Kevin Graves

Kevin Graves

Agile Project Manager

Location
Simi Valley, California (Greater Los Angeles Area)
Industry
Computer Software

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Kevin Graves's Overview

Current
  • Senior (Agile) Project Manager at PennyMac
Past
Education
  • Scrum Alliance
  • Project Management Institute
  • California Lutheran University
  • Westmont College
  • Westmont College
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Kevin Graves' Summary

Innovative and results-orientated I.T. Professional with 15+ years of enterprise-level experience leading a wide range of technical teams and projects. Progressive and professional I.T. Manager who is well liked and respected by staff and executive management. MBA with Information Technology emphasis plus Agile (Scrum) certification and previous project management certification (PMP).

Specialties: Agile Project Management, Internal Process Improvement.

Kevin Graves' Experience

Senior (Agile) Project Manager

PennyMac

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PMT; Financial Services industry

December 2011Present (1 year 7 months) Moorpark, CA

PennyMac is a new player in the mortgage business. They are growing rapidly and are now the largest employer in Moorpark.

My role is to mentor 4-5 software development teams in their adoption of Agile Methods (Scrum / XP / Lean) to help deliver high value software applications to support the business. I help remove roadblocks that threaten the performance of the Team. I facilitate discussions with the business to identify and prioritize projects of high business value. I communicate project performance to Executive Management.

Development Project Manager

Alterian

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ALN; Computer Software industry

February 2011December 2011 (11 months) Valencia, CA

Alterian is a software company that sells a suite of marketing software and services to help companies create, automate, and execute highly relevant and personalized marketing campaigns over the web, email, and traditional postal mail channels.

Managed the local development and support of two software products lines as well as their deployments to four regional data centers. I also managed the local team of 12 .NET Developers. Actively participated in the daily and weekly planning and coordination efforts with teams headquartered in the UK, Chicago, and India. The environment consisted of Microsoft .NET, Visual Studio, C#, Silverlight, Delphi, SQL Server, TFS, MSBuild, and Test Complete.

Programming Manager & Scrum Coach

Rapattoni Corporation

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry

January 2007January 2011 (4 years 1 month)

Rapattoni is a software company that sells hosted software solutions into the Real Estate Industry, including the Rapattoni Multiple Listing Service (MLS) software which is currently used by over 200,000 realtors.

Directly managed a 35+ person technical team including programmers, quality assurance specialists, business analysts, and technical writers. I was responsible for defining and organizing the development process, day-to-day management (hiring, mentoring, reviews), as well as teaching and mentoring of seven Agile teams involving 55 people through a total of 150 development cycles.

Senior VP Technical Services

Xytech Systems

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry

September 2001December 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.

Technical Manager

Paramount Pictures

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VIA; Entertainment industry

February 1994August 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

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry

January 1993October 1994 (1 year 10 months)

Business Services Manager

NYNEX

March 1990August 1992 (2 years 6 months)

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Hospital & Health Care industry

June 1989November 1990 (1 year 6 months)

Kevin Graves' Education

Scrum Alliance

CSM, CSPO, Agile Methods / Scrum Software Development

20092009

The Scrum Alliance is the leading professional organization created to share the Scrum framework and transform the world of software development.

In 1999, I studied under Mike Cohen and earned professional certification as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO). My real-world experience, aggressive reading, and this certification has given me a great foundation to help mentor development teams.

Project Management Institute

PMP, Project Management

19992000

The Project Management Institute (PMI®) is project management’s leading global professional association. I received my PMP professional certification in 1999.

California Lutheran University

MBA, Business, Info Technology

19961999

Westmont College

BA, Business

19851989

Westmont College

BA, Political Science

19851989

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