Chad Harp
Vice President Information Technology
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChad Harp is a seasoned IT executive with 21+ years of leadership in infrastructure engineering, data centers, and mainframe operations, known for translating complex requirements into reliable, business-focused solutions. As Vice President of Information Technology at NCM Associates, he shapes IT strategy, governance, and service delivery to drive growth in Kansas City. During his tenure at SS&C Technologies (DST Systems), he rose to Managing Director of Technology Infrastructure, overseeing 9 data centers, 300+ staff, and a $174M annual budget, delivering substantial cost savings and uptime through automation and vendor management. He led the deployment of a global hyperconverged private cloud and disaster recovery automation that cut deployment times by 80% and work hours by 50%, and pioneered a DCIM solution documenting every asset and connection in 73K and 68K square-foot data centers. His early career includes managing 45K MIPS of enterprise mainframe and cross-platform disaster recovery, underscoring a governance-focused, outcomes-driven leadership style. He earned a BS in Computer Information Systems from Kansas State University.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Information Systems at Kansas State University
Github Skills (67)
dashboard10
mls10
ruby10
security10
rtl-sdr10
ais10
signal-processing10
linux10
dac10
golang10
scalable10
system-information10
sensors10
network10
macos10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
harpchad/dotfiles
Dec 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:63 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
harpchad/trello
Nov 2020 - Jul 2021
Trello API wrapper for Go
Contributions:1 release, 6 PRs, 9 pushes in 8 months
golangapiapi-clientapi-wrappertrello-api
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