An accomplished IT professional, Jeff Lanford serves as an independent consultant in Alpharetta, Georgia. Before going into business for himself in 2017, he served a total of 16 years with the juvenile products manufacturer Kids II in nearby Alpharetta. Jeff Lanford joined Kids II as an electronic data interchange (EDI) coordinator before accepting promotions to e-commerce manager, portal administrator, and senior e-commerce manager in charge of portal administration, applications development, solutions architecture, and enterprise integration. He ultimately became an EDI applications developer with Kids II, working alongside its chief information officer to create an inter-departmental Global Enterprise Technology Roadmap for the entire company.