KGI provides comprehensive, agile solutions to various Federal agencies, organizations, and commercial entities. Our clients include:
- Department of Defense
- United States Air Force
- United States Navy
- Department of Homeland Security
- United States Coast Guard
- Customs and Immigration Services
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Science and Technology Directorate
- United States Postal Service
- Securities and Exchange Commission
Our People
Kris Kenific
President/CEO
Mr. Kenific founded The Kenific Group Inc. (KGI) in 2011. Since its inception, Mr. Kenific has established the vision needed to design the organization and mature our service offerings necessary to successfully expand our federal and commercial customers base to provide Project and Acquisition Management, Financial Management, Engineering, Training, Logistics, Application Development, Software as a Service, Hardware Design, call center management, and a broad range of IT services. Prior to founding KGI, Mr. Kenific worked at 6 prestigious Fortune 100 companies in operations, project management, IT services, and corporate acquisition strategic planning. Mr. Kenific is responsible for setting the company’s strategic vision, overseeing long term strategic planning, application development investment strategy, and corporate acquisitions.
Kim Bernard
COO
Ms. Bernard is the Chief Operating Officer at the Kenific Group. As such, she is responsible for all operations that support daily execution of client delivery and maturing the organization to enable successful achievement of the CEO’s market growth strategies.
Ms. Bernard’s various initiatives include development the firm’s career model, building a collaborative and creative culture, and implementation of IT infrastructure that enables streamlining of business processes and development of effective operational controls. Ms. Bernard brings over 20 years of consulting experience to the Kenific Group from the federal sector in the areas of acquisition program management, IT, and environmental regulation.
Brandon Kenific
Vice President
Brandon Kenific is the Vice President of Finance. He is solely responsible for managing the company‘s financial activity, working daily on the accounting system and keeping it DCAA compliant. He manages all accounts payable, accounts receivable, and purchase orders. As the Chief Financial Officer, Brandon acts as the liaison to the CEO in reporting the company’s financials.
He is also the Facility Security Officer and ensures the highest standards of compliance are met for the company and personnel with the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. This includes working directly with the Facility Clearance Branch and the company’s industrial security representative as well as company wide training in areas such as insider threat and cyber awareness.
Josh Harding
Vice President
Mr. Harding is the Vice President responsible for business development and operations within the United States Air Force, Army, and Federal Civilian agencies. He is experienced in corporate operations, program and financial management, and managing client relationships.
Mr. Harding has managed contracts for the United States Navy, US Coast Guard, United States Postal Service, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and has extensive experience across the federal government. Prior to KGI, Mr. Harding worked for several national and local political campaigns, the United States Senate, and as a financial consultant for a leading wholesale fuel distributor.
Mr. Harding holds a Political Science degree from James Madison University and a Masters in Business Administration from Fitchburg State University.
Alex Richardson
Vice President
Mr. Richardson is the Vice President and Business Unit Lead for DHS responsible for business development, program and contract management, and day-to-day operations.
He is experienced in corporate operations, customer relationship management, and strategic growth as well as providing consulting services for a variety of acquisition, engineering, naval architecture, configuration management, logistics, risk management, and cloud migration projects.
He has managed multi-million dollar contracts for the US Coast Guard, and has extensive experience across government and private companies supporting a broad range of clients including: USCG, DLA, DSCA, and Capital One. Prior to joining KGI, Mr. Richardson worked at Booz Allen Hamilton, Morgan Borszcz Consulting, and Infinitive.
Mr. Richardson holds a Bachelor’s degree from George Mason University, a Master’s degree in Business from the University of Alabama, is PMP certified, and holds multiple AWS certifications.
Chris Price
Vice President
Mr. Price is the Vice President responsible for providing leadership to the KGI engineering team and facilitating its ongoing business development. Over the course of his 20+ year career, he has developed, integrated, and supported solutions for customers across both government and commercial sectors. Chris has combined an interest in mentorship and strategic planning with this history of expertise to fulfill his current role as advisor for technical delivery.
Prior to KGI, Chris provided engineering support to federal agencies including DISA/DoD, Department of Veterans Affairs, DHS, and USPS. At several agencies, he has acted as a proponent and software architect of custom GIS-based visualization tools, primarily used for organization-wide situational awareness and cost optimization.
Chris has a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in computer engineering, with a specialization in computer science. In addition, he maintains several professional certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), AWS Solutions Architect, and Certified Scrum Master (CSM).