KM Systems Group - Our Team

Our deep expertise in strategy and technology has established KM Systems Group as a premier consulting firm offering earned value management and program management expertise to the private and public sector. Our consultants have experience across all phases of the information technology systems life cycle. Our teams apply a rapid implementation approach based on process templates and application components designed to accelerate program progress.

Our principals average more than 20 years of experience; are nationally recognized experts in earned value management, acquisition strategy, and program management disciplines in the enterprise wide information technology environment; and have extensive public and private sector experience.

Our Principals

Kevin L. Martin

President & Founder

Mr. Martin’s experience spans more than 25 years of planning and implementing information-driven business improvements for Fortune 500 clients and major government agencies, by employing business process improvement and systems integration solutions. His work has included all phases of the information systems development lifecycle, from strategic planning through the design, development, and implementation of large-scale systems and has delivered core applications, package applications, web services and enterprise portals. Mr. Martin is a recognized expert in the field of information systems and technology development and acquisition, and earned value management having testified as an expert witness in numerous cases for Fortune 100 clients.

Prior to founding KM Systems Group, Mr. Martin was Senior Vice-President and Global Chief Knowledge Officer at KPMG Consulting, where he served on the firm’s Executive and Operating Committee along with other key executives and industry practice leaders. He had responsibility for development of the $3 billion global consultancy’s business strategy, process improvement and knowledge management solutions offerings, in addition for developing the company’s our knowledge management approach. Mr. Martin specialized in the project management of major software development programs, and developed KPMG’s Program and Project Management methodologies. He has served on the Board of Directors, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and is an active member of the Project Management Institute and NDIA Management Systems Committee.

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Joseph R. Houser

Mr. Houser has over 35 years experience of program and financial management in both the commercial and the government sectors. Recently, he supported major capital acquisition programs at the Federal Aviation Administration in the areas of risk, metrics, schedule, and earned value management. Prior to KM Systems Group, Mr. Houser was a Deputy Program Manager with both SAIC and Lockheed Martin. Mr. Houser held corporate level responsibilities for earned value management for IBM and Lockheed Martin.

Mr. Houser is a founding member and past Chairman of the Board and President of the Program Management Institute - College of Performance Management. He is a member and past Chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Program Management Systems Committee. He served as the NDIA industry advisor to the Department of Defense Performance Measurement Joint Executive Group (PMJEG). He has published several papers and is an international speaker and lecturer on cost/schedule control and managment.

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Matthew G. Schneble

Mr. Schneble has over twelve years of successful experience in high-growth technical companies. With KM Systems Group, he has: designed, developed, and implemented an integrated an integrated suite of program management applications to support the execution of program management using earned value; installed and configured desktop and enterprise applications and databases to support program managers, control account managers, program control analysts and contracting officers; and developed and delivered training programs supporting the use of program management analysis and reporting applications.

Formerly, Mr. Schneble was a partner and founder of Akiga, an IT software distributor, reseller, and professional services provider. He also worked as the Vice President for Products and Professional Services for OptiGlobe Communications, Inc.

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