Rich Kepenach

Manager, IT FedEx

  • Lakeland FL

Experienced dynamic speaker that can discuss complex system architecture and systems design to any level of audience.

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Biography

I have over 20 years in the transportation and logistic business building powerful decision systems, workflows, and mobile systems. The projects are all very complex using cutting edge technologies, virtual teams, proven project and analysis methodologies and quality focus application development. I have been the CIO for smaller organizations that were owned by the parent company. I have directed the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery responsibilities for over 10 years.

Manager of IT systems development across the enterprise with the most time spent in operations and logistics. Developed dock, yard, P & D, route planning, and route optimization systems. Lead teams of over 45, currently working with virtual teams. Managed a $60M development budget.

Industry Expertise

Logistics and Supply Chain
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Information Technology and Services

Areas of Expertise

Large Scale Architectual Design
Systems Analysis - Requirements Gathering
Business Continuity Planning

Accomplishments

CBCP

Certified Business Continuity Professional

PMP

Project Management Professional

Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology

BS

Industrial Engineering

1984

St Leo University

MBA

Business

2001

Nova SouthEastern

PhD

Computer Science

in progress

Affiliations

  • St Petersburg College

Event Appearances

Title

USF IT Colloquium  http://poly.usf.edu/ITColloquium/

2009-10-21

Title

Raymond James Financials  St Petersburg, Florida

2008-08-18

Sample Talks

Business Continuity Planning - 8 steps to creating a plan

This is an entry level discussion on how to get started with a business continuity plan. The discussion goes in depth on type of issues/questions that need to be answered in planning.

Kepenach, R. (2007). Business Continuity Plan Design: 8 Steps for Getting Started Designing a Plan, Second International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection (ICIMP 2007), p. 27, July 1-6, 2007

Complex Project Management

Lessons Learned from managing 50,000+ hour projects

Creating Great Business Requirements

An advanced business analyst discussion on tools and tips for keeping projects on track

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