Matt Graves
Education
Northern Illinois University
Bachelor of Science - BS with University Honors, Accounting -
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General -Work Experience
GCI Communication Corp.
2020-01-01 - 2024-12-01
GCI Communication Corp.
Microsoft
2008-01-01 - 2019-01-01
Microsoft
Graves Consulting
2007-01-01 - 2008-01-01
Graves Consulting
Bitpass
2003-01-01 - 2007-01-01
Bitpass
@pos
2002-01-01 - 2002-01-01
@pos
Commerce One
2000-01-01 - 2002-01-01
Commerce One
Wells Fargo
1998-01-01 - 2000-01-01
Wells Fargo
Norwest
1997-01-01 - 1999-01-01
Norwest
FirsTech
1983-01-01 - 1996-01-01
FirsTech
Skills
Summary
Accomplished executive with consistently successful, diverse leadership in the telecom, high technology, payments and financial services verticals. Experienced in driving technology innovation from conception to development, integration, rollout and operations management; intellectual property development; domestic and international digital marketplace infrastructure and operation; complex deal negotiation and execution with large partners; mergers and acquisitions; and partner development. In the telecom vertical, demonstrated leadership in data science, data engineering and exploiting the benefits of cloud services across the enterprise optimizing network performance and understanding customer experience. Led the migration from on-prem resources (e.g. Hadoop) to Azure Databricks which introduced game-changing capabilities and business insights. Experienced leader of teams responsible for creating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) based models to meet business needs saving time and money. Experienced in managing cloud costs, improving financial accountability, and optimizing cloud financial management. Also: Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Public Accountant, BodyPump & RPM Fitness Instructor
