Senior technology judgment, scoped to a school's reality.
Engagements flex from a standing advisory relationship to hands-on project leadership. Most begin with an audit and a first board report.
Governance and board reporting
Your trustees govern with confidence. You get plain-language updates and risk dashboards they can read, question, and act on.
Technology audit and risk
You see your real exposure before it becomes a problem. I give you a clear-eyed review of systems, vendors, contracts, and risk, with a ranked list of what to fix first.
Strategy and roadmap
You stop guessing what comes next. I build a sequenced, budget-aware technology plan tied to your academic priorities and capital cycle.
Cybersecurity and data privacy
You protect student data and reduce liability. I set a practical security posture, student data privacy alignment, and cyber-insurance readiness, without alarmism.
Operations and vendor oversight
You get more from what you already spend. I bring right-sized processes, sane vendor management, and an IT team that knows where it's headed.
Interim and project leadership
You keep moving when a project or a role is on the line. I step in to lead an SIS migration, a network rebuild, or a leadership gap.
A calm, repeatable cadence.
No surprises, no jargon. The same loop every term, so the board always knows where things stand.
Listen
You get a leader who hears the full picture first. I talk with your head, business officer, IT staff, and board chair to learn the real constraints before I recommend anything.
Assess
You see where you actually stand. I run a structured audit of systems, security, vendors, and spend, measured against where the school wants to go.
Prioritize
You know what to fix first and what it costs. I give you a short, ranked list of what matters this term, this year, and this capital cycle. That includes the policies and controls your board needs in place, with costs attached.
Report
You walk into the board meeting ready. I hand you a snapshot in plain language that shows what's on track, what to watch, and what needs a decision.
Execute
You stop wondering whether the plan moves. I provide standing oversight that keeps the work on course and keeps your team pointed in one direction.
The point of this loop is governance: clear board oversight, documented decisions, and a risk picture your trustees own.
This is a typical engagement. Every school is different, so scope and pace flex to your needs. Steps one through four form your first engagement. Step five is the standing relationship.
"I lead cybersecurity and AI risk work, and Kenneth is someone I trust with both. He builds order where there was none. He led our policy repository and major platform migrations, and each one reduced cost and risk. A team would be lucky to inherit what he sets up."
I turn complex technology into decisions a board can actually make.
For more than twenty years I have led technology across media, government, education, healthcare, and telecom. These are places where uptime, privacy, and public trust carry real consequences. That work taught me where risk hides and how boards lose sight of it.
Schools sit in a harder spot. Most run on outsourced IT with no one accountable to the board for the technology risk. That is the gap I close. I bring the same discipline I built in high-stakes sectors and turn it into oversight your trustees own.
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Technology Management. I also care deeply about closing the rural digital divide and building tech awareness in young people.