Rich Kennedy, President
Rich founded InnerWest TekPartners in 2002. He currently acts as ROI TekPartner's external spokesperson while providing strategic vision for the corporate initiatives. He spearheads corporate development, marketing, and business development. Rich also serves ROI TekPartner's clients as a resource in the areas of business and IT alignment, business process re-engineering and outsourcing, and strategic initiative consulting.

Rich was a Vice President and Managing Director for the Denver practice of Greenbrier & Russel Inc, a national business technology consultancy with nine offices in the US and over $60 million in annual revenue. Greenbrier & Russel specializes in business intelligence and custom application development. In addition, Rich led the Denver practice of The Revere Group, another national business technology consultancy with five offices and over $50 million in revenue. The Revere Group's focus was package application implementation and e-business consulting. Rich was the Director of Strategic Business for a leading Colorado network and system integration company and was responsible for projects with national and local clients totaling over $25 million in annual revenue.

In addition to his leadership experiences, Rich has served as the engagement manager on numerous projects and initiatives. He was responsible for the implementation of a Peoplesoft payroll and HR system for a restaurant chain with over 400 stores and 2500 employees, the design and creation of custom-built workflow applications for a data cabling contractor and a mortgage brokerage firm, and the deployment of new and upgraded financial systems using Oracle, Microsoft, and Sage Software technologies. Rich has been responsible for the architectural design and installation of multi-city wide area networks and multi-server data centers.

Rich began his career with Ernst and Young and earned a CPA designation while working in a variety of industries. In 1990, he shifted his focus to marketing and business development within the technology industry. Over the past fifteen years, Rich has worked for and with technology consultants, resellers, system integrators, and application developers in Colorado. He has worked or partnered with countless technology manufacturers and service providers, including Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Compaq, Sun Microsystems, Peoplesoft, Novell, Qwest, Level 3, Cisco Systems, Dell, AT&T and IBM. He has served hundreds of Colorado clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies with 50,000 employees to small businesses with 15 employees. In addition to his focus on providing clients with technology-based solutions, he founded an investment company in 1995 to place private equity into Colorado's burgeoning technology sector, and in 1999, he served as President and CEO of a startup company that provided web hosting and application services.

Rich received a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame, graduating with high honors, and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Columbia University, also graduating with high honors.
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