Keith Harris, Kemtah Chairman of the Board, Delivers Inspirational Commencement Address for Eastern New Mexico University – Roswell Graduation Ceremony.

Albuquerque, NM
July 29, 2008

Keith Harris, Chairman of the Board for the Kemtah Group, Inc., was chosen to deliver the commencement address for the 2008 graduation class at ENMU – Roswell. Mr. Harris’s son, Tim, was the inspiration for the heartwarming and personal address.

“My story begins on a cold and wet January morning in 1986. My wife Jeannie had just given birth to our second son, Timothy. Shortly after Tim’s birth, our doctor asked me to follow him to a separate room to have a talk. Our doctor told me that Tim had Down syndrome and asked me if I knew what that meant. My head was spinning – panic had clearly set in. He then asked me if I wanted to tell my wife or whether he should tell her. I told him that I would.
“As long as I live, I’ll never forget the look on Jeannie’s face as I entered the room. She knew instinctively that something was wrong. My heart broke for her, for our newborn son Tim, and for our family. Would our lives ever be the same?”

Tim Harris was a member of the 2008 graduating class, and in Keith’s own words,

“Over the past four years, Tim has grown and matured beyond our wildest dreams. He’s learned, like we all need to at some point, that in addition to being fun, life sometimes includes hard work, tricky relationship issues, deadlines, dirty laundry, late nights, early mornings, you know – adult responsibility. Tim is leaving here with many, if not all, of the skills and experience he needs to be an independent, confident, contributing member of society.”

The full text of Mr. Harris’s commencement address can be viewed here.

About The Kemtah Group
Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Kemtah Group is a premier IT Infrastructure Support and Transformation Services firm delivering IT Service Management and technology support throughout North America. Our experts help commercial and government organizations effectively optimize the people, processes, and technologies that comprise their IT departments using global standards such as ITIL, CoBIT, and ISO. Kemtah's managed service engagements have on average achieved cost reductions of 30% - 40% while simultaneously increasing productivity by 25% - 30%. We achieve these savings year-over-year through the introduction of efficient technology, aligning spending, and reengineering business processes. The company's footprint of service locations throughout the U.S., Canada, and Latin America enable the Kemtah Group to provide local, reliable, and cost-effective IT support.
More information about the Kemtah Group can be found on the web at http://www.kemtah.com.