Matt Harding

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Director of Strategy and Consulting @ Kinetix Solutions
Alexandria, LA, US
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Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, United States
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About Matt Harding

I am a seasoned digital leader, strategist, architect, consultant, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Experienced in business communications, operational management, technical sales, technical delivery, product, and process design.Within numerous roles, I have built, and established development and consulting teams for companies and multi-million-pound software delivery divisions specialising in Microsoft Office 365 and the underpinning technologies, including SharePoint, Teams, the Power Platform, Dynamics 365, as well as other Cloud offerings including Salesforce and Oracle eBusiness Suite.I have taken on many roles and challenges within my career, technical support, technical consultant, technical lead, pre-sales consultant, trainer, manager, and strategist. As a result, I have a unique ability to manage large multi-disciplined teams and projects to navigate complex challenges.Skilled in the full sales and delivery coordination of Digital Transformations, Distributed Cloud technologies, Process and Hyper Automation, and Collaborative Projects that offer a unique Multi Experience across several platforms for over 100 diverse companies and organisations across various market sectors, including government and public sectors.Maintaining a singular focus on serving my clients and work colleagues across all levels of corporate business to champion digital, collaborative, mobile and social expertise has helped me gain the influence and respect of my peers, within the ever-dynamic field of business technology. Specifically, within the realm of enterprise cloud services, strategic adoption and Managed IT services, this has opened the door to training and speaking opportunities within various businesses and the technical community.As part of a number of ever-growing technical communities, I love making new professional acquaintances. Please feel free to reach out if you want to talk technology, business, or discuss opportunities.Specialties: Operational Management, Microsoft 365 Services, Collaborative Technologies, Pre-Sales and Technical Requirements, Design and Architecture, Research and Technical Specification, Business Communication, Product and Process Design, Project Management, Risk Analysis and Mitigation, Training and Employee Development.

