J5 Consulting

Micha Harris, MBA
Certified CMMI Associate 2.0 (Former)
CMMC Registered Practitioner (Through 2023)

Micha Harris is an accomplished and results-oriented Operations Leader/ Business Developer and Strategist/Mobilizer/Talent Developer/Change Agent/ Quality Management Subject Matter Expert who loves watching people and businesses reach their full potential.

Ms. Harris holds over ten (10) years of Audit and Compliance experience and has served in previous roles such as Director of Corporate Services, Audit and Compliance Officer and Vice President of Operations. As a Certified CMMI Associate and previous Registered Practitioner for CMMC, Ms. Harris brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as a go-to expert for Audit and Compliance and a leader in Strategy Development.

In her previous roles, she led several teams and organizations through multiple successful audits for CMMI Services and Development Maturity Level 1, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 20000-1:2018. Ms. Harris has also coupled her audit experience with industry knowledge to successfully integrate internal audit programs for several organizations reducing their external audit time by more than 50% and producing cost savings of over 25%. In addition to her audit and compliance background, Ms. Harris has over 10 years of experience executing quality assurance and risk management processes to ensure contract and corporate compliance, while owning the development and implementation of policies and processes that can be leveraged to formulate scalable, best practices that meet compliance with industry, cybersecurity, and government relations.

For her previous employer, Steel Point Solutions, Ms. Harris developed and launched a new Cybersecurity Compliance and Consultation Service to include marketing campaign, business development artifacts, and pipeline strategies reducing their barrier to entry in a new market. This new service offering increased Steel Point’s competitive advantage resulting in six new customers in the new market in less than one year.
Ms. Harris uses her CMMC background to support small businesses with assessing their cybersecurity posture while implementing sustainable, cost-effective solutions that ensure compliance with industry and government regulations. In her current role as Vice President of Operations for J5 Consulting, another small, minority-owned, 8(a), Information Technology firm, Ms. Harris is responsible for driving strategic direction and improving efficiency of operations across the matrix of the organization to reduce costs, drive process improvement and streamline operations.

Ms. Harris completed her highest degree of Master of Business Administration from University of Maryland Global Campus and graduated with a 4.0, leading to her induction into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.