Mike Kavis

Current

Vice President and Director of Social Technologies at Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession (CAEAP)
CTO/Chief Architect at MDot
Chief Technologist at Kavis Technology Consulting

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Past

Chief Architect at A loyalty marketing company
Sr. Director Applications Architecture at A loyalty marketing company
Sr. Programmer Analyst at ISSC/IBM

System Engineer IV at Computer Task Group

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Education

Colorado Technical University
Colorado Technical University
Rochester Institute of Technology

Mohawk Valley Community College

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Recommended

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Connections

412 connections

Industry

Information Services

Websites

Mike Kavis’s Summary

CTO/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 is the Director of Social Technologies for the CAEAP (Center for the Advancement of the Architecture Profession)

Mike Kavis’s Specialties:

Executive IT leadership, product development, Enterprise Architecture, technical sales, SOA, BPM, cloud computing, turnarounds, outsourcing, web development, data warehousing, high volume transaction processing, distributed systems, open source technologies.

Mike Kavis’s Experience

Vice President and Director of Social Technologies

Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession (CAEAP)

(Non-Profit; Architecture & Planning industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

Active board member of the CAEAP. Main responsibility is promoting the value of the CAEAP through the use of social technologies and networks. Also an active member of the EA Maturity Roadmap team.
CTO/Chief Architect

MDot

(Wireless industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Part of executive management team responsible for product development, IT strategy, Enterprise Architecture, & technical sales. Responsibilities include defining overall architecture and strategy, selecting key technologies, budgeting, presenting to VC's and angel investors, and defining product roadmap.
Chief Technologist

Kavis Technology Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

Independent consultant with over 23 years of IT experience including 12 years in leadership positions. Expertise in IT Strategy & Planning, Organizational Change Management, BPM, SOA, EA, Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, Business Intelligence, Outsourcing, and turnarounds. In addition, I am a free lance technology writer and researcher including a weekly SOA blog on CIO.com, a cloud computing blog for a startup, and quarterly white papers for SOAInstitute.org. I also am available to speak at conferences or corporate events.
Chief Architect

A loyalty marketing company

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

August 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 11 months)

Responsible for architecture strategies and direction, process improvement, vendor evaluations, and other enterprise initiatives.
Sr. Director Applications Architecture

A loyalty marketing company

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

1995 — August 2006 (11 years )
Sr. Programmer Analyst

ISSC/IBM

(Information Services industry)

1992 — 1995 (3 years )
System Engineer IV

Computer Task Group

(Public Company; Information Services industry)

1989 — 1992 (3 years )

Mike Kavis’s Education

Colorado Technical University

MBA , Business , 2007 — 2008

Earned graduate certificates in Change Management, Business Management, and Business Administration..
Colorado Technical University

MS , Information Systems , 2006 — 2007

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

BS , Computer Science , August 1985 — November 1988
Mohawk Valley Community College

AAS , Computer Science , August 1983 — May 1985