Matt Harding's Current Company Details
Kinetix Solutions

Kinetix Solutions

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Director of Strategy and Consulting
Alexandria, LA, US
Matt Harding Work Experience Details
  • Kinetix Solutions
    Director Of Strategy And Consulting
    Kinetix Solutions
    Alexandria, La, Us
  • Certiprof
    Certiprof Volunteer Subject Matter Expert
    Certiprof Mar 2021 - Present
    Sunrise, Florida, Us
    The Subject Matter Expert (SME) program is a collaborative based program, working with CertiProf staff to create or review items associated with emerging technology certifications such as skills, best practices, and micro-credentials for IT, Business and Security professionals.
  • Capita
    Head Of Microsoft Modern Workplace
    Capita Oct 2023 - May 2024
    London, England, Gb
    As part of the Senior Leadership Team, this leadership role was responsible for establishing and growing a Microsoft Modern Workplace capability within Capita, overseeing the implementation, configuration, and management of various modern workplace technologies and tools, resulting in building a delivery team of over 125 resources.Lead the implementation of robust and adaptable governance and security principles within the Power Platform eco system, establishing a strategic roadmap for Modern Workplace enhancements.Responsible for leading and managing a multi skilled team of Developers, Consultants, DevOp resources and Testers, with a wide range of skillsets in Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Office 365 eco system, SharePoint Online and Teams.Using strong technical expertise, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to work closely with both internal teams and external clients to understand their business requirements and translating them into function specifications and deliver solutions that meet business needs and enhance the modern workplace experience.
  • Capita
    Head Of Digital Factory And Low Code Foundry
    Capita Sep 2022 - Oct 2023
    London, England, Gb
    A strategic leadership role that focused on leveraging Microsoft Technologies, Outsystems, and Mendix to drive digital transformation and innovation within various organizations.Established a consulting and development practice of 100 resources to drive the implementation of low-code platforms including Microsoft Power Platform, OutSystems, and Mendix .Managed the digital factory and low-code foundry resources to provide strategic advantage and capability through rapid and effective software delivery, based on clear prioritization and agile practices.Leading the adoption of digital tools, platforms, and processes to enhance the operational efficiency and effectiveness.Working closely with various stakeholders to understand their business requirements and translating them into functional specifications.
  • Capita
    Head Of Consulting Uk&I - Capita Digital Development Centre
    Capita Sep 2020 - Sep 2022
    London, England, Gb
    Managing the Consulting Practice within the UK&I, to develop and grow the consulting organisation business, teams, and solutions. Working with the CTO Team and Product Managers to ensure the longer-term alignment of resources and skills to drive the adoption of innovative and emerging technologies to ensure the business deliver competitiveness in all markets and compelling business outcomes for our customers.
  • Capita
    Solution Architect
    Capita Jun 2018 - Sep 2020
    London, England, Gb
    Established a SharePoint and Power Platform Centre of Excellence for the business across UK&I and India, that also included a new migration methodology and migration factory for all collaborative offerings.Responsible for establishing a continued Microsoft SharePoint, Teams and Power Platform sales pipeline and revenue stream that incorporated technical pre-sales, responding to RFP’s, detailed architecture design and implementation on several projects of varied complexity.
  • Hewlett-Packard
    Technical Consultant
    Hewlett-Packard Apr 2011 - Feb 2018
    Houston, Texas, Us
    Working as a SharePoint Technical Consultant within the HP Enterprise Group, tailoring and architecting complex large-scale SharePoint Solutions to meet the need of various clients with Education, Healthcare and Government Sectors.Day to day responsibilities and duties range from assisting in technical pre-sales activities, responding to RFP’s, through to high level, detailed architectural design and implementation phases on large projects.Effectively applying a broad and deep experience-based technical knowledge of SharePoint environments gained through genuine involvement in the scoping, design and implementation of multiple solutions on large-scale, complex, multi-technology projects for enterprise customers.
  • Tensar International Corporation
    Global Sharepoint Manager
    Tensar International Corporation Sep 2010 - Mar 2011
    Alpharetta, Ga, Us
    During my time at Tensar International Limited, I was responsible for the implementation of a Global SharePoint Platform, including the full topology design, configuration and requirements gathering.I was the lead Technical and Solution Architect for the implementation of a multi-server SharePoint 2010 farm and migration of an existing SharePoint 2007 server farm. The new server architecture and SharePoint 2010 farm delivered both corporate intranet capabilities as well as isolated Team collaboration and social functionality, resulting in the design and configuration of a SharePoint 2010 farm spanning multi geographic locations throughout EMEA, Americas and Asia to meet the business critical needs of the company.Detailed workshop planning, system analysis and technical documentation was key to the design, implementation and user adoption with the SharePoint 2010 server farm heavily integrated into SAGE CRM an the new corporate internet site hosted on the Site Core platform. Internal collaborative sites were designed to use multiple language variations to enhance user adoption throughout the global business to comply with localized adoption rates, with heavy utilisation of Managed Metadata, Content Types and Content Organiser rules to comply with publication of collateral to external sites and regulatory compliance. Delivery of End User Training sessions and Site Administration sessions for Site Collection owners were also delivered, with baseline Strategy and Governance workshops and documentation undertaken within the business.
  • Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust
    Sharepoint Technical Architect
    Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust 2009 - 2010
    Preston, England, Gb
    Working for a large Mental Health NHS Trust in the North West, I was responsible for the design and implementation of a trust wide Microsoft SharePoint environment for a user base of over 7000 members of staff spanning over 400 geographic sites through Lancashire.During this time I was responsible for the complete lifecycle of the project, from Business Case and PID, through to workshop delivery and end user requirement gathering. Matt was the Technical Architect responsible for the design, configuration and implementation of the staff intranet and bespoke business applications and team sites for collateral, with accountability for a team I content managers, technical staff and developers to ensure the SharePoint project was delivered on time and within budget, incorporating all end user requirements with either out of the box or custom feature development. He was also the Technical Lead for the design, procurement and implementation of a User Acceptance Environment encompassing a like for like SharePoint topology replicating the production environment utilizing Hyper-V technology.Undertook the Lead Developer role for custom SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 features and Artifacts.
  • Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust
    Unified And Data Collaboration Specialist
    Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust 2008 - 2010
    Preston, England, Gb
    Working for a large Mental Health NHS Trust in the North West, I was responsible for the design and implementation of a trust wide Unified Communications platform for a user base of over 7000 members of staff spanning over 400 geographic sites through Lancashire. As the Technical Architect and Development Specialist for the implementation of a large scale pilot of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, covering over 1000 users over numerous geographical locations.I was responsible for the delivery of a scalable and robust solution that incorporated OCS Presence, Live Meeting and Conference capabilities including voice and video both internally and externally. I was also the Technical Lead for the implementation of a Microsoft Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging Server and Microsoft Office Communications Server integrated with a Cisco Call manager to enable enhanced presence and telephony features including simultaneous ringing and dual forking of PBX numbers. Responsibilities also included the upgrade, migration and maintenance of multiple Web Front End, Access Edge, Director, Web Access, Quality of Experience, Archive and Mediation Servers across multiple data centres. As the Development Lead for the Unified Communication Platform customisations of the client interface and integration into other systems including bespoke .NET Applications was also undertaken.
  • Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust
    Systems Architect And Development Specialist
    Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust 2004 - Dec 2007
    Preston, England, Gb
    As a Systems Architect I was responsible for the complete lifecycle from Business Case and PID through to the implementation of a proof-of-concept environment for the Information Development Team utilizing Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio Source Safe, IIS and Visual Studio to enable to team to actively control the software development projects and resulting source code. Due to the nature of the bespoke development, this architecture was based on a resilient server infrastructure that was designed and incorporated into 3 core datacentres.Whilst undertaking my role as a Development Specialist I was responsible for a number of Trust wide .NET based Websites, Web Applications and Windows Applications, integrating these sites and applications in Active Directory for User Account Maintenance, Cisco Call manager for Telephone Directories and Office Communications Server for Presence awareness.During my time within this dual role, I was responsible for assisting in the management and maintenance of over 10 Microsoft SQL servers on various version from 2000 through to 2008 R2, serving over 20 critical and 100 bespoke system databases for clinical and non-clinical systems.Developed Back Office Systems, ensuring resilience and maintenance was managed at all times in conjunction with the Disaster Recovery Policy and provided technical support (3rd and 4th level) when required on all related incidents that were not able to be resolved via 1st – 3rd line support, liaising with external contractors and suppliers to ensure resolution.
  • Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust
    Active Directory And Exchange Specialist
    Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust 2002 - 2004
    Preston, England, Gb
    As the Active Directory and Exchange Specialist for a large Mental Health NHS trust, I was responsible for the management and maintenance of over 80 physical Dell PowerEdge servers including various Server Appliances and Clustered SQL SAN Configuration.My primary responsibilities included the design, implementation and maintenance of the Trusts Active Directory Forest and Exchange Messaging Infrastructure. This role included the planning, documentation and automation of installation, administration and customization utilizing VBScripts to ensure corporate desktop environments, compliance and end user experience. This included detailed technical documentation and technical specification design relating to server builds, group policy administration, desktop builds, network infrastructure and data centre configuration.I was the Lead Specialist for the design and migration of a Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows 2000 Active Directory for nearly 2000 users and the further adoption to a Windows 2008 Domain for nearly 7000 end user including the migration of user profiles and folder redirection.Responsible for the migration of an Exchange 5.5 architecture to a new Exchange 2000 infrastructure within the Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain. As well as subsequent migrations to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 High Availability multi node cluster environments.Managed the full system life cycle testing of all proof of concept areas for Active Directory and Exchange systems including documentation, bench testing and lab analysis of both the systems and software prior to deployment to the ensure the environments met the business needs and demands of the Trust.Other responsibilities included system architectural design and installation to ensure corporate standards and regulatory compliance was met in line of current and future systems and regulations.
  • Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust
    Technical Support Officer
    Lancashire Care Nhs Foundation Trust 2001 - 2002
    Preston, England, Gb
    Responsible Technical Officer for the design and migration of a Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows 2000 Active Directory for nearly 2000 users. Responsible for the migration of an Exchange 5.5 architecture to a new Exchange 2000 infrastructure within the Windows 2000 Active Directory DomainResponsibility for the maintenance of Active Directory and Active Directory Group Policies and their implementation.
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
    Technical Support Officer
    Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
    Preston, Gb
    2nd and 3rd Line Technical responsibilities for the maintenance of Microsoft and Unix Servers, End user’s PC and Network Infrastructure including Citrix and Printers.Technical responsibility for the Microsoft Exchange Server 5,5 and Windows NT4.0 environments including assisting third party suppliers with the proof of concept for the migration of a Windows NT 4.0 Server infrastructure to Windows 2000

