Business Optimization & Excellence
I have delivered multi-million dollars of efficiencies through multiple engagements leveraging service management and lean/agile frameworks, concepts and a mindset focused on optimization and delivering business value.
Innovation & Transformation
I have a proven track record of establishing new solutions, services, and capabilities leveraging modern approaches, platforms and tooling to modernize legacy systems, eliminate technical debt and be competitive advantages.
I am a passionate leader with a diverse technical and managerial background that is focused on delivering value and working together to achieve success. I have broad industry background in business and technology, working with partners and clients of varying sizes to help architect and lead solutions, services and organizations through transformation and optimization initiatives.
Industries: Defense, Government, Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Banking, Education, Healthcare, Oilfield Services, Tribal Nations, Insurance, and Software Development
Roles: Leader, Technical Manager, Product Owner, Product Manager, Project Manager, People Manager, Department Manager, Service Management, Cloud Native Transformation Innovation, Kubernetes Service Owner, Containers as a Service Leader, SharePoint Architect, SharePoint Developer, SharePoint Administrator, .NET Application Developer, SQL BI Developer, Business Analyst.
Skills: Leading Transformation, Innovation and Change Advocate, Service Management, Service Optimization, ITILv4, Lean/Agile, K8s, OpenShift, Rancher RKE2, PCF, CaaS, AWS, SAFe, Six Sigma, SharePoint, .NET, SQL, C#, BI, Consulting
I live in Southern New Hampshire with my family and enjoy taking advantage of our location for easy access to outdoor activities at local mountains, oceans, and lakes while being close to urban centers for great dining, shopping and cultural activities.
In this role I led the design, development and implementation of a new product mode team that was focused on delivering Kubernetes based container orchestration platforms that was infrastructure agnostic to enable the business to transform.
In this role I established a new department in Digital Technology at RMD focused on accelerating business growth and digital transformation through innovative services and standardization of practices, processes and tooling.
In this role I applied lean/agile and ITIL frameworks to optimize service delivery and established a cloud service model to modernize applications, eliminate technical debt and automate key functions.
In this role I led a team of .NET application developers and managed Office 365/SharePoint development services focused on delivering innovative solutions to Raytheon internal employees, businesses and functions.
In this role I was the technical leader focused on collaboration technologies and innovation for the Raytheon Global Business Services business unit.
Across multiple companies, including Slalom Consulting, Avanade Inc., and BlumShapiro Consulting, I lead multiple initiatives to develop solutions that leveraged technology to bring new capabilities to clients and partners.
Please reach out with any questions, interest in connecting or anything help. I can be reached through the form below or at LinkedIn or my email address: Joshua.Kirchmeie@gmail.com
Have a great day!
-Josh