Mark Kenneth

Current

President at Managing to Excellence Corporation
Board Member / Secretary at DFWRUG
EVP Delivery at FusionBridge

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Past

Board Member at British American Business Council
Member at Plano Chamber of Commerce
Chief Accordionist at Jiggernaut

VP at avenue a | razorfish
VP at SBI Group
Vice President, International at Global Business Solutions, Inc
Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting
Manager at Arthur Andersen

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Education

The University of Dundee
Monifieth High School

Recommended

18 people have recommended Mark

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Mark Kenneth’s Summary

Over 15 years of continual career advancement, delivering management consulting solutions across the US and Internationally. Responsible for consulting firm practice management and for major program delivery at national and international companies involving Organizational Change, Business Process Re-Engineering, ERP, Technology selection and implementation alongside Business Strategy.

Mark Kenneth’s Specialties:

Practice management, Program Management, Organizational Change, Re-Engineering, ERP & Systems Selection & Implementation, Staffing and Recruitment, Managed Services, Operations Management.

Mark Kenneth’s Experience

President

Managing to Excellence Corporation

(Management Consulting industry)

November 2009 — Present (2 months)

Specialized consulting firm focused on the delivery of excellence at customer sites. We aid customers in assessment and structure of their major initiatives, departments, projects, system selections and implementations, processes and controls; delivering a solution that is embedded in within the organization going forward.
Board Member / Secretary

DFWRUG

(Computer Software industry)

June 2009 — Present (7 months)

Board member of the local DFW Oracle user group representing Oracle customer's needs and wants to Oracle, and developing education programs to aid in key skills and knowledge.
EVP Delivery

FusionBridge

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

In charge of Operations and Delivery Excellence for this Consulting firm dedicated to supporting companies with strategies, business and IT consulting within the ERP and Enterprise Systems area. A core focus is to guide our customers away from the pitfalls and risks in their upgrade and migration strategies in the Oracle, Peoplesoft and JDEdwards space. We help our clients "mind the gap" in business and technical risks. www.fusionbridge.com
Board Member

British American Business Council

(International Trade and Development industry)

September 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 1 month)

The British-American Business Council (BABC) www.babc.org is the largest transatlantic business network, with more than 30 chapters and 3,500 member companies based in major regions throughout North America and the United Kingdom. What are the BABC’s Goals?

The BABC supports its chapters and member companies by:

* Promoting the US-UK business partnership;
* Providing its chapters and member companies with access to a broader, transatlantic business network;
* Offering a number of business benefits and opportunities to its member companies, in addition to those offered by their regional chapters.
Member

Plano Chamber of Commerce

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Chief Accordionist

Jiggernaut

(Music industry)

2001 — 2007 (6 years )

White hot celtic accordion playing in this celtic rock band. www.jiggernaut.com
VP

avenue a | razorfish

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; aqnt; Management Consulting industry)

August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for the growth and management of the business in Texas and the southern US. avenue a | razorfish is a union between Avenue A, the largest independent buyer of online media and search, and Razorfish, the largest independent interactive marketing and consulting firm. The resultant merger results in an ability to service the online customer from attract, convert, retain and extend. AA-RF is a division of aQuantive Inc, a publically traded organization.
www.aquantive.com
www.aa-rf.com
VP

SBI Group

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

August 1998 — August 2004 (6 years 1 month)

VP of delivery services. I transitioned to avenue a | razorfish as part of a corporate acquisition.

- Built and managed an ERP consulting practice
- Profitably managed international operations across 3 continents
- Delivered multiple due diligence assignments
- Successfully transitioned to a leadership role in US operations.
- Built a Process Re-engineering, Organizational Change and Best Practices capability within the US practice.
- Led several high profile ERP implementations worldwide.
Vice President, International

Global Business Solutions, Inc

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years )
Senior Manager

Arthur Andersen Business Consulting

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

August 1990 — August 1998 (8 years 1 month)

Experienced Manager within the UK Business Consulting Group.
- led several multi-million GBP projects
- part of ERP leadership team
- trained and experienced in PMO, Change management, BPR and Best Practices
Manager

Arthur Andersen

(Management Consulting industry)

1990 — 1996 (6 years )

Mark Kenneth’s Education

The University of Dundee

BAcc , Accounting, Finance, Business Law, Computer Studies, Corporate Tax , 1986 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

President & Instructor of Recreational Ski Club
Monifieth High School

Additional Information

Mark Kenneth’s Websites:

Mark Kenneth’s Interests:

Self development, investing, scuba diving, celtic music, accordions, triathlons, adventure racing.

Mark Kenneth’s Groups:

ICAS,
PMI,
Plano Chamber of Commerce,
British American Business Council - Board Member,
North Texas Irish Festival,
Traditional Irish Music Education Society, Dallas Blue