Rich Harris

Human performance and behavioral science leader with 25+ years of progressive experience spanning clinical psychology, rehabilitation counseling, community behavioral health, military performance psychology, healthcare education, leadership development, and cognitive readiness. Combines practitioner-level behavioral health expertise with enterprise program design, executive facilitation, curriculum development, biofeedback, simulation/VR, and performance technology to strengthen readiness, learning, resilience, and sustainable performance.

Senior Behavioral Health & Human Performance Specialist at KBR (2025 – Present)

U.S. Army Performance & Resilience Programs | Continuous Federal Contract Service, 2007-Present

• Conduct behavioral consultations, psychoeducational interventions, resilience-focused coaching, and performance psychology training across individual, team, and organizational settings.
• Design and facilitate programs in stress management, emotional regulation, attention control, growth mindset, self-talk, imagery, recovery, motivation, communication, and leadership performance.
• Integrate HeartMath HRV biofeedback, biometric monitoring, simulation, VR, cognitive testing, and performance feedback into readiness and learning applications.
• Collaborate with behavioral health providers, medical teams, chaplains, commanders, educators, and other stakeholders to support holistic readiness and coordinated care.
• Translate psychological science into practical training products, facilitator guides, assessments, workshops, coaching protocols, and leader-facing decision support.

Senior Specialist Psychology / Performance Expert III at Magellan Federal (2022 – 2025)

U.S. Army Performance & Resilience Programs | Continuous Federal Contract Service, 2007-Present

Cognitive Performance Specialist at LMR Technical Group (2021 – 2022)

U.S. Army Performance & Resilience Programs | Continuous Federal Contract Service, 2007-Present

Principal Performance Coach at SAIC (2018 – 2021)

U.S. Army Performance & Resilience Programs | Continuous Federal Contract Service, 2007-Present

Lead Cognitive Coach at DCS Corporation (2016 – 2018)

U.S. Army Performance & Resilience Programs | Continuous Federal Contract Service, 2007-Present

Performance Enhancement Specialist at CSF2 / Ready & Resilient (2007 – 2016)

U.S. Army Performance & Resilience Programs | Continuous Federal Contract Service, 2007-Present

Program Supervisor at Arizona's Children Association (2006 – 2007)

• Coordinated therapeutic foster care services and interdisciplinary behavioral health programming for children and adolescents.

Clinical Supervisor at Arizona's Children Association (2005 – 2006)

• Supervised clinical programming, trained staff and foster parents, and coordinated treatment services.

Intake Coordinator at Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (2003 – 2005)

• Completed intake evaluations, psychosocial assessments, referrals, psychoeducation, treatment recommendations, and aftercare coordination.

Family Consultant at University of South Carolina Early Alliance (1998 – 2001)

• Delivered family-centered interventions and coordinated school and community services.

Mental Health Counselor at Columbia Area Mental Health (1997 – 1998)

• Provided individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, treatment planning, and multidisciplinary care.

M.A. in Clinical Psychology – Argosy University

M.A. in Rehabilitation Counseling – South Carolina State University

B.S. in Psychology – South Carolina State University

Doctoral Clinical Training - ABD