Grant Kenton

GRANT KENTON-- PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY BCom, PMP®, CSM®, AgilePM®, LeSS® PMO Lead and Software Engineering Manager with a proven track record in senior management. Skilled in leading software development teams and stakeholders to achieve strategic Durban, South Africa objectives and ensure project success, consistently delivering exceptional solutions. Extensive experience in software development, leadership, and project management across www.linkedin.com/in/grantkenton diverse industries such as online gaming, retail, banking, and recruitment. Passionate about leading and mentoring teams. Dedicated family man, adventurer, and mountain biker. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WORK HISTORY • Over 20 years' global Derivco - Software Engineering Manager experience in software 02/2022 - current development and IT. Leadership and Team Management • Led multiple cross-functional, global development teams, managing up to 15 staff. • Focused on people development by setting clear goals (OKRs) and expectations, fostering innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. • Successfully implemented a coaching framework to elevate team skills and performance, resulting in 60% promotion rate in 2 years. • Experience across multiple sectors inter alia online gaming, retail, banking, and recruitment. • Agile and Project Management foundation Qualifications • SDLC, Agile and Project Management methodologies. • Leadership, mentoring and coaching. • Project delivery software and tools. • Technical background in IT and Software development. Strategic Project Delivery • Accountable for and delivered three strategic international regulated markets to grow revenue. • Managed internal and external customer communication, expectations, risks, and timelines. Technical and Process Management • Accountable for the SDLC, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, technical debt management, regulatory compliance, and development methodologies. • Responsible for scrum master training, coaching, and facilitating daily ceremonies to drive consistency. • Focused on driving operational efficiencies and enhancing processes to deliver stable, high-quality software solutions. 1 Grant Kenton CV • Strategic planning and • execution at a senior • leadership level. • Financial management. • Excellent communication skills (oral and written) • Risk, dependency, change and customer management. • Strong leadership capability. • Organisational skills with demonstrated ability to deliver on time and budget. EDUCATION Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) 10/2020 - Business and Management Development 03/2018 – Coaching for High Performance 12/2012 - Leadership Development Program PM Ideas 07/2019 - AgilePM® Practitioner Karim Harbott London • 03/2019 - Certified LeSS® Practitioner Agile Academy 03/2012 - Certified Scrum Master CSM® Project Management Institute Applied technological advancements within the team to drive innovation and competitive advantage. Implemented DORA metrics (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of software development and delivery processes. Resource and Budget Management • Developed and managed team resource allocation and budget to align with strategy and financial feasibility. Technical Proficiency • Proficient in Confluence, MS Project, Visio, Draw.io, Visual Studio, Git, C# automated testing, Postman, SonarQube, Docker, Azure DevOps, ELK Stack, MS Teams, OWASP. Derivco - PMO Lead 01/2015 – 01/2022 Project Management Office (PMO) • Successfully implemented PMOs across two divisions. • Accountable for governance, portfolio management, performance monitoring, project prioritization, risk management, and training. Leadership and Team Management • Led project management teams in product and IT divisions, managing up to 34 staff and an R80 million budget. • Focused on people development by setting clear goals (OKRs) and expectations, fostering innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. • Responsible for capacity planning, budgeting, and ensuring billing accuracy and financial controls. • Responsible for Scrum Master training, coaching, and facilitating daily ceremonies to drive consistency. Process Development and Implementation • Developed and implemented the Single Derivco Process (SDLC), aligning with Agile and PMBOK frameworks to improve organisational consistency and quality. • Successfully implemented performance monitoring metrics to track PMO performance and continuously improve. Strategic Planning and Risk Management • As a senior leader, collaborated with the executive team to prioritise and balance the portfolio to maximise value and minimise strategic risk. Project and Programme Management • Proficient in managing multiple projects simultaneously and recovering impacted projects. (PMI) 01/2009 - Project 2 Grant Kenton CV Management Professional • PMP® University Of KZN 07/1992 - BCom: Economics, Industrial Psychology Technical Skills Confluence, MS Project, ADO, MS Teams, Jira, Visio, Draw.io, Visual Studio, Git, C# automated testing, Postman, SonarQube, Docker, Azure DevOps, ELK Stack, OTEL • Adept at managing the full product lifecycle, with a deep understanding of SDLC methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall. Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods, and techniques (PPM). Technical Proficiency • Proficient in Confluence, MS Project, Visio, Azure DevOps, MS Teams, Jira. Derivco - Project and Programme Manager 09/2005 – 12/2014 • Project and Programme managed highly complex strategic multi-million-rand company-wide IT and software change programs to scope, schedule budget, including benefits realisation. • Efficiencies Programme - Savings of 80,000-man hours per month through automation and economies of scale. • Target Client Architecture Programme – Client platform standards and consistency across 5 platforms, reducing duplication and cost. • Product Delivery – New games and features, enhancements, regulated markets, customer take-ons and player migrations. • IT Operations Delivery – Infrastructure, cloud, security, and Microsoft Office365 tools. Lang O'Rourke - Senior Project Manager London, United Kingdom • 01/2005 - 08/2005 • Delivered IT solutions to support the construction teams responsible for building London 2012 Olympic stadiums. Marks and Spencer - Senior Project Manager London, United Kingdom • 11/2002 - 12/2004 • Delivered the first web-based Food Customer Order system to 350+ M&S UK Stores. Modis Professional Services - Senior Project and IT Manager London, United Kingdom • 12/1998 - 10/2002 • Delivered CRM, Disaster Recovery and Timesheet scanning solutions to support the business growth strategy. • Incident & Problem Manager - Management of UK Support Centre servicing 2 London and 12 Regional Offices (550 users). 3 Grant Kenton CV 4 Grant Kenton CV