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Graham Parkes

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Technology Head of Business Planning, Strategy and Architecture at Severn Trent at Severn Trent
📍 Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Graham is the Technology Head of Business Planning, Strategy, and Architecture at Severn Trent, with extensive experience in the full lifecycle of solution delivery. He holds a BEng Hons from Coventry University and is a certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, with a previous background as a Managing Consultant at IBM.

Based on his social media activity, Graham appears to be a brass band enthusiast, publicly congratulating a band called "Octobass" on a competitive achievement. This suggests a personal interest in music and community arts.

A former colleague described him as possessing a "thirst for knowledge" and problem-solving abilities that are "second to none. "

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Technology Head of Business Planning, Strategy and Architecture at Severn Trent
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
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Priorities

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Solution Architecture
His career progression focuses heavily on architecture roles at Severn Trent and IBM, supported by his Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
Agile Methodologies
He is a Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist and lists agile and waterfall methodologies as key skills, showing a focus on modern delivery frameworks.
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Career

Work history

9-2022
Technology Head of Business Planning, Strategy and Architecture at Severn Trent
Severn Trent
2019
Enterprise Domain Architect - Infrastructure and Application Architecture
Severn Trent
3-2018
Enterprise Domain Architect - Infrastructure
Severn Trent
2-2011 - 3-2018
Managing Consultant
IBM Global Business Services
2006 - 2-2011
Architect
Severn Trent Water
In the press

Media appearances

Severn Trent Water implements SAP and decommissions mainframe. Featured in Computing.co.uk
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Education
1988 - 1991
BEng Hons
Coventry University
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