In preparation for a great year at Genesis Consulting we are excited to announce 3 new Senior Executives to our team. Below is a brief description of each of them and their roles within Genesis:
Kevin Lotenberg, Chief Operating Officer (COO):
Kevin Lotenberg is the COO of Genesis Consulting, with more than 18 years of industry experience, 16 of which he has specialized in implementing SAP technologies and solutions at clients in the Consumer Products, Electronics, Tobacco, Federal, DoD, Healthcare, State and Local Government and Chemicals / Gas industries.
Kevin joined Genesis from IBM where he was Associate Partner of the Public Sector SAP Solutions team and led delivery implementation engagements with DHS – Customs & Border Protection and the Department of the Interior with over $100M in revenues and over 150 dedicated SAP consultants. His extensive experience includes developing IT operating strategies, guiding concurrent SAP and other technical projects, business process re-engineering, organizational change management initiatives and user training programs. Kevin is known for developing programs and projects that result in high levels of customer service and satisfaction.
Kevin is a Certified SAP Consultant, Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He also has a U.S. Government Secret Clearance.
Kevin’s roles and responsibilities within Genesis include managing daily operations which include managing multiple projects from a very high level, driving new business within existing as well as new customers and helping to find the best talent for our projects.
Chad Harrington, Vice President – SAP Solutions:
Chad Harrington is the VP of SAP Solutions for Genesis Consulting with over 15 years of federal government and industry experience leading large Public Sector SAP programs. Areas of expertise include Information Technology Management, Strategy, Architecture Development and Project Management with specialization in design and implementation of business process-related improvement solutions for complex federal government problems that consistently exceed client expectations.
Chad joined Genesis from IBM where he was Senior Managing Consultant of the Public Sector SAP Solutions team and led delivery implementation engagements with the Department of the Interior with over $100M in revenues and over 100 dedicated SAP consultants.
Chad is a Certified in ITIL Practitioner and holds his CSM, Certified Scrum Master.
Chad’s roles and responsibilities within Genesis include managing daily business development, and client delivery for our SAP Projects. Chad will be managing multiple projects, driving new business within existing as well as new customers and helping to find the best talent for our projects. He is also managing the daily operations and delivery for the USDA MIDAS project for Genesis as he will be working on that project as the Deployment Lead.
Nick Coticchia, Vice President – Industry Solutions: 
Nick is the VP of Industry Solutions at Genesis Consulting with over 15 years of industry experience and 10 years implementing SAP technologies and solutions within the federal and state and local sector.
Nick joined Genesis from IBM where he was Senior Managing Consultant in the Public Sector SAP Solutions Team and led delivery engagements with U.S. Department of Agriculture, State of California’s FISCAL project, and the Department of the Interior with over $100M in revenues and over 100 dedicated SAP consultants. His experience includes developing programs and projects that result in exceptional levels of customer service and satisfaction, specialization in design and implementation of business process-related improvement solutions for complex problems to consistently exceed client expectations and a demonstrated understanding of the impacts of the range of technology issues affecting enterprise solution implementations for client organizations.
Nick has won the IBM Services Excellent Award, in recognition for outstanding client service and delivery each year for the last seven years. Nick is ITIL Foundations v3 Certified, and is a Certified Project Management Professional, PMP®.
Nick’s roles and responsibilities within Genesis include managing daily operations which include managing multiple projects from a very high level, driving new business within existing as well as new customers and helping to find the best talent for our projects.
To all our new members, we would like to extend a warm welcome to you all. WELCOME TO GENESIS!
Genesis Consulting has been nominated for the VACO Technology Innovation: Financial and Professional Services Award. The winner will be announced on May 12th, 2010 at the Fifteenth Annual Technology Stars Awards Gala from 5:30-9:00pm at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
World Pediactric Project
In mid-January Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Genesis Consulting, Karen Booth Adams traveled down to the island of Saint Vincent with the leaders and pediatric surgical team of the World Pediatric Project.
The World Pediatric Project is a 10 year old charity organization which aims to bring life-changing medical care to children in developing countries. These children are suffering and dying from birth defects, illness, and injury routinely treated in the US.
Specifically focused on the Caribbean, the organization works to provide hospitals with experienced doctors, pediatric surgeons, and medical equipment to perform lifesaving procedures.
Karen went to learn more about the needs of the organization and the challenges faced by healthcare systems in developing countries.
The trip was also a profound education in logistical, political, and fundraising challenges. Saint Vincent’s hospital acts as a hub for WPP’s services and many of their young patients come from the surrounding islands. This is a problem for a hospital with limited capacity. One of their priority funding items is the addition of 10 more beds to increase capacity in their pediatric ward.
In a developing country, where tourism isn’t a large contributor to the economy, local healthcare providers need trained experts and resources to help them provide critical care services. 90% of the world’s population has access to only 10% of the world’s health resources. Luckily, WPP’s trained team of pediatric specialists means there’s hope for many of these children of the eastern Carribbean.
Genesis’ Mary Fowlkes chaired last year’s primary fundraiser that raised over $500,000 for this well-deserving organization. Karen has been asked to join the board of the WPP and plans on getting very involved this year. You can help as well! It costs about $2000 to bring a doctor on a medical mission trip for the week. You can help sponsor a trip here.
Most of the volunteer doctors are giving up their personal and vacation time to help these children in need. As one doctor has said, “This is medicine in its purest form. This is why we all went to medical school.”
Help these doctors help children. Please donate to the World Pediatric Project today.