Overview.Harris Management Solutions was created as a Texas Limited Liability Company, in 2013. With the corporate headquarters in Friendswood, Texas, the intent was to provide a broad spectrum of professional management and consulting services, such as strategic planning, program, project, construction and facilities management.
In 2014, Harris Management Solutions began a series of focused pro bono initiatives throughout the Greater Houston area. These initiatives were designed to “give back” to the local community. These management consulting services were designed based on the specific needs of each client, and allowed them to better achieve their short range and long term goals in those areas. The focus of these management services was on local charities, and a few small businesses that were teetering on failure. The three well-known/well-established Houston charitable organizations desired assistance in different areas. After completing an operational assessment to determine the state of organizational health and desired improvements, Harris Management Solutions provided tailored management services that improved their operational and educational client services, assisted them in the development of client career transition programs, and facilitated the development of general operational and organizational processes and procedures. With respect to the small businesses in dire straits, Harris Management Solutions again conducted comprehensive operational assessments to determine areas where these businesses needed assistance. Areas included creating corporate standard operating procedures and best business processes, developing business and marketing development strategies and the development of profit and loss processes and procedures. These professional management services improved revenue in excess of $250k, and increased overall business effectiveness and efficiencies, resulting in an annual savings in excess of $175k. In 2018, Harris Management Solutions applied for, and was verified as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). It was also during this period that Harris Management Solutions became aware of the significant societal problem of the recidivism of recently released convicted felons back into the life of crime. Harris Management Systems applied for a “Doing Business As” certification from the State of Texas, and New Horizons Employment Solutions, LLC was born. Vision. After graduating from West Point in 1981, Tom Harris went on to serve this great nation for 27 years, retiring as an Active Duty Army Colonel. After spending 6 years in the corporate world, rising from project manager to Senior Vice President, Chief of Operations for a Project, Program and Construction Management firm, Tom’s desire is to create an integrity-based company that provides unparalleled Professional Advocacy, Management and Staffing Services. New Horizons will allow the realization of this goal, by providing opportunities and serving our employees, and providing dedicated, motivated, capable and loyal personnel for our respective clients; all while giving back to the communities in which we operate. Tom’s vision is to create a company that is the commercial embodiment of the West Point Motto: Duty, Honor, Country. Regardless of the challenges our employees (felons) and clients (employers) face, New Horizons Employment Solutions, LLC will provide innovative, sustainable solutions to meet our employee and client unique and diverse needs and/or requirements. We will constantly strive to achieve superlative results, by finding and employing exceptional people. Knowledgeable of, and certified in, industry management and staffing techniques and processes, we also have the experience and the expertise to get this unique job done, no matter where the mission takes us. Most of all, We Care. Again, this is a Cause, not simply a business. Our motto: “You have Challenges; We Provide Solutions” defines who we are, what we do, and how we do it. |
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The Founder: President & CEO.Tom Harris, a native Houstonian, retired from the U.S. Army as an Active Duty Colonel with 30 years in uniform. Residing in Friendswood, Texas, he began his civilian career as a project manager for a Veteran Owned Small Business. Over the next few years, he was promoted to Program Manager, Regional Director and ultimately, Senior Vice President, Chief of Operations (COO). He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and a member of both Society of American Military Engineers and Construction Management Association of America. Lisa, his wife of 35 years, is an elementary school teacher. They have 2 children: Jennifer, a Captain in the Army Medical Services Corps, and TJ (Tom Jr.), a Captain in the Air Defense Artillery.
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