Kevin Smith is a Senior Director Analyst within the Gartner CIO Leadership practice.
Kevin is a seasoned strategy, leadership, culture and change management practitioner having helped leaders and organization in numerous industries with successful business unit and organizational transformation.
Mr. Smith continually strives to provide executives actionable insights into the critical integration between people and the quality implementation of key initiatives that achieve their business results.
Kevin Smith has over 25 years of field-proven experience in organizational effectiveness and culture, change management, organizational transformation, strategy design and development, branding, and integrated communications. This knowledge and skill set was built in agency, corporate, entrepreneurial, and consultative environments, working across a variety of both business- to-business and business-to-consumer sectors. In industries such as technology, telecommunication, energy, health and wellness, engineering, and state government, Mr. Smith has worked with such organizations as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Ogilvy Mather, Qwest Communications, Teletech, ConEdison, Denver Public Schools, and Idaho Transportation Department.
Kevin has worked extensively with proven industry assessment tools and is Prosci change management certified.
Vice President, Partner
Ephektiv
Co-founder, operations lead, and executive-level consultant for an Organizational Effectiveness agency serving large and small clients in Energy, Technology, State Govt., Healthcare, and Education.
Senior program, and project management of: Strategy Development and Execution, Organizational and Digital Transformation, Culture Change, Leadership Development and Coaching, Process Reengineering, Organizational Design, Large-scale Communications, Brand Development, Change Management, and Group Facilitation
Ephektiv
Founder and Vice President
Systemic
Founder and President
Jacobs/CH2M
Dir. Brand and Internal Communicatoins
CIO Technology and Innovation Leadership
CIO Leadership of Culture and People
CIO Impact on Digital Business Strategy and Execution
Technology Finance, Risk and Value Management
CIO Executive Leadership Development
Regis School of Management
Master's Degree in Organizational Behavior Studies
University of Arizona
Bachelor's Degree in Digital Communications and Media/Multimedia
1Maximizing senior leaderships' capacity to manage culture and transformation
2Supporting strategy execution through engagement and inclusion
3Increasing leadership capacity in engaging employees for agility in the face of change
4Aligning culture and change to business imperatives
5Decreasing risk of implementation initiatives through quality change management