JD Harris is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Argent Reach. In his over three-decade career in technology consulting, Harris has served in numerous executive roles, spanning international consulting with Ernst & Young (EY), strengthening Microsoft’s North Central professional services division, leading the transformation and rapid growth of a $50M market-cap cybersecurity services firm, Ascent Solutions, and now the launch and scaling of Argent Reach. He has played instrumental roles in helping management teams and boards achieve recap and M&A transactions. Two of Harris’ past companies achieved successful exits: HighJump Software was sold to 3M for $72M and Kiva Systems to Amazon for $775M, Amazon’s largest acquisition at the time. Harris is known for guiding companies through investor relationships, stagnation, or greater untapped potential. Through Harris’ career, he won the Minneapolis Star Tribunes’ #1 Company for Values and Ethics at Ascent Solutions, received Microsoft’s Intelligent Security Association (MISA) 2023 Security Trailblazer Award, was nominated for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017 and in 2021, and served as a Forbes Business Council member and online contributor. Harris is a frequent speaker to organizations, Boards of Directors, and management teams on strategy, leadership, culture advancement, and cybersecurity. Harris has guided companies of all industries through incident remediation, spanning Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. Argent Reach provides executive advisory and incident prevention, detection, and response services built for your business.