Jerry Gates Email Address

Senior Director

Kforce is an award-winning professional staffing agency that provides strategic partnership in the areas of Technology and Finance & Accounting.

• A Proven Technology Thought Leader • Who is comfortably uncomfortable in a rapidly changing world of technology • Who understands that organizational change is inevitable • Who brings leadership ability combined with extensive hands on Information Technology experience • Who can provide insight and progressive strategies that embrace current opportunities • Rather than defensive strategies that endure change, maintain the status quo and risk not only a loss of market share but also competitive erosion for the business Specialties • Comprehensive understanding of IT, acquired from over 25 years of experience in the industry o Passionately focused on ensuring that IT provides a flexible foundation for business execution o One that promotes business agility as well as profitability o One that places a premium on a tight alignment between business objectives and IT capabilities o And one that focuses on building IT capabilities while at the same time maintains focus on the delivery of needed business services • Strong analytical skills combined with extensive information management and data architecture experience • Strong understanding of OO, SOA, patterns, frameworks and the needed architecture to ensure that business is finally the benefactor, after all of the empty promises and hype our industry promised 10 years ago o Hands on experience with virtualization, mobilization, cloud based solutions, workflow, web services etc. with a focus on removing avoidable delays across business processes • Proven track record and experience for setting and directing IT strategy that will enable business agility