Chris Hornick – President & CEO

Mr. Hornick is a Founders of HBSC and is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of the Firm. He has a wide variety of experience working with CEOs, CFOs and CIOs in planning and executing mission critical business strategies, operational improvements and organizational change initiatives. Over the past six years he has served clients as interim-CIO, interim-COO and Engagement Director and has helped numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as pre-IPO start-ups.

He has extensive hands-on executive experience in business strategy, technology, operations and general management and has run numerous Enterprise-level Program Management Offices. He has over 16 years of consulting experience working in High-tech, Financial Services and Healthcare and has helped numerous Sales, Finance and IT organizations achieve Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Mr. Hornick has also helped organizations develop innovative product architectures, improve business processes and create highly scalable enterprise architectures. His most recent focus has been working with top-level managers to create high-performance businesses that leverage Web 2.0 technologies, online collaborations and business process outsourcing.

Prior to joining HBSC, Mr. Hornick was an executive at Scient Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Senior Financial Analyst at Salomon Brothers and began his career as a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mr. Hornick sits on several Advisory Boards of Pre-IPO start-up companies and is a certified PMI/PMP Instructor. He is a graduate of Rutgers University with dual degrees in Computer Science and Economics, holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science and an MBA from Columbia University.

Michael Skeate – Vice President of Technology

Mr. Skeate is responsible for setting the technology direction of HBS Consulting. He specializes in IT Strategy and architecting enterprise software systems. He has over 15 years of professional experience working as a senior-level technology advisor, enterprise architect, and software product manager. His project experiences cross many different industries including Financial Services, Hi-Tech, E-Business, Telecommunications, as well as with government agencies such as NASA, DOD and DOE.

Mr. Skeate is an expert in methodologies for enterprise software implementation including Rational Unified Process, UML modeling, and Catalysis (a component-based approach). He has expert knowledge of enterprise architecture, middleware, enterprise application integration (EAI), and web services. Mr. Skeate’s other technical interests include Business Intelligence, Decision Science, Soft Computing, BPM and product development. He is a graduate of Harvey Mudd (Claremont Colleges) with an undergraduate and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering. He also holds an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix.

Gary Bhatia– Director

Mr. Bhatia is a seasoned business and technology professional with over 15 years of experience in information technology and business consulting, technology management, systems engineering and program management. Mr. Bhatia has a strong background and education in the areas of IT and business strategy, finance, operations, product management, and marketing. Mr. Bhatia has advised many CxO and Director level executives from various industries on multi-million dollar initiatives. He has worked with executives from large Fortune 500 companies to start-ups. He has presented at international conferences on both technical and business topics.

Mr. Bhatia has experience developing and setting up Program Management Offices and has a strong background in COBIT, SDLCs, PDLCs, Six Sigma, BPR, ISO9000, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Mr. Bhatia has led multiple engagements in the areas of Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure, Server and Storage Architecture, Business Continuity, Data, Systems, and Network Security, Regulatory Compliance, Backup & Recovery, Datacenter Consolidation, Outsourcing, ERP, CRM, BPM, Business Process Improvement, Financial Applications, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Database, Vendor and Technology Evaluations, and Business Strategy. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering and has an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.