EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Solutions oriented, seasoned and performance driven information technology leader with 17 years’ experience in designing/developing product and service based business models, from concept generation through to product launch, along with software development, architecture, and engineering in social gaming, real money gaming, online, retail, mobile, payments, & healthcare sectors.
• Technical Program/Project/Delivery Manager; responsible for overall delivery of enterprise projectsand establishing leadership in managing complex, multiphase, high - profile, multi-million dollar projects and aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
• Technical Product Owner; with a great track record of leading various product initiatives and partner integrations in a fast-paced enterprise agile development environment and defining product vision, roadmap and managing user experience from conception to launch.
• Scrum Master/Agile Coach; with 6+ years of proven ability to work with self-organizing and cross-functional teams. An enterprise leader, transformation and change enablement lead with experience at all levels of the organization to drive the use of Agile as a strategic asset of culture change and business value generation.

EXPERTISE:

• Program Management
• Project Management
• Portfolio Management
• Product Management
• Vendor Management
• Requirements Management
• Release Management
• Configuration Management
• Partner Integration
• Test & Defect Management
• Communication Management
• Change Management
• Risk Management
• Conflict Management
• Resource Planning
• Execution Excellence
• Leadership Visibility
• Agile, Waterfall, Kanban

TECHNICAL FORTE:

C, C++, VC++, ASP.NET, C#, Java, Flash, Flex, HTML5, XML, Java Script, TypeScript, Emscripten, Oracle, Unity, SVN, Github, VSS, MS Project/Visio/Office, VersionOne, Jira, ALM, Clarity, SharePoint, Confluence, CQ5, Sitecore, Aha, Instagantt.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, TX

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed multi-disciplined technical teams responsible for delivering digital social games for mobile and web platforms.
• Define strategic direction and roadmap for programs to ensure that the team is meeting the objectives and improving availability of apps, games, tools and sustaining application capabilities for scale, on-time delivery, and improving customer experience.
• Partner directly with