SUMMARY:

Senior Technology Leader with a proficiency in people management, application development, project management, financial and vendor management. Industry experience includes Telecommunications, Internet of Things (IoT), Transportation and the Financial Industry.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Key competencies include: Management Leadership Team & Employee Development Cross - functional Team Leadership Strategic Planning Organizational Planning Budgeting & Forecasting Software Estimation Technology Roadmap Enterprise Architecture Cloud Computing (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS/ASP) Telecommunications Internet of Things (IoT) Project Management Business Continuity Process Improvement Capacity Planning Mobile Web Web Services Middleware Devops Microservices

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Director, Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for software engineering of loyalty and second chance lottery systems.
• Manage four teams of software engineers with a mix of onshore and offshore resources (40 team members).
• Led effort to create new productized mobile platform
• Led effort to refresh technology stack for Loyalty and Second Chance platform
• Migration to modern toolset and frameworks
• Implementation of Content Management System
• Hardware and OS Upgrades
• Established standardized software engineering tools, metrics and processes

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Director, Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Building a Software Engineering organization which includes development and QA functions.
• Responsible for constructing a Platform as a Service that will allow Confidential ’s Software Engineering teams to migrate to and work within the cloud more efficiently.
• Scope of the group includes an API platform, API portal and DevOps components for use across Confidential ’s 25 subsidiaries.

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Director, Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Implemented and delivered using Agile development methodologies.
• Created rolling 12 month product/technology roadmap that was approved by senior leadership
• Responsible for migrating legacy applications to cloud (AWS) from mutiple colocation facilities.
• Implemented DevOps within AWS environment
• Established metrics to measure team output across sprints and releases. Utilized metrics to measure and manage team going forward
• Moved organization to a 25% onshore and 75% offshore model. Mix of resources were 10% Devops, 65% Software Development, 25% Quality Assurance

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Director, Global Solution Architecture

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of 35 Architects and System Analysts. Responsible for design of customized IoT solutions for external customers. Products spanned automotive and healthcare industries. Customers include Nissan, Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen. Responsible for application architecture (mobile applications, web, CRM, billing, ERP, middleware, reporting, etc)
• Delivered with both Waterfall and Agile development methodologies for a project portfolio of $40 million in capital
• Created and implemented technology estimation process to drive product pricing and resource planning. Team delivered 95% of estimates within agreed upon SLAs
• Managed department through transformation due to companywide reengineering and reorganization effort as an active leader in a cross functional change team.
• Established metrics to measure team output across releases. Utilized metrics to measure and manage team going forward.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Director, Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of 120 software developers and system engineers (onshore/offshore).
• Partnered with Product and Marketing to design solutions for external customers.
• Group focused on delivering software applications, custom application integration and engineering solutions.
• Responsible for customer facing mobile and web applications, to across Confidential ’s product lines
• Regengineered applications and infrastructure as a part of an initiative to create and internal cloud
• Moved to a 40% offshore model. Mix of resources were 25% Infrastructure Engineering, 50% Software Development, 25% Quality Assurance.
• Exceeded IT Departments overall goals for on-time delivery, quality and budget compliance by delivering 90% of projects on-time and on budget
• Reduced defects 50% by implementing code reviews, automated unit testing and continuous integration
• Delivered with both Waterfall and Agile development methodologies

Director, Architecture and Systems Integration, Technology

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created technology roadmap by integrating company’s product roadmap with industry trends and existing technology capabilities. Presented roadmap and plan to CIO for approval prior to implementation. 100% of recommendations implemented
• Delivered companywide IT disaster recovery recommendation. Presented recommendations to CEO and direct reports for approval. Recommendations realized included the construction of a redundant data center with replication of business critical applications
• Developed and implemented technology standards across department. Standards included standard technology components and process standards (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) as a best practice.

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led large multi-million dollar initiatives and managed project managers on software development and implementation projects in support Confidential Communications product lines
• Hired and managed team that consolidated 12 individually managed web portals to one centrally managed portal for Confidential ’s broadband customers
• Led development of Business Intelligence solution aimed at gathering insight into customer usage of broadband product features

Manager, Application Development

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led all project management, business analysis, application development, system engineering and QA for new ISP services for cable modem customers. Provided email, web hosting, content, online self-care solutions and e-commerce applications
• Managed six teams totaling 30 people and a $50 million budget in order to insource ISP on time and under budget