Software Engineering Manager Resume

SUMMARY

Led agile teams across 3 locations for 4 years in delivering award winning web application software releases for Data Centers. Certified ScrumMaster with 5 years experience coaching and transitioning teams to the Scrum framework.
Formalized system test standards, processes, test development and planning which incorporated risk analysis into our agile development framework that reduced end of release QA cycles by 25%, improved task estimation accuracy, and established progress tracking.
Over 30 years experience in specifying, developing and testing software solutions using multiple technologies, operating systems, tools, and processes.

CORE COMPETENCIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Software Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

Coordinated team of 5 - 9 developers, 5-6 system testers, and temporary staff across three time zones, worked on team and individual development, triaging of issues and changes based on cost, risk, and customer value.
Plan and lead daily scrum, iteration planning meetings, iteration and release retrospectives, demonstrations to product owner, and release planning activities.
Directed team to delivery of 4 major releases, 2 maintenance releases, and alpha and beta releases for customer feedback.
Removed inefficiencies, tuned processes, and used a data driven QA approach using JIRA, Rally, and TestLink to stabilize the delivery of our software releases.

Confidential NJ

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities:

Developed vision for test strategy, defined processes and trained testers in standardized procedures to create predictable, consistent results in software quality. Led the development and system test team in the transition from a home grown “agile process” to a working Scrum process. Planned, tracked and coordinated testing for 2 projects and 5-7 system testers continuously refining test procedures, developing tools, and training staff on agile testing techniques.
Organized and directed the system test team in the testing of 3 major releases, 2 maintenance releases, and several alpha and beta releases for customer feedback.

Solution Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Acted as lead tester to define system test process and train and build team to meet company’s quality standards for an acquired DCIM software product.
Worked with developers to define feature operations, non-functional requirements, and user interface design for two products.
Reviewed standards and defined essential IPv6 feature support to create a roadmap to accelerate adding the capability to our product family.

Confidential

Principal Engineer

Responsibilities:

Led introduction of a custom insurance application that decreased time to create quotes by 80%
Introduced and customized new technologies to accelerate quoting and marketing workflow, and measuring productivity.