Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar is an accomplished IT leader and strategist with 25+ years of experience for diverse organizations, such as U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Bancorp, and Schnitzer Steel Industries. He currently works for Kaiser Permanente’s Infrastructure Management Group as Practice Manager and Principle Engineer.

Among his many volunteer activities, Pradeep Kumar is the President Emeritus for the Portland Chapter of the Society for Information Management(SIM) where he was instrumental in driving a successful STEM outreach program focusing on middle school kids. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and currently serves as the chair of the Oregon IEEE Communication Society. He also serves on the Business Information Systems(BIS) Advisory Council for the school of business at Oregon State University as well as on the Engineering Advisory Council (UPEAC) for the school of engineering at the University of Portland.

Pradeep holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and an MBA from the University of Portland and originally hails from Malaysia.