Executive Coach, CEO
Richmond, Virginia Area
- Current
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- Executive/Leadership Coach at Priacta, Inc.
- CEO at Priacta, Inc.
- Co-Inventor at Priacta, Inc.
- Past
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- Leadership Experience at LDS Church
- Senior Systems/Business Analyst at EDS
- Programmer/Independent Consultant at Incline Software
- Principal Consultant at Keane, Inc.
- Advisory Board Member at Lexio, Inc.
- Independent Consultant at AllMeetings.com
- Independent Consultant at Vortex Creative Media
- Director of Development at NuAspect.com
- Senior/Lead Web Developer at NuAspect.com
- Independent Consultant at NuAspect Development
- Independent Consultant at CyberPath
- Developer at Fewer Tiers, Inc.
- President at Base Two Development
- President at Outbound Express
- Senior/Lead Developer at Base Two Development
- Director, OS/2 Development at WordPerfect Corp.
- Manager, Printing Development at WordPerfect Corp.
- Senior/Lead Developer at WordPerfect Corp.
- Corporate Committee Member at WordPerfect Corp.
- Programmer/Manager at WordPerfect
- President at Popular Demand, Inc.
- Developer at Popular Demand, Inc.
- Supervisor, WordPerfect Thesaurus at WordPerfect Corp.
- Programmer at WordPerfect Corp.
- Programmer at Rockwell International
- Education
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- Brigham Young University
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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Kevin Crenshaw’s Summary
Executive/leadership coach, productivity consultant, CEO. Extensive experience in high-tech business, software development, and high-tech marketing. Four-time entrepreneur, inventor of numerous processes and products. Twenty-plus year track record of resourceful, people-oriented, customer-driven solutions in both traditional and telecommuting environments. Current objective: To fulfill your organization's mission through revolutionary productivity methods, principle-based leadership, and training—establishing and leveraging exceptional systems, communication, teamwork, and shared vision at all levels of your organization.
Kevin Crenshaw’s Specialties:
Executive/leadership coaching, personal and organizational productivity, coaching and training, telecoaching, business process improvement, technical marketing, agile software development, employee development.
Kevin Crenshaw’s Experience
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Executive/Leadership Coach
Priacta, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Personal productivity, leadership, and business coach. Teaching life-changing time management skills to executives, professionals, business owners, and entire organizations. training executives in exceptional leadership and team-management skills. Includes creation of training and delivery systems and development of new leaders and trainers.
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CEO
Priacta, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Established Priacta, Inc. with a mission “to organize and expedite the world’s work” through innovative software and coaching/training services. Responsible for strategic direction of software and new product development efforts, assembling and training new key employees, and overseeing the creation of corporate systems, processes, strategic plans, and culture.
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Co-Inventor
Priacta, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Co-inventor and co-designer of a revolutionary, compelling new software system to make time and project management intuitive, nearly effortless, scalable, and fully integrated with most popular platforms.
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Leadership Experience
LDS Church
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
September 1977 — May 2008 (30 years 9 months)
Continuous volunteer service as president, counselor (equivalent to vice-president), clerk, executive secretary, and instructor in various organizations and church units. Fulfilled public speaking assignments, often with little advance notice. Trained and inspired new leaders and members to establish and meet goals in support of the church’s mission statement. Several newly-trained leaders moved on in a short time to fill positions of greater responsibility.
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Senior Systems/Business Analyst
EDS
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2003 — September 2006 (3 years)
In a leadership role with no formal authority and four supervisors, improved business/technical processes in a large organization with outdated information systems. Established clear channels of communication, overcame resistance, and built consensus to implement the first crucial changes in under five months. Responsible for project management and requirements analysis.
"The volume of work that flows from his desk is extraordinary.... Through his leadership, the world of inventory control ... has changed drastically for the users of the IT system."
—Joyce D., Development Team Lead
"Kevin defines what we look for in a team player, freely sharing his knowledge and teaching/guiding those who seek that same knowledge.... always thinking out of the box and infusing changes that benefit all the stakeholders."
—James T., Mgr., Inventory Management
"I've seen more change in the short time you've been here than in all the years before that."
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Programmer/Independent Consultant
Incline Software
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 2 months)
(Telecommuting) Conceived and proposed a revolutionary new approach to collaborative, team-based genealogy research in 1999. Responsible for the primary analysis, design, and coding of this exclusive new feature in Ancestral Quest 2002. Database design and support, installation, report generation, customer support, web pages for online sales, database management, task management within a distributed team, and order administration. Visual C++, MFC 6.0, SQL 2000, SQL stored procedures, Visual InterDev, PDF-XChange, InstallShield Developer 7, Windows Installer.
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Principal Consultant
Keane, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2000 — June 2001 (10 months)
(Telecommuting) Migrated and Web-enabled legacy Visual Basic applications, reverse-engineered source code lost by another consulting firm, and provided technical sales support for new work proposals. ASP, SQL 7, JavaScript, DHTML, activePDF, Visual Basic, Visual C++, DTC, CGI, COM, ActiveReports, Crystal Reports, Graphics Server, NT Server, Windows 2000, IIS, Unix.
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Advisory Board Member
Lexio, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1997 — September 2000 (3 years 9 months)
(Telecommuting) Business, technical, and marketing strategies advisor for WordCommand software and unannounced products and services.
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Independent Consultant
AllMeetings.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2000 — June 2000 (1 month)
Telecommuting development consultant. Analysis and recommendations for management, process, and technology changes required to implement and integrate virtual development teams with existing Web development efforts.
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Independent Consultant
Vortex Creative Media
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 1 month)
(Telecommuting) Web business and marketing consultant for LandAndFarm.com, addressing site concept, revenue projections, marketing, and promotion. This is now the premier land- and farm-for-sale online community.
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Director of Development
NuAspect.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1999 — December 1999 (6 months)
(Telecommuting) Led a highly-effective, 100% telecommuting development team to create a database-intensive Web site in a short time, on a limited budget. Used distance interviewing and hiring to quickly recruit talent nationwide at minimal cost.
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Senior/Lead Web Developer
NuAspect.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 1999 — December 1999 (8 months)
(Telecommuting) Responsible for non-graphical site design, database design, bidding/confirmation model, email auto-notification system, automatic billing, e-commerce integration, and real-time statistics using ASP, SQL 7, HTML, VBScript, ASP-db, JavaScript, ADO, IIS, MTS, Visual InterDev, and FrontPage.
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Independent Consultant
NuAspect Development
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 1998 — May 1999 (1 year)
(Telecommuting) Created the functional design spec for NuAspect.com, addressing issues of site arrangement, usability, online community creation, business model, and marketing.
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Independent Consultant
CyberPath
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 1996 — November 1996 (2 months)
Coding and marketing feasibility study for porting an Arabic word processor to Windows 95.
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Developer
Fewer Tiers, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1994 — October 1995 (1 year 10 months)
Invented proprietary "smart search" technology for LifeForm software, with novel database design and coding in Visual C++ and CodeBase.
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President
Base Two Development
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1988 — November 1993 (5 years 5 months)
Directed this software business from start-up to 32 employees, establishing teams in development, sales and marketing, operations, and accounting. Acted as product manager for Spontaneous Assembly, coordinating all marketing and development to create a cohesive product and marketing strategy. 20,000+ units sold from 1990 to 1993.
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President
Outbound Express
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
March 1991 — November 1993 (2 years 9 months)
Outbound Express provided inventory management and fulfillment services including software duplication, inventory management, and shipping. A subsidiary of Base Two Development.
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Senior/Lead Developer
Base Two Development
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1988 — December 1991 (3 years 6 months)
Conceived and designed the award-winning Spontaneous Assembly 80x86 assembly language library, with extensive coding and code review.
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Director, OS/2 Development
WordPerfect Corp.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1988 — July 1988 (5 months)
Selected by company management to establish and direct the first graphics-based word processing development effort at WordPerfect Corporation. (Resigned 7/1988 to create Base Two Development.)
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Manager, Printing Development
WordPerfect Corp.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1986 — June 1988 (2 years 6 months)
Assembled and managed the team of ten programmers that pioneered the re-engineering of WordPerfect 4.1 to create WordPerfect 5.0.
"The person most responsible for the way WordPerfect 5.0 turned out."
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Senior/Lead Developer
WordPerfect Corp.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1986 — June 1988 (2 years 6 months)
Successfully lobbied to redirect WordPerfect to a "desktop publishing" approach (a new idea at the time). Initiated "intelligent printing" and "intelligent document" technologies in WordPerfect 5.0.
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Corporate Committee Member
WordPerfect Corp.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 1984 — June 1988 (3 years 7 months)
Key employee and member of the 13-member Corporate Committee that advised management on matters of corporate policy and strategic direction.
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Programmer/Manager
WordPerfect
(Management Consulting industry)
1984 — 1988 (4 years)
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President
Popular Demand, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1985 — December 1986 (2 years)
Established and led the company that developed and marketed the Repeat Performance keyboard accelerator. Product sold to WordPerfect Corp. in 1986.
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Developer
Popular Demand, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1985 — September 1986 (1 year 9 months)
Invented, designed, and programmed the Repeat Performance keyboard accelerator application sold to WordPerfect Corporation.
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Supervisor, WordPerfect Thesaurus
WordPerfect Corp.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 1985 — December 1985 (9 months)
Assembled and supervised a team of college students and professors to compile the WordPerfect Thesaurus, saving the company hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties.
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Programmer
WordPerfect Corp.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1984 — December 1985 (2 years)
Programming and design work for WordPerfect 4.0, 4.1, including the principal work for the acclaimed WordPerfect Thesaurus. Coded extensively in 80x86 assembly language,
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Programmer
Rockwell International
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
April 1983 — August 1983 (5 months)
Designed the automated data acquisition system that revolutionized Space Shuttle antenna testing at Rockwell International. Created the application framework in structured HP Basic. This system catapulted the TT&C antenna testing process from "habitually late" to "24 weeks ahead of schedule"—all in less than a year.
Kevin Crenshaw’s Education
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Brigham Young University
B.S. , Physics , 1977 — 1983
Summa Cum Laude. Minors in Mathemetics and Computer Science.
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Kevin Crenshaw’s Interests:
Public speaking, teaching, mentoring. Collaborative genealogy research, 1996-Present. Actively-involved father of 10 children. Full-time representative, LDS Church, Brisbane, Australia, 1979-1981. U.S. citizen, current U.S. passport.
Kevin Crenshaw’s Groups:
Chamber of Commerce, Chesterfield Virginia
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Twitter Twittegy
Kevin Crenshaw’s Honors:
Award of Excellence 2005. Mission Critical Inventory Management, EDS Client
Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America 3rd and 4th Editions
Who’s Who in the West 22nd Edition
Computer Language/Jolt Product Excellence Award 1991. Spontaneous Assembly 2.0, Base Two Development
InfoWorld Product of the Year 1988. WordPerfect 5.0, WordPerect Corp.
Special Award for Resolute Service 1985. WordPerfect Corp.
Employee Suggestion Award 1983. Stripline Coupler Design, Rockwell International
Spencer W. Kimball Scholar 1977-1983. Full Scholarship, BYU
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