Jeff Packard

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Currently: Principal and Founder of BizFirst; Co-Founder & Member of GovFirst; Previously: Founder and Principal of Veratech Services; Global SVP of Consulting and Professional Services at NTT/Dimension Data. @ BizFirst LLC
Jeff Packard's Location
Leesburg, Virginia, United States, United States
About Jeff Packard

CEO of BizFirst, a nationwide recruiting and staffing firm; Founder & Member at GovFirst; Previously Co-Founder, MD & COO at Veratech, an IT Staffing business; Global SVP at Dimension Data (NTT) responsible for $1B global Consulting, Staff Aug, and Professional Services Practice. Built global consulting practice that made Gartner's 2015 Top 10 Fastest-Growing consulting list. 10+ years at Accenture and KPMG BearingPoint. MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

Jeff Packard's Current Company Details
BizFirst LLC

Bizfirst Llc

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Currently: Principal and Founder of BizFirst; Co-Founder & Member of GovFirst; Previously: Founder and Principal of Veratech Services; Global SVP of Consulting and Professional Services at NTT/Dimension Data.
Jeff Packard Work Experience Details
  • Bizfirst Llc
    Founder And Business Development Head
    Bizfirst Llc Sep 2023 - Present
    Ashburn , Va, Us
    At BizFirst, we tailor our staffing solutions to perfectly match the unique demands of businesses of all types and sizes for commercial, enterprise and public sector. Our comprehensive range of services encompasses traditional recruitment, subscription-based RPO recruiting, and flexible on-demand contract staffing, each meticulously designed to address the distinctive hiring challenges, strategic goals, and pricing model preferences of our clients. We shape futures, connecting talent with opportunity.
  • Govfirst
    Founder And Member
    Govfirst Jan 2022 - Present
    GovFirst is committed to supporting the Federal Public sector in meeting their goals. We provide recruiting, staffing, consulting, and professional services - as a subcontractor or prime - for mission critical programs enabled through cybersecurity, digital first customer UX, enterprise infrastructure, and emerging technologies
  • Divi Labs
    Business Advisor
    Divi Labs Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
    San Jose, Ciudad Colon, Cr
    Provided business advisory support for Divi Labs, a blockchain-based software development company.
  • Veratech Services
    Co-Founder, Managing Director, Coo
    Veratech Services Nov 2016 - Dec 2020
    Reston, Virginia, Us
    Launched IT Staffing practice providing IT Contractor and Recruiting services to Global brand name federal and civilian accounts with top-line growth of almost 300% through 100+ placements (SECRET facility clearance). Exited through sale of company.
  • Ntt Data, Inc.
    Global Svp - It Staff Aug, Consulting, & Ps
    Ntt Data, Inc. Aug 2013 - Aug 2016
    London, United Kingdom , Gb
    NTT Data acquired Dimension Data. As P&L business owner of $1B practice, accelerated transformation towards becoming services-led with increased focus on core professional services profitability and customer growth of platform-based subscription services. Grew professional services delivery practice (staff augmentation, delivery) by over 70% to $860 Million and the consulting advisory practice by 154% to $150M. Achieved over $2.5 Billion consulting-led pipeline growth of PS, cloud, managed, and outsourcing services. ► Established industry consulting team for Top accounts to grow clients’ success and expand services consumption. First year trial resulted in 53% YoY client bookings growth and exponential increase in platform consumption.► Launched on-line, real-time, customer analytics platform that automates technology adoption planning and captures best practices & benchmarks to optimize customer consumption. On-boarded 120+ clients in 2 years.► Launched end-user segmentation, cloud workload placement, business continuity and disaster recovery, and strategic discovery workshop global offers to align technology solutions to the desired business outcomes & end-user consumption preferences.► Directed improvements in project delivery through launch of global PMO Centre of Excellence. ► Improved PS revenue attached rates from 19% to 23% in one year through sales enablement initiatives, including new on-line services catalogue, packaged offers, and value proposition training.► Oversaw global rollout of scoping & quoting process.
  • Dimension Data
    Global Svp - It Staff Aug, Consulting, & Ps
    Dimension Data May 2009 - Jul 2013
    Bryanston, Johannesburg, Za
    Provided leadership and overall business ownership to transform the practice from a traditional product attached model towards focus on business outcomes and hybrid IT and IT-as-a-service consumption. Grew the business by 50% to $560M organically by driving land, adopt and expand motions to deliver innovative hybrid IT solutions.► Launched usage and adoption services for collaboration technology incorporating end-user consumption priority planning, on-boarding, business process alignment, training, benchmarking, and evaluation and measurement.► Launched 10 on-boarding assessments covering networking, cloud readiness, data center, mobility, security, and outsourcing that leveraged industry best practices and benchmarks to optimize end-user consumption.► Aligned services, sales, marketing, HR competencies around go-to-market and client engagement value chain.► Provided strategic transformational deals for 150+ clients including Caterpillar, AIG, Pfizer, Airbus, ANZ, Barclays, Tyco, Coca-Cola, GE, Keppel, HSBC, AirBNB, Level 3, Vodafone, Sime Darby, and SC Johnson.► Managed 4500-person business (22 central direct reports, 10 regional leaders dotted-line, 4500 global staff).
  • Dimension Data
    Global Director - It Consulting
    Dimension Data Jan 2006 - Apr 2009
    Bryanston, Johannesburg, Za
    Built business case and gained CEO & Executive approval to launch a new global consulting services practice. Aligned business units and sales leadership to new offers and go-to-market, and supported various client engagements.► Hired global leads and launched 5 new practices in networking, collaboration, data center, security, and ITSM. ► Supported business development efforts with C-level executives and led various client engagements, including Morgan Stanley (ITSM consulting), Nordea Bank (sourcing strategy), and Malaysia Air (connected enterprise).
  • Dimension Data
    Global Director, Services (Product Development)
    Dimension Data Oct 2004 - Dec 2006
    Bryanston, Johannesburg, Za
    As global director for services, established new product development process and cross- functional team to develop packaged services for the core business and drive greater renewals as part of customer lifecycle retention. ► Launched 5 new professional services and 2 new managed services offers. ► Assisted in development of recurring adoption assessments into customer lifecycle maintenance renewal program.
  • Dimension Data
    Global Director, Services (Professional Services)
    Dimension Data Aug 2002 - Sep 2004
    Bryanston, Johannesburg, Za
  • Sprint Nextel
    Consultant
    Sprint Nextel Oct 2000 - Aug 2002
    Overland Park, Kansas, Us
  • Accenture
    Senior Manager
    Accenture Mar 1997 - Sep 2000
    Dublin 2, Ie
    As a manager and then senior manager, provided thought leadership and client support for the financial and performance management practice in the communications industry. Example engagement(s) include: ► For Irish telecom firm, led solution concept and high-level design for business analytics, inter-business unit trading, and financial reporting as part of SAP implementation. Asked back by CIO to develop financial management maturity assessment and three-year strategic implementation roadmap.► For several communication companies, led activity-based costing engagements to support financial analytics.
  • Kpmg Bearingpoint
    Manager
    Kpmg Bearingpoint Jun 1994 - Feb 1997
    Amsterdam, Nl
    Led teams in business process re-engineering, benchmarking and best practice operations improvement for Communications firms in the Americas. Example engagement(s) include:► For global telecom manufacturer’s carriers, led a Latin America benchmark and best practices project to support operational process improvements and efficiencies. Keynote speaker at global conference to present findings.► For national telecom company, created balanced scorecard and best practices report leading to identification of over $1 Million in non-value add activities to be eliminated through re-engineering.► For national restaurant franchise, contributed to Latin American research and market entry study providing recommendations on best-fit markets based on demographic, legal, commercial, and other relevant criteria.
  • Universidad Eafit
    Professor
    Universidad Eafit Dec 1992 - May 1994
    Medellín, Antioquia, Co
    Professor at private University. Taught 2 courses: International Business and Marketing.
  • Accenture
    Senior Consultant
    Accenture Feb 1987 - Jun 1991
    Dublin 2, Ie
    Participated in all phases of a systems implementation for custom and package solutions. Programmed and designed custom and package systems for companies in the health, distribution, and pharmaceutical industry.

Jeff Packard Education Details

  • University Of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School Of Business
    University Of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School Of Business
    International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • University Of Delaware
    University Of Delaware
    Major: Finance; Minor: Computer Science

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Jeff Packard works for Bizfirst Llc

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Jeff Packard's current role is Currently: Principal and Founder of BizFirst; Co-Founder & Member of GovFirst; Previously: Founder and Principal of Veratech Services; Global SVP of Consulting and Professional Services at NTT/Dimension Data..

What schools did Jeff Packard attend?

Jeff Packard attended University Of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School Of Business, University Of Delaware.

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