Who is Kent Greenes?

Kent worked in BP for 17 years where he started as a geophysicist and progressed through a variety of operations and management positions. He initiated and directed BP's global Virtual Teamwork (VT) Program, which received an award in the 1997 Computerworld Smithsonian Awards. Under his leadership as Head of Knowledge Management, BP received their first Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Award and has been a recipient ever since 1998.

Kent joined SAIC as their CKO in 1999 and built a KM consulting practice in the public and private sectors. His clients included Saudi Aramco, Unocal, Nexen, Amerada Hess, British American Tobacco, Frito Lay, Entergy, Johnson & Johnson, Northrop Grumman, US Army, Navy, and Air Force, NORTHCOM and the Defense Intelligence Agency.

In 2005, Kent initiated SAIC’s internal business transformation initiative to become a high performance company. By weaving proven KM practices into Six Sigma, SAIC was able to accelerate changes in their core business processes and improve cash flow by millions of dollars. In addition, SAIC received their first MAKE Awards in 2005, winning in both the North America and Global categories. Kent is the only person in the world to have led more than one company to this coveted award.

Kent’s experience and insights in KM have been documented in magazine articles and over twenty books, including: Company Command: Unleashing the Power of the Army Profession; The Wealth of Knowledge: Intellectual Capital and the Twenty-first Century Organization, Performance Through Learning, Lost Knowledge, Simplicity, Learning to Fly, The Knowledge Engine, Lost Knowledge and Knowledge Capital. Kent has also appeared on the Bloomberg Financial Network and several other television programs.

Kent started his own consulting practice in January, 2006, to provide leaders with coaching and advice in KM. He is Executive in Residence at George Washington University where his is initiating a new program to research the Enterprise of the Future. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Knowledge Management, and a founding member of several KM consortiums and communities. Kent holds a B.S. Degree in Geology from Kent State University and a M.S Degree in Geophysics from University of Arizona. Kent also completed the Executive Program from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.


KENT GREENES
	Kent A. Greenes FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, GREENES CONSULTING Kent has worked internationally in a variety of executive, operations, technology and business renewal roles in the energy and engineering industries. Recognized globally as a pioneer in the field of Knowledge Management (KM), Fortune Magazine identified him in 1999 as the world’s leading money-maker in the field as a result of his track record of results for British Petroleum. Along with Jack Welch and Michael Dell, Kent was recognized as one of the top twenty knowledge leaders in the world by the Teleos 2000 Most Admired Knowledge Leaders survey.
Kent worked in BP for 17 years where he started as a geophysicist and progressed through a variety of operations and management positions. He initiated and directed BP's global Virtual Teamwork (VT) Program, which received an award in the 1997 Computerworld Smithsonian Awards. Under his leadership as Head of Knowledge Management, BP received their first Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Award and has been a recipient ever since 1998. Kent joined SAIC as their CKO in 1999 and built a KM consulting practice in the public and private sectors. His clients included Saudi Aramco, Unocal, Nexen, Amerada Hess, British American Tobacco, Frito Lay, Entergy, Johnson & Johnson, Northrop Grumman, US Army, Navy, and Air Force, NORTHCOM and the Defense Intelligence Agency. In 2005, Kent initiated SAIC’s internal business transformation initiative to become a high performance company. By weaving proven KM practices into Six Sigma, SAIC was able to accelerate changes in their core business processes and improve cash flow by millions of dollars. In addition, SAIC received their first MAKE Awards in 2005, winning in both the North America and Global categories. Kent is the only person in the world to have led more than one company to this coveted award. Kent’s experience and insights in KM have been documented in magazine articles and over twenty books, including: Company Command: Unleashing the Power of the Army Profession; The Wealth of Knowledge: Intellectual Capital and the Twenty-first Century Organization, Performance Through Learning, Lost Knowledge, Simplicity, Learning to Fly, The Knowledge Engine, Lost Knowledge and Knowledge Capital. Kent has also appeared on the Bloomberg Financial Network and several other television programs. Kent started his own consulting practice in January, 2006, to provide leaders with coaching and advice in KM. He is Executive in Residence at George Washington University where his is initiating a new program to research the Enterprise of the Future. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Knowledge Management, and a founding member of several KM consortiums and communities. Kent holds a B.S. Degree in Geology from Kent State University and a M.S Degree in Geophysics from University of Arizona. Kent also completed the Executive Program from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.
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