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Mike Kennedy

Galvanizer · DISC type Id
VP Technology Enablement and Strategy | Team Builder | Innovation | Change Management at CDW
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Mike Kennedy is the Vice President of Technology Enablement and Strategy at CDW, where he leads technology transformation and innovation. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he prioritizes hiring for grit and curiosity over specific technical skills. Colleagues describe him as a trusted leader, team builder, and pragmatic change agent.

Outside of his corporate role, Mike draws heavily on his military background, applying principles like feedback loops and resilience to his professional strategies. He is a proponent of building resilience through intentional habits and challenging the status quo, both personally and professionally.

Unique fact: Mike believes that resilience is not an inherent trait but a skill that is developed through repetition and intentional practice.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
VP Technology Enablement and Strategy | Team Builder | Innovation | Change Management
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Mike shows up

Pragmatic
Self-Assured
Trusting

A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them. They prefer to ensure that they are in control of the situation. They are more likely to accept new and exciting technologies.

Priorities

Topics Mike cares about

Developing Resilience
Speaks on the importance of building resilience as an intentional habit to adapt and thrive in the face of adversity, both personally and professionally.
Behavior-based Hiring
Values behavioral attributes like grit, curiosity, and collaboration over rigid technical expertise when building successful teams, believing technical skills can be taught.
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Career

Work history

3-2021
VP Technology Enablement and Strategy | Team Builder | Innovation | Change Management
CDW
1-2019 - 3-2021
Sr Director of Business Planning for Highly Autonomous Driving
HERE Technologies
1-2018 - 1-2019
Sr Director of Transformation
HERE Technologies
6-2015 - 1-2018
Director of Business Planning
HERE Technologies
7-2014 - 6-2015
Senior Director, Global Software Product Management
The Marketing Store
In the press

Media appearances

CDW Tech Talk Series: Spearhead a New Way of Working with Leadership and Technology. Featured in BizTech Magazine
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CDW Tech Talk: Reaching Business Goals by Making Your Organization More Agile. Featured in BizTech Magazine
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Education
2006 - 2008
MBA
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1996 - 2000
BS
United States Military Academy at West Point
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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