James Hardie:
CLASS OF 1991
Stevenson High SchoolClass of 1991
Livonia, MI
Eastern Michigan UniversityClass of 1995
Ypsilanti, MI
Schoolcraft CollegeClass of 1993
Livonia, MI
Holmes Middle SchoolClass of 1987
Livonia, MI
Marshall Elementary SchoolClass of 1985
Livonia, MI
James's Story
Life
Married to Kristen (Gazdecki) Class of 1992 Stevenson High School. I have 2 children, Savanah Hope and James Joseph (JJ). Live in Brighton, MI.
Launched my first company in 2004 the XCEND Group (xcendgroup.com). A consulting firm specializing in Security, Service Oriented Management, Computing on Demand, Managed Services and Application Development. Partnered with major Hardware and Software vendors such as Altiris, Dell, Durado,HP, Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare and others acting as their sales and professional services arm.
Launched my second company in 2007 XCENSION (xcension.com). A business consulting firm specializing in financial planning and financial management. Partnered with Intuit as a mid-market solution provider and Quickbooks Pro Advisor.
Launching my thrid company in 2008 in real estate and office solutions out of Howell, MI with our first tenant hopefully being Big Buck Brewery out of Ann Arbor, MI. Breaking ground this Fall (2008).
With 17 years of experience in Informational Technology Consu...Expand for more
lting. I have consulted and worked for quite a few Fortune 500 companies such as Ford, General Motors, HP. Time Warner, Sprint, K-Mart, Honeywell, EDS, Comcast, Cisco, Xerox, Eaton, ArvinMeritor, Apple Computer, and Kelly Services.
Prior to co-founding the XCEND Group, I worked for Altiris as a Field Systems Engineer supporting the Great Lakes Region and prior to joining Altiris I was a Project Manager and Manager of Engineering for Kelly Services.
I currently hold over 16 technical certifications from a range of vendors such as Altiris, Apple, BMC, Cisco, EMC, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Novell and Sun Microsystems. I attended Eastern Michigan University with a dual major in Computer Science and Criminal Justice and a triple minor in Science and Technology, Military Science and Journalism.
Hobbies include Golf, Skiing, Traveling, Hunting, Paintball, Computers, High End Home Theater, Racing, Writing, Reading, Movies, Playing Games with the family, Landscaping and Biking.
Looking to retire in Kauai some day...
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