Executive Coach

kevinhart@comcast.net 303.807.3311  linkedin.com/in/kevinthart

Chief Executive Officer | Board Member

Business & Technology Transformation Leader

• Demonstrated leadership excellence with an impactful track record of delivering best-in-class business results:

  • CEO of a national fiber internet network company.

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Product and Technology Officer at one of the largest video, voice, wireless, and internet providers in North America.

  • Chief Information Officer at the first national 4G Wireless Carrier in the U.S.

  • Chief Information Officer at one of the world’s largest internet providers.

  • Vice President and Global Practice Leader at one of the world’s largest management consulting companies.

• Contributions serving as Board of Director:

  • Executive Vice Chairman of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers; led merger with CableLabs.  

  • Executive Committee Board Member of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance. 

  • Board Member of Incompas. Advisory Committee for Google Cloud.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Corporate Leadership & Strategic Planning

• Technology & Network Transformation

• M&A and Business Growth Strategy

• Board of Directors Leadership

• Operations and Organizational Development

• Executive Talent Development

• Digital & Cultural Transformation

• Management Consulting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SEGRA, Charlotte, NC 2021 – 2024

Leading independent fiber network company in US. Valued at $5.1 billion; 1,400 employees.

Chief Executive Officer

• Led multi-year transformation, growing revenues and earnings by 40% in 18 months. 

• Acquired and integrated UPN, expanding footprint and operations from 9 to 28 States.

• Improved Customer NPS 53% and Employee NPS 68%.

COX COMMUNICATIONS, Atlanta, GA 2011 – 2021

Largest private telecom company in America, $13 billion in revenue; 18,000 employees

Executive Vice President, Chief Product & Technology Officer, 

• Oversaw $20B in capex investment with an annual budget of $3B, doubled Return on Invested Capital to 12%, and led 8,000 FTEs with Employee Opinion Score of 92%.

• Enabled revenue growth from $9B to $13B with 40% EBITDA growth.

• Acquired over 1M new customers, transformed products, networks, systems, and operations.

CLEARWIRE, Seattle, WA 2009 – 2011

Telecommunications company with $600 million in revenue; 2,000 employees

Chief Information Officer

• Led IT, Enterprise Network Deployment Planning Office, and BPM functions, reported to CEO, during period of most rapid growth from 2009 to 2011, acquiring over 3.5M new 4G customers. 

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, Denver, CO 2005 – 2009

Leading Telecommunications Company. $4 billion in revenue; 4,000 employees.

GVP & Chief Information Officer 

• Led IT transformation, acquired and integrated 8 companies, and quadrupled revenues to $4B. 

CAPGEMINI / ERNST & YOUNG, Dallas, TX 1995 – 2004

Leading global management consulting firm. $24 billion in revenue.

Vice President 

• Led Capgemini’s Telecommunications Media Entertainment Global Operations Support Systems practice, delivered over $100M in award-winning solutions to over 50 industry-leading companies.

FOUNDATIONAL EXPERIENCE

INTERNATIONAL PAPER, Houston, TX 1993 – 1995

Director of Strategic Planning

• Developed $300M Strategic Capital Investment Plan that was approved by the IP Board.

SBC/AT&T, Kansas City, MO 1989 – 1993

Manager

• Managed Network operations and Telefuture 2000 initiative at SBC/AT&T.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Notre Dame, with Honors

• Served as MBA Class President and delivered graduation speech.

Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering, University of Tulsa

• Soccer Captain, MVP, first-team Academic All-Midwest, team set NCAA DI Men’s Soccer record of 39 consecutive home wins that still stands today.

INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

• CBJ Most Admired CEO

• Multichannel News CTO of the Year

• Cablefax Technology Executive of the Year

• Cablefax 100 Most Influential

• 3 Time CIO Magazine CIO 100 Winner

• #1 Fastest Network - Nielson and Ookla  

PHILANTHROPIC LEADERSHIP

Co-Founder, Swim Across America Atlanta

• Raised over $5 million for pediatric cancer research at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Levine Cancer Institute, funding 2 cancer treatment drugs that progressed to clinical trials.

