Alec Sharp
Alec Sharp
Alec Sharp
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Alec Sharp
The University of Maryland Division of Information Technology hosted a senior consultant to discuss
process improvement. Alec Sharp, a founder of Clariteq Systems Consulting Ltd., highly rated
conference speaker, bestselling author, and a consultant with over 35 years of experience spoke for a
few hours for a small group of students and faculty. I was invited to go as an applicant for the QUEST
program, and I was very excited to hear him speak. My father is a consultant, so I have heard him
speak on numerous occasions about his profession, but it was fascinating to hear an accredited
professional speak about consulting from another point of view. Sharp talked about his experience
with several companies and their quest to reengineer their business processes. Sharps main idea was
that many processes are outdated for the fast-paced world we live in today. There were five key points
that were addressed during the course of the presentation.
Overall Sharp left us with one important point from his presentation: it is important to take a step back
and look at the main goal of what you are trying to accomplish. If all of the different pieces that make a
project or a company cannot fit together to accomplish that single, unified goal, the process needs to be
reengineered. None of the department should get in each others way or impede the race to accomplish
the end goal. This is applicable in my own life because I often get caught up with individual projects or
classes, but it is important to see my end goal: graduate with a bachelors degree in neurobiology and
physiology, and work towards getting into medical school.
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