Arabia. Former US Army Reserve Armor Captain (0-3) and enlisted US Navy Carrier Sailor (USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).

Representative capabilities I can bring to your market include:

• Project Delivery – Lead or supported more than two dozen consulting engagements from enterprise knowledge management assessments to implementing case management solutions achieving a wide range of client objectives.

• Business Development – Lead proposal efforts and/or technical writer for pursuits with international development organizations, foreign governments, and US government achieving strong technical evaluations and a win in Myanmar.

• Firm Operations – Developed 200+ member Deloitte Technology for Emerging Markets Community of Practice contributing to business pursuits. Lead commercial technology knowledge management improvement effort publishing 200+ artifacts.

• Practitioner Development – As a Deloitte University certified coach regular instructor for PMP certification bootcamp, Technology Project Manager Bootcamp, and project management techniques courses across the Deloitte organization.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Entrepreneurship ▪ Process Improvement ▪ Project Management ▪ Technology Management ▪ International Development ▪ Team Leadership ▪ Qualitative and Qualitative Analysis ▪ Emerging Markets ▪ Business Development ▪ Solution Development ▪ Coaching and Mentoring

Employment History

Managing Consultant Independent Consultant

G Group LLC

August 2019 - January 2021

Washington, DC, USA

Established personal management consulting organization to pursue independent consulting opportunities and build framework/community to pursue team opportunities.

Deputy Component Lead

Tetra Tech

April 2021 - March 2022

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Lead the operations management of the 130+ local national team advisors located across Afghanistan supporting the implementation of the justice institution case management system (CMS) for the US Department of State sponsored ...see more

Associate Director/Deputy Program Manager

Guidehouse

January 2021 - March 2021

Washington, DC, USA

Selected as client deputy program manager for global federal client providing enterprise networking capabilities to 256 locations world-wide. PMO lead for the 30 FTE (including subcontractors), $9M/year contract in two physic ...see more

Senior Project Manager

Attain

April 2018 - August 2019

McLean, VA, USA

Lead executive management thread across multiple Census corporate business functions for a multi-million dollar custom agile software development effort for case management and geographic information mobile applications suppo ...see more

Director Global Development Volunteer

Project Management for Change

July 2017 - December 2018

Arlington, VA, USA

Established new city onboarding process and expanded the Project Management Day of Service to organizations from New York to San Francisco to Poland.

Manager

Deloitte

May 2009 - March 2017

Arlington, VA, USA

Program and Project Leadership • Project Management Office (PMO) manager for $5B Saudi Border Guard Development program overseeing the delivery of the European systems integrator of border post construction, command, control and communications, training and organizational development activities assuring the SI was meeting schedule and performance requirements. • Project manager for internal enterprise knowledge management initiative managing a team six virtual resources increasing the quality of knowledge assets. • Project manager and technology advisor for the USAID Pakistan development of Microsoft based data center and case management solution resulting in increased capabilities to manage trade cases and improved technical capacity. • Project manager and technology advisor for the USAID Afghanistan implementation of a government-wide open source human resources information management system to improve worker accountability. Developed open source appeals case management system increasing process transparency and reform. Business Technology Management • Technology advisor for Kentucky's Health Benefits Exchange providing training and troubleshooting to social case workers assuring the ability to provide uninterrupted benefits to citizens. • Business Relationship Manager advisor to U.S. Navy IT Services product owner developing a customer support strategy for and providing a service prioritization framework. • IT Service Management advisor to the U.S. Department of State mobile and remote access division providing an ITIL-based service assessment framework to improve IT service management and operations. Solution and Business Development • Founder and lead for 250+ member Deloitte Technology for Emerging Markets Community of Practice to bring technology capabilities to international donor clients and build awareness of international opportunities. • Lead business development opportunities with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Asia Development Bank, World Bank, and USAID resulting in innovative technology approaches and a win with the Myanmar Central Bank. • Built teams to evaluate client requirements and craft innovative technical and business approaches resulting in successful approaches to knowledge management and SAP assessments for MCC.

Manager

BearingPoint

January 2000 - December 2009

Fairfax, VA, USA

Program Support • Staff Liaison for the Department of Defense Business Transformation Agency, DoD acquisition community, and Air Force enterprise IT system owners managing the DoD enterprise architecture and producing the E ...see more

Education

Master's in Management Information Systems

Marymount University

1999

Master's in Business Administration/Management

George Mason University

1999

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Military Institute

1992

Language Skills

English

Country Experience

United Arab Emirates United States Saudi Arabia Pakistan Afghanistan

Change & Implementation,

Transformation Management Office,

Project Management,

Business Development,

Business Case,

Operating Model,

Business Unit Strategy,

Strategic Planning

kent gring

Bio Summary

Employment History

Managing Consultant Independent Consultant

G Group LLC

Deputy Component Lead

Tetra Tech

Associate Director/Deputy Program Manager

Guidehouse

Senior Project Manager

Attain

Director Global Development Volunteer

Project Management for Change

Manager

Deloitte

Manager

BearingPoint

Education

Master's in Management Information Systems

Marymount University

Master's in Business Administration/Management

George Mason University

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Military Institute

Language Skills

Country Experience

Skills

Human Resources

Information Technology

Business

Finance

Education and Training

Marketing and Public Relations