Harry Featherstone

Mr. Featherstone has over 40 years of experience in leadership and management positions in the federal government and private industry. He is recognized internationally for his work in the areas of strategic planning, program management, business process analysis, and process reengineering in the functional areas of logistics, materials management, and financial management. He has led corporate branding and cultural change initiatives and served as the Publisher for a quarterly journal dedicated to improving performance in public sector operations.

Mr. Featherstone has extensive experience in analyzing a wide variety of ongoing business processes and identifying strategies and methods for quality, cost, and cycle time improvement opportunities. He has identified enabling technology opportunities and strategies to transition from paper-based operating methodologies to standardized and codified electronic reporting formats. He has personally developed numerous data exchange standards and implementation guides which serve as the standard for data exchange among various government and private sector trading partners.

Mr. Featherstone is well versed in the use of Electronic Commerce (EC) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) as enabling technologies for implementing improved business practices. He has been extensively involved in both the national and international EDI standards development process where he chaired numerous technical working groups. He has served as the United States representative to the UN/CEFACT Steering Committee and has long been considered one of the foremost experts within the EDI standards community.

Mr. Featherstone holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina and a M.B.A., With Distinction, in Business Administration from the University of Michigan.