Matt Harding Skills

Sharepoint Active Directory Windows Server Data Center Microsoft Technologies Itil Servers Microsoft Exchange Disaster Recovery Microsoft Sql Server System Deployment Prince2 Lync Server 2010 Citrix Sharepoint Designer Iis Hyper V Group Policy Microsoft Products Integration Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 Mirosoft Office Communications Server 2007 R1 Mirosoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Office 365 Pre Sales Architectural Design Software Development Life Cycle Rfp Proof Of Concept Requirements Gathering Yammer Microsoft Teams Taxonomy Unstructured Data Microsoft Powerapps Microsoft Flow Microsoft Power Platform Sharepoint Online

Matt Harding Education Details

  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Business
  • Birmingham City University
    Birmingham City University
  • Carr Hill 11-18 High School
    Carr Hill 11-18 High School
  • Preston College
    Preston College

Frequently Asked Questions about Matt Harding

What company does Matt Harding work for?

Matt Harding works for Kinetix Solutions

What is Matt Harding's role at the current company?

Matt Harding's current role is Director of Strategy and Consulting.

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Matt Harding's email address is matt.harding@hp.com

What schools did Matt Harding attend?

Matt Harding attended Harvard Business School, Birmingham City University, Carr Hill 11-18 High School, Preston College.

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Matt Harding has skills like Sharepoint, Active Directory, Windows Server, Data Center, Microsoft Technologies, Itil, Servers, Microsoft Exchange, Disaster Recovery, Microsoft Sql Server, System Deployment, Prince2.

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