Kevin Keith

About Kevin Keith

I am currently the Senior Enterprise Architect for Pella Corporation where my responsibilities include overseeing the defining and communicating of the long-term technology vision and roadmap. I am responsible for identifying opportunities to leverage technology that drives innovation, improving operational efficiency, and achieving competitive advantages. I collaborate with stakeholders to align business goals with technology initiatives, using TOGAF artifacts and frameworks. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION• Enterprise Architecture / IT Governance• Application Architecture• Security Architecture• Business Architecture • Systems Engineering / Architecture• Data Architecture / Database Design• Data Warehousing• Service Oriented and Integration Architecture• Information Systems Project Management• IT People Leader

Experience

1. IT Enterprise Architect

   Pella Corporation

   Nov 2023 — Present · Pella, IA, US

   Oversee the defining and communicating of the long-term technology vision and roadmap; identifying opportunities for leveraging technology to drive innovation, improving operational efficiency, and achieving competitive advantages, collaborating with stakeholders to align business goals with technology initiatives, using TOGAF artifacts and frameworks.• Helped define and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, principles, standards, and guidelines. Analyzed current systems and identified areas for improvement, consolidation, or integration via portfolio rationalization. • Engaged with business leaders, department heads, and project teams to understand their needs and translated them into architectural artifacts requirements using the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM).• Documented, managed and optimized the Enterprise Architecture using the LeanIX EAM tool.• Responsible for ensuring architectural consistency, scalability, reliability, and security across all systems. Provide guidance and support to development teams during solution design and implementation.• Evaluate and recommended new technologies, tools, and frameworks following TOGAF guidelines that align with business objectives. Conduct proofs of concept and pilot projects to assess feasibility and potential benefits.• Responsible for establishing and maintaining architecture governance processes and frameworks including documentation, diagrams, roadmaps, and reviews to ensure compliance with TOGAF standards and guidelines.

Education

• University of Southern California

  MSSM, Systems Management

• California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Skills

• Integration
• Software Development
• Business Architecture
• Enterprise Architecture
• Data Modeling
• System Architecture
• Information Systems Project Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Technical Leadership
• IT Strategy
• Application Architecture
• Master Data Management
• Testing
• Soa
• Togaf
• Data Warehousing
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Architecture