Dr. Frank Lee Harper Jr.

Dr. Frank Lee Harper, Jr., the Founder and World Champion of Agile Leadership Concepts, is a Distinguished Scholar, Industrial Engineer, Computer Technologist, Corporate Educator / Administrator, Unconventional Strategist, Think Tank Mastermind, Agile Leadership Founder & Coach, and Serial Innopreneur. The intelligent—tenacious leadership insights of this “Strategic hustler™” were discovered and sharpened leading and managing organizations, portfolios, programs, and projects—having combined budgets ($4-plus Billion)—across multiple industries, disciplines, and technologies globally. These insights have enabled Dr. Harper to influence the delivery of innovation and excellence resulting in measured strategic breakthroughs totaling combined savings/ growth ($10-plus Billion), to businesses (conglomerates to startups), international institutions of higher education, and governments (foreign and domestic); having combined revenues ($1-plus Trillion). His storied 35-plus year career has a professional progression; as a leader and individual contributor; including 20-plus years in international operations spanning five continents. A benefiter of numerous successes, and significant failures, he has been featured in various media as a trailblazing thought leader. Dr. Harper's leadership insights which coin the effective disruptive leader in the 21st century a “Strategic hustler™” is taught globally to current and aspiring leaders from all levels of society. They have the desire, discipline, and determination to create a better world. A well-respected community leader, who developed award-winning com- munity-based proactive educational programs applauded by government leaders, including President Bill Clinton, Dr. Harper is a former board member to: US Congressional Advisory Board, Georgia School Age Care Association and Vice Chairperson, School Governance Council of Towers High School located in Decatur, Georgia. His speeches inspire audiences globally with the message: “Dare to Dream, Achieve, and Transfer!” A survivor of a high crime-ridden area, Dr. Harper, the provost and associate professor of agile leadership & project management at Cambridge Corporate University (Switzerland), is a lifetime member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; was a two-sport scholar-athlete/letterman in high school (James Hillhouse High) and college—also serving 22 years as a park-rec/high school football coach. He earned a PhD, with distinction, from Columbia Commonwealth University in administration and management, an MBA in marketing, MSc in industrial engineering, and BSc (cum laude) in computer technology all from the University of New Haven. An alumnus of Strategy Execution University [Institute of Strategy Execution] (Belgium), Dr. Harper is a Presidential Scholar, currently completing a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at Cambridge Corporate University. The holder of 20-plus globally recognized professional certifications, the most current being: Project Management Professional, Governance of Enterprise Information and Technology, Lean Six-Sigma, Organizational Change Management, SCRUM [Master, Product Owner, Developer, Agile Master, & Trainer], Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain Foundations. His biography appears in numerous Who’s Who publications (high school, college, professional, and executive). Dr. Harper has global advisory board experience organizations in: Africa, Pakistan, Switzerland, Singapore, and the US. He is a proud role model, uncle-grandpa, uncle-daddy, legal guardian, and godfather, who is devoted to the “Christ-like” mindset and enjoys spiritual truth seeking. His favorite motto is “Leaders Are Born to Be Made!”