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
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- Senior (Agile) Project Manager at PennyMac
- Past
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- Development Project Manager at Alterian
- Programming Manager & Scrum Coach at Rapattoni Corporation
- Senior VP Technical Services at Xytech Systems
- Technical Manager at Paramount Pictures
- Network Support Consultant at ARCO
- Business Services Manager at NYNEX
- Systems Engineer at Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
- Education
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- Scrum Alliance
- Project Management Institute
- California Lutheran University
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Westmont College
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Westmont College
- Recommendations
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23 people have recommended Kevin
- Connections
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500+ connections
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 2011 – Present (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 2011 – December 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 2007 – January 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 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.
Technical Manager
Paramount Pictures
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; 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
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry
January 1993 – October 1994 (1 year 10 months)
Systems Engineer
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Hospital & Health Care industry
June 1989 – November 1990 (1 year 6 months)
Kevin Graves' Skills & Expertise
Kevin Graves' Education
Scrum Alliance
CSM, CSPO, Agile Methods / Scrum Software Development
2009 – 2009
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
1999 – 2000
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
1996 – 1999
Westmont College
BA, Business
1985 – 1989
Westmont College
BA, Political Science
1985 – 1989
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