SUMMARY:

• Healthcare, Financial Services and Non - For-Profits Track Record | Global Agile Teams of 20+ | 350% Revenue Growth
• Results oriented technology leader with 20+ years experience leading, building and implementing cross-functional agile software engineering teams utilizing best practices (TDD/BDD, CI/CD, DevOps) that drive positive business results.
• Respected and proven relationship-builder across organizations who can troubleshoot problems, identify opportunities, remove barriers, and improve customer interactions.
• Well-rounded in back-end, front-end, mobile, and on/off premise cloud implementations.

SOFTWARE LANGUAGES & TECHNOLOGIES:

Operating Systems: Windows Server, Windows XP-10, Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS)

Virtualization/Cloud: VmWare, Hyper-V, OpenStack, AWS, Azure, Acquia, Pivotal

Programming Languages: Adobe ColdFusion (CFML) Version 3-2016, SQL, Java, ASP classic, .Net (C#), PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, HTML, JavaScript (including Frameworks such as JQuery, Bootstrap), CSS1/2/3, PowerShell, Batch Scripting, React, AngularJS, NodeJS

Databases: SQL Server 6.5 - 2019, Oracle 9-11g, MySQL, Redis/Redis Enterprise, MongoDB

Platforms: Tomcat, JBoss, Docker, Coldbox, Mura CMS, Drupal CMS, MS SharePoint

Hardware: Cisco Routers, Switches, Access Points, SonicWall Firewalls, Dell, HP, IBM Servers, VOIP Phone Systems, SAN, NAS

Tools: Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo, Fisheye / Crucible), Eclipse, Visual Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, GIT, Subversion, Jenkins, GO CD, Octopus Deploy, Redgate, OpsGenie, HP ServiceDesk, ServiceNow

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Downers Grove, IL

Manager of Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Built and organization 20+ employees made up of software engineers, designers, business analysts, quality analysts and application architects, which maintained ownership and Level 2/3 support of systems responsible for a 350+% increase in revenue over the past 6 years.
• Collaborated with executive management team to define overall SDLC for company to include Agile SCRUM and Kanban style of project management, as well as Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) methods of development, which reduced project lead times by over 70% and allowed changes to get to market faster allowing the company to surpass $500M in revenue.
• Implemented best practice DevOps methodologies that included GIT version control, along with unit testing and continuous integration & delivery (CI/CD) utilizing Jenkins and Octopus Deploy to systematically and continuously build and deploy code throughout the environments. This reduced defects by over 80% and allowed us to cut our deployment process by over 50% in just over 3 months.
• Responsible for organizational shift from a monolithic core insurance application to a micro service-oriented architecture (SOA), which reduced development time by 30%, as well as created a more scalable product and stabilized system outages.
• Researched, evangelized, and implemented numerous development tools for the group including but not limited to; JIRA for project management, Confluence for documentation, BitBucket Server (GIT) for code repository, Crucible for peer to peer code reviews, Slack for communications, Jenkins for CI/CD, Postman for API testing, Selenium for browser functional testing, RayGun for error handling and visibility, FusionReactor for enterprise application monitoring (ALM) and Veracode for static code security scanning.
• Led multiple cloud hosting provider migrations including SS&C AWD hosting initiative, as well as, Microsoft Azure services to build a webhook framework to both push and consume events from our systems and external vendors such as Docusign, OneSpan, Twilio, SendGrid and Stripe.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior Director, Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• Duties included Organizational Technology Leadership and Direction including; Staff Direction & Management, Project and Program Management, Application Development Management, Hardware Infrastructure and Architecture, Budgeting, and Vendor Negotiations.
• Implemented cloud computing strategy which saw the consolidation of numerous physical servers and hardware, as well as locations to a hosted cloud model which saved the company over $100K the first year. Project included moving all physical resources to headquarter office in Chicago with very minimal downtime to staff and customers.
• Implemented Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plan for all mission critical IT resources.
• Managed organization network including all LAN and WAN resources.
• Managed cloud-based VOIP system through RingCentral. Worked with vendors to implement additional bandwidth circuits in the headquarters.
• Implemented SSL and IPSec Virtual Private Network (VPN) into the headquarters office, to allow remote workers access to secure resources.
• Worked with staff and members to create a more consistent, higher margin pricing model for IT related non-dues revenue programs.
• Implemented Asset Management system to track and manage organizations assets through technology.
• Served as interim CEO with responsibility for overall organizational operations and leadership during transition between leadership.
• Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, with responsibility for all organizational management including accounting, meeting planning, staff management and orchestration of transition plan with the Board of Directors.
• Proposed and implemented new organizational benefit structure to align strategic goals with the organizations fiscal realities.
• Presented at Mid-Year and Leadership conferences to both the executive committee and the board of directors as a whole.

Confidential, Park Ridge, IL

Web Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall management of all application development resources (internal & external), hardware and software for the organizations external web properties.
• Led web development strategy for the company through a major merger between Confidential into Presence Health, this merger created the 2nd largest health system in Illinois with over $3 billion in revenue.
• Led technical architecture of multi-phased site development including a temporary html-based information site, a Drupal CMS based newly branded site with a third-party vendor, and evaluation of multiple enterprise CMS systems.
• Implemented Atlassian software development/project management suite along with a DVCS to make all development more trackable, maintainable, and consistent across all of the web properties. Additionally, implemented the agile KanBan methodology to allow development staff and senior management to visualize the current workload, while improving the workflow.
• Implemented new Disaster Recovery architecture to stabilize the sites and provide for any disruptions throughout the system tiers.
• Led redevelopment of the award winning Find a Doctor Tool by streamlining the architecture and creating a scalable SOA model.

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Lead Software Engineer, Manager

Responsibilities:

• Web development architecture and design utilizing ColdFusion, C#, JQuery & SQL Server in an agile environment
• Project planning and management
• Hardware asset management and planning
• Team mentoring and development
• Process improvement planning and implementation
• Disaster recovery planning and implementation
• Site scalability and reliability

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Senior Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for organization application development activities that included Sarbanes Oxley compliant development standards, best practices and SDLC development, Server farm and network management.

Confidential, River Grove, IL

Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full life cycle critical business application development
• Served as Lead Developer and Architect on numerous internal web applications and intranet sites within the organizations corporate IT Development group.