James "Scott" Hardie has over 15 years of experience in Informational Technology Consulting. He has consulted and worked for some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in the world such as Ford, General Motors, HP. Time Warner, Sprint, K-Mart, Honeywell, EDS, Comcast, Cisco, Xerox, Eaton, ArvinMeritor, Apple Computer, and Kelly Services. Prior to co-founding the XCEND Group, Scott worked for Altiris as a Field Systems Engineer supporting the Great Lakes Region and prior to joining Altiris he was a Project Manager and Manager of Engineering for Kelly Services where he was an Altiris customer. Scott currently holds over 16 technical certifications from a range of vendors such as Altiris, Apple, BMC, Cisco, EMC, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Novell and Sun Microsystems. He has achieved a number of awards from Altiris, Sprint and EDS over the years for achievement and customer dedication. - Performance Award 1999 (EDS)- Employee of Q2 for 2001 (Sprint) - Employee of the Year for 2001 (Sprint)- 4 Silver Eagle Awards for customer consulting engagements 2000 - 2002 (Sprint)- Quota Plus Club 2003 (Altiris)- MVP Systems Engineer Q1 2004 (Altiris)- Quicken Loans Partner Recognition Award 2006 (XCEND) Scott attended Eastern Michigan University with a dual major in Computer Science and Criminal Justice and a triple minor in Science and Technology, Military Science and Journalism. |