Health & Wellness Coach, Workshop Facilitator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Deutser Consulting –Associate; Houston, TX; June 2023 – Dec 2024

• Co-authored white paper on the science of workplace belonging for business leader audience. 

• Researched and developed a validated organizational health assessment with Dr. Izzy Bilotta to assess strategic and cultural health of organizations. 

• Researched and developed behavioral competency service for clients to standardize and track key performance behaviors, promoting equity in internal processes. 

• Updated business plan and program resources for the Deutser Sports Institute, a service that improves belonging, culture, leadership & performance of D1 athletics teams. 

• Researched and presented a book go-to-market strategy to company CEO and consultants. 

Mercer Consulting- Summer Intern; Houston, TX; June 2024 - August 2024

• Conducted research to evaluate salary and compensation practices of several organizations in a large medical center. 

• Developed skills of creating job architectures, career streams, and compensation analyses using employee datasets.

• Researched and created an employee value proposition persona framework, collaborating with an international team 

of consultants to create a template for developing data-driven employee personas. 

Dr. Hebl & Dr. King Research Lab – Research Assistant; Houston, TX; January 2023 – Present

• Conducted a yearlong project with advisor, Dr. Mikki Hebl, after receiving $1000 research award from the Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program. 

• First author of discrimination chapter in the Encyclopedia of Organizational Psychology. 

• Co-authored chapter for upcoming book on the science of workplace diversity training. 

• Engaging in psychological research tasks on challenges of workplace discrimination and strategies for reducing it.

WorKing Resilience Lab – Manager & Research Assistant; Houston, TX; January 2023 – Present

• Working closely with PI and resilience expert, Dr. Danielle King, to manage research team. 

• Performing research tasks related to employee resilience, motivation, performance, and burnout. RICE UNIVERSITY Houston, TX

Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Sciences December 2024

• Cumulative GPA: 3.97 / 4.00 

• Awards:Janessa Shapiro Prize for Best Psychology Honors Thesis (2024), Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program (2024), Psychology Honors Program (2024), Psi Chi Honor Society (2024), Rice President’s Honor Roll (2021-2024), CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Medal (2022), IMG Salutatorian (2021), IMG Global Activist (2021), EOD Scholarship Recipient (2021) 

• Relevant Courses: Organizational Behavior, I-O Psychology, Spanish, Design Thinking, Economics, Computational Thinking, Research Methods, Statistics for Social Science, Microeconomics.

SOCCER STUDENT ATHLETE ___

Rice Division I Soccer–Student-Athlete; Houston, TX; August 2021– Dec 2021

• Played for soccer team ranked as high as 13th in the country. 

IMG Academy Soccer–Student-Athlete; Bradenton, FL;Sep 2016 – May 2021

• Finished top 5 at National Championship as starting midfielder (2021). 

• Scrimmaged Washington Spirit NWSL team, including Trinity Rodman and Kelly O’Hara (2021).

• Won Southeast Conference Championship while starting and playing alongside Hermann Trophy winner and NWSL Pro, Michelle Cooper (2019-2021).

• Captained National Championship quarterfinal team & rated a Topdrawer top 20 Nationals player (2019). 

LEADERSHIP & INVOLVEMENT __________

Swim Across America –Fundraiser and Volunteer; May 2012 - Present

• Led teams to raise over $11,000 for cancer research through Swim Across America. 

Partnership for Advancement and Immersion of Refugees – Volunteer; September 2022 – May 2023

• Volunteered weekly as tutor for refugee students at Las Americas Middle School.

IMG National Honor Society – President; May 2019 – May 2021

• Organized 100 members to raise over $10,000 for local charities, delivered monthly speeches to update and inspire membership, coordinated weekly volunteer opportunities, and volunteered over 100 hours.

Skills: Academic Writing, Business Writing, Jamovi, Excel, R, Qualtrics, Microsoft Suite, Zotero.

Other Interests: LearningSpanish, Running, Nature, Coffee, Yoga, & Dogs.