Russell Harris

Russell Harris is an experienced professional with a strong background in IT and project management. Russell has held various leadership roles throughout their career, including Chief Information Officer at GTS Technology Solutions and Cloudz Biz. In these positions, they focused on optimizing business processes and leveraging Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud environments to enhance productivity and maximize the value of technology for small to medium-sized businesses.

Prior to their roles at GTS Technology Solutions and Cloudz Biz, Russell served as the IT Director of Infrastructure and Managed Services at GTS Technology Solutions, where they directed and managed IT projects and operations. Russell was responsible for implementing Microsoft 365 Business as the company's internal IT platform and successfully secured a five-year managed services contract serving approximately 14,000 end users.

Russell has also worked as a Senior IT Project Consultant at ARC Government Solutions, providing IT consulting and project management oversight. Russell has expertise in Microsoft 365 migrations, storage array deployments, and other technology enhancements and upgrades.

Earlier in their career, Russell was a Senior IT Project Manager Consultant at Austin Ribbon & Computer and a Senior IT Project Manager at ARC enterprise services and solutions. Russell also served as a Global Program Manager at Pivot3, where they focused on delivering storage and virtual server appliances to enterprise customers.

Additionally, Russell has experience as a Program Manager at Northrop Grumman, where they developed proposals, requirements, and project plans for Managed Services for Information Technology (IT) for the State of Texas. Russell managed an upgrade for a 3-Tier server architecture and provided network and security services for over 20,000 seats.

Russell's career began at Ericsson, Inc., where they worked as a Project Manager and Test System Engineer. Russell also gained experience as a Project Engineer at Electrospace, where they created schedules, wrote system descriptions, and specification documents.

Overall, Russell Harris's work experience showcases their expertise in IT leadership, project management, and utilizing Microsoft technologies to drive business success.

Russell Harris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Montana State University-Bozeman. In addition, they have obtained the PMP certification from PMI in June 2004. Russell also holds the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist certification in Project Server 2010 Configuration from Microsoft, obtained in 2012.