Kevin Graves

Current

• Programming Manager at Rapattoni Corporation

Past

• Senior VP Technical Services at Xytech Systems
• Manager of Studio Applications at Paramount Pictures
• Network Support Consultant at ARCO

• Business Services Manager at NYNEX
• Systems Engineer at Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

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Education

• Scrum Alliance
• Project Management Institute
• California Lutheran University

• Westmont College
• Westmont College

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Kevin Graves’s Summary

Results-orientated I.T. Professional with 15+ years of enterprise-level experience leading a wide range of technical teams and projects. Excellent balance between business, people and technical skills. Experienced with building and mentoring Agile \ Scrum Product Teams.

Kevin Graves’s Specialties:

Hiring, firing, and mentoring technical teams (development, implementation, project management, QA and customer support), infrastructure support & upgrades (Hardware & Software), ERP and CRM implementations, etc.

Kevin Graves’s Experience

• Programming Manager

  Rapattoni Corporation

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  January 2007 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  Rapattoni is a market leader of software solutions for the Real Estate Industry, including the standard setting Rapattoni Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
  
  I directly manage a 40 person technical team including 36 programmers and 4 technical writers. These team members are organized into 7 product-centric Agile / Scrum teams which I mentor.

• Senior VP Technical Services

  Xytech Systems

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 4 months)

  Xytech Systems is a software company that provides solutions for the media and entertainment industry.
  
  I directly managed all technical teams including , consisting all technical staff of 24 including project managers, programmers, quality assurance, technical writers, help desk staff, and infrastructure support. I reported directly to the President of the company and was responsible for a 3 million dollar budget and agressive growth in profitability.

• Manager of Studio Applications

  Paramount Pictures

  (Public Company; VIA; Entertainment industry)

  February 1994 — August 2001 (7 years 7 months)

  Paramount Pictures is the movie studio located in Hollywood. Parmount had a large internal I.T. department to support internal operations.
  
  In my 7 years at Paramount, I managed several different technical departments including the company-wide Help Desk, Desktop Support, Network Support, and Studio Application Development.

• Network Support Consultant

  ARCO

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ARC; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1993 — October 1994 (1 year 10 months)

• Business Services Manager

  NYNEX

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NXTR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1990 — August 1992 (2 years 6 months)

• Systems Engineer

  Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1989 — November 1990 (1 year 6 months)

Kevin Graves’s Education

• Scrum Alliance

  CSM, CSPO , Agile / Scrum Software Development , 2009 — 2009

  In 2009, I attended a week long Scrum class taught by Mike Cohen (Father of Scrum) and was certified as a Scrum Master and a Product Owner.

• Project Management Institute

  PMP , Project Management , 1999 — 2000

  The Project Management Institute (PMI®) is project management’s leading global professional association, and as such, it administers a globally accepted and recognized, rigorous, examination-based, professional certification program of the highest caliber. The PMI Certification Program maintains ISO 9001 certification in Quality Management Systems as evidence of its commitment to professional excellence.

• California Lutheran University

  MBA , Business, Info Technology , 1996 — 1999

• Westmont College

  BA , Business , 1985 — 1989

• Westmont College

  BA , Political Science , 1985 — 1989