Associate Director Of Software Development Resume
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Phoenix, AZ
SUMMARY:
- Accomplished IT Leader with over 12 years of experience managing software development projects and teams.
- Over 20 years of total software development experience including hands - on development in various languages.
- Results-oriented leader with proven success interfacing with stakeholders to identify needs, resolve issues, and develop/document solution strategies.
- Excellent communicator with strong networking and presentation skills.
- CSM certified.
- Holds two Computer Science degrees.
SKILL:
- Team Hiring and Development
- Budgeting
- Vendor Management
- Time Management
- Staff Resourcing
- Agile Project Management
- Azure
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- C#, SQL, ASP.Net, JavaScript
- Xamarin
- Code Reviews
- Risk Mitigation
- Metrics Development
- Customer relationships
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Phoenix, AZ
Associate Director of Software Development
Technologies used included: ASP.Net Framework 4.5, MVC, SQL Server 2012, REST and other web services, Azure, service bus technologies, Xamarin, Team Foundation Server, Trello, JQuery and various other JavaScript libraries, and Bootstrap.
Responsibilities:
- Building a mobile application platform for students, compatible with both iOs and Android.
- Creating a new mobile friendly, modular, student portal for access to all applications and needs
- New development adheres to ADA accessibility standards
- Building a new lead intake web site that provides an all-in-one shopping and exploration experience for potential students
- Lead the internal effort to migrate a heavily customized Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
- Established a multi-level development environment (Dev, QA, Prod)
- Implemented a formal QA process for development projects as part of the SDLC
- Created a standardized testing system used during developer interviews
- Built web sites that have directly generated over several $MM in revenue
- Introduced the Agile methodology to development at GCU
- Created development standards enforced by QA
- Helped hire and build five teams (CRM, SharePoint, DBAs, .Net, Student Innovations)
- Assisted numerous other teams in their development efforts
- Supported offshore development teams
- Maintained nearly 100 applications on several web server farms for over five years
- Managed relationships with various 3rd party vendors including:
- Custom 3rd party software integrations
- Consulting services
- Staffing agencies
- Under budget (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Senior Software Developer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Created and deployed ASP.Net web sites in the 2.0 Framework
- N-Tier development using C# with a SQL back-end
- Enhanced user experience with Ajax and JavaScript.
- Stood up the team’s first development server and first source control
- Developed a system for requesting and tracking textbooks used by subject matter experts planning course development
- Designed and implemented the first version of a scholarship system used by students and staff to manage scholarships from application to award; previously processed by paper and manually entered into Datatel
Confidential, Phoenix, AZ
Client Project Manager and Lead Developer
Responsibilities:
- Managed client expectations throughout project lifecycle
- Negotiated contracts with clients and sub-contractors
- Over 100% revenue growth 2nd year over first; 50% 3rd year over 2nd
- Organized online communities for clients with an interactive web presence, some still in use in 2011
- ASP.Net development with SQL server back end
- PHP development with MySQL back end
- Online hosting platforms based on Linux and Windows
Confidential
Systems Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Maintained health of computer systems for 30 staff and a public lab
- Assisted in migration to Exchange Server from GroupWise
- Developed desktop replacement plan that permitted all desktops to be cycled every three years within existing budget
