IT Strategy and SOA Consultant and freelance writer at
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
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- IT Strategy and SOA Consultant at Self employed
- Past
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- 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
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- Colorado Technical University
- Colorado Technical University
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Mohawk Valley Community College
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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
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IT Strategy and SOA Consultant
Self employed
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (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.
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Chief Architect
Catalina Marketing
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; POS; 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.
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Sr. Director Applications Architecture
Catalina Marketing
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; POS; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1995 — August 2006 (11 years)
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Sr. Programmer Analyst
ISSC/IBM
(Information Services industry)
1992 — 1995 (3 years)
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System Engineer IV
Computer Task Group
(Public Company; Information Services industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years)
Mike Kavis’s Education
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Colorado Technical University
MBA, Business, 2007 — 2008
Earned graduate certificates in Change Management, Business Management, and Business Administration..
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Colorado Technical University
MS, Information Systems, 2006 — 2007
Earned Graduate Certificates in Database Management, Networking & Telecommunications, Systems Analysis & Design, and Project Management.
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Rochester Institute of Technology
BS, Computer Science, August 1985 — November 1988
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Mohawk Valley Community College
AAS, Computer Science, August 1983 — May 1985
Additional Information
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Mike Kavis’s Interests:
Reading, Fishing, Softball, Golf, New Technology, Leadership, Mentoring
Mike Kavis’s Groups:
LinkedInnovators, ITToolbox, EA Community, LinkedIn, Zapthink speaker, Blogging
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Oracle SOA (130+) -
Tweeple -
Business Process Professionals -
Former Eckerd Associates
