Mike Kavis

Mike Kavis

IT Strategy and SOA Consultant and freelance writer at

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Current
  • IT Strategy and SOA Consultant at Self employed
Past
  • Chief Architect at Catalina Marketing
  • Sr. Director Applications Architecture at Catalina Marketing
  • Sr. Programmer Analyst at ISSC/IBM
  • System Engineer IV at Computer Task Group
Education
  • Colorado Technical University
  • Colorado Technical University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Mohawk Valley Community College
Connections
265 connections
Industry
Information Services
Websites

Mike Kavis’s Summary

Chief Architect with over 23 years of experience in software development and architecture. Currently working on SOA, BPM, EA, cloud computing, Web 2.0, and Open Source initiatives. Mike writes for CIO.com, SOAInstitute.org, and performs freelance research and training for various companies. Mike also presents at various technology conferences.

Mike Kavis’s Specialties:

Enterprise Architecture, SOA, business process reengineering, client server applications, vendor evaluations, turnarounds, executive IT leadership, software methodologies, outsourcing, web development, OO development, enterprise portals, open source deployments, data warehousing, linux clusters, embedded systems.


Mike Kavis’s Experience

  • IT Strategy and SOA Consultant

    Self employed

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2008Present (4 months)

    Self employed consultant with over 23 years of IT experience including 12 years in leadership positions. Recent focus has been on BPM, SOA, EA, Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, and business intelligence.

  • Chief Architect

    Catalina Marketing

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; POS; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    August 2006June 2008 (1 year 11 months)

    Responsible for architecture strategies and direction, process improvement, vendor evaluations, and other enterprise initiatives.

  • Sr. Director Applications Architecture

    Catalina Marketing

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; POS; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    1995August 2006 (11 years)

  • Sr. Programmer Analyst

    ISSC/IBM

    (Information Services industry)

    19921995 (3 years)

  • System Engineer IV

    Computer Task Group

    (Public Company; Information Services industry)

    19891992 (3 years)


Mike Kavis’s Education

  • Colorado Technical University

    MBA, Business, 20072008

    Earned graduate certificates in Change Management, Business Management, and Business Administration..

  • Colorado Technical University

    MS, Information Systems, 20062007

    Earned Graduate Certificates in Database Management, Networking & Telecommunications, Systems Analysis & Design, and Project Management.

  • Rochester Institute of Technology

    BS, Computer Science, August 1985November 1988

  • Mohawk Valley Community College

    AAS, Computer Science, August 1983May 1985


Additional Information

Mike Kavis’s Websites:

Mike Kavis’s Interests:

Reading, Fishing, Softball, Golf, New Technology, Leadership, Mentoring

Mike Kavis’s Groups:

LinkedInnovators, ITToolbox, EA Community, LinkedIn, Zapthink speaker, Blogging

  •    Executive Suite
  •    International Association of Software Architects
  •    RIT Alumni Group - Rochester Institute of Technology
  •    Colorado Technical University Alumni
  •    Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
  •    The Enterprise Architecture Network
  •    IT Governance
  •    Model Driven Architecture
  •    Strategic Use of Information Technology
  •    Technology Speakers
  •    Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit Spring 2008
  •    Oracle SOA (130+)
  •    Tweeple
  •    Business Process Professionals
  •    Former Eckerd Associates

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