Founder, CEO and Principal of this Strategy, IT Architecture, BI/Analytics, IT Delivery and Risk Management consulting firm specializing in the Healthcare, Financial Services and Communications industries.Cogent brings together the perfect blend of professionalism, industry knowledge, technology skills and business acumen to help organizations win and keep on winning in the competitive global arena. With more than 25 years of experience in strategic consulting to both industry and some of the most prestigious consulting organizations (as sub-contractor), Cogent provides unrivaled Strategy through Execution services.Services include:• Business and IT Strategy – Legislated and Socio-economic trending and impact analysis• Organizational Development• Interim Management (Executive through Line Management, Project and Program Management)• IT Architecture Development – Web 2.0, Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Data Warehouse Design, MDM, Governance• Application Development – Inception through Implementation and maintenance• BI/Analytics – Consumerism, Data Monetization and 3rd Party Data Integration• Quality Assurance – Testing and Test Team Management • IT Risk Assessment – Independent Validation and Verification, SOX (Cobit), Internal Audit, Security, Privacy and Compliance• Operational improvement (ITIL, CMM, Cobit, ISO, etc.)• and more…

Lead the development and growth of this dynamic senior level management consulting organization focused on delivering top line and bottom line business improvements.

Co lead the development and growth of this national staffing firm specializing in creative, collaborative, contract, contract to perm and permanent staffing solutions for executive through execution services.

Led the development and execution of National HIPAA team, providing high end technical and strategic consulting to meet on-going government legislation compliance - Recognized on a National scale as a leading expert in field

Played the role of Chief Systems Architect for several fortune rated companies while delivering large scale, enterprise level projects involving hundreds of consultants

Formed, directed, and managed the overall delivery capability of this consulting practice in the Southeast. Staffed and organized the practice to meet market demand for leading-edge technological solutions.