People - Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.

Kraft Kennedy has built a talented team of professionals dedicated to servicing our client's needs. The following is a brief synopsis of the founders, executives and managing directors of Kraft Kennedy:

Founding Partners

Michael S. Kraft

Michael, a Kraft Kennedy co-founder, is a former practicing litigation attorney who spent ten years in various management positions in marketing, sales, and product development in the financial printing industry. Michael's legal background combined with his extensive experience in document processing gives him a unique perspective on the information management requirements of the legal and financial services professions.

Peter D. Kennedy

After 21 years with IBM in a number of management positions in marketing, product management, and channel strategy and operations, Peter co-founded Kraft Kennedy in 1988. Peter's background has played a vital role in shaping Kraft Kennedy's focus and commitment to quality service and support.

Managing Directors

Marcus Bluestein

Marcus joined the firm in 1992 after graduating with a degree in Computer Science from Hobart. Throughout his career, Marcus has distinguished himself as one of the technical leaders of Kraft Kennedy. Marcus was promoted to a Managing Director of Kraft Kennedy in 1998. Marcus has extensive experience with Windows 2000 & XP, Exchange, Interwoven, and Hummingbird DM products. He is also an active participant in Microsoft beta program’s for its operating systems and Office products. Some of the recent projects where Marcus has provided technical leadership include Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw and Clifford Chance. These projects all focused on business continuity and/or data center consolidation.

Robert J. Brindell

Rob Brindell is responsible for the firm’s business development. After obtaining a Masters in Decision Sciences at Georgia State University, Rob began his professional career in Atlanta at Lanier Business Products as a National Support Analyst. His duties were to provide accounting software technical support to the company’s Customer Support Representatives in 70 district offices nation-wide. To increase sales of the data processing division of Lanier, Rob started the Regional Programmer position where he customized accounting and legal software as well as developed software packages such as a sales order tracking system, purchase order system, a bill of materials system and point of sale application. During this time, Rob attended the University of Texas and completed a Masters of Business Information Systems. When Harris Corporation purchased Lanier in 1987, Rob joined the Legal Consulting division to provide consulting and system design services to the legal community. During this time, Rob attended several legal software manufacturers certification classed in the areas of document management, financial software, litigation support, network operating systems and remote access. After winning various achievement awards at Harris/Lanier, Rob moved to New York in 1995 to leverage his legal experience in providing those same services for Kraft Kennedy.

Robert Stone

For the past 16 years Rob Stone has evaluated, designed and implemented systems for many of Kraft Kennedy’s larger legal and financial clients. He has extensive experience in data center and facilities planning and has been engaged by numerous law firms in relocations and worldwide data center consolidation projects. In addition, he has acted as interim CIO and IS Manager for a number of Kraft Kennedy's legal and private equity clients. Prior to joining Kraft Kennedy, Rob spent 5 years in the technology department of Goldman Sachs, holding positions in the firm’s New York and London offices. Rob graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Computer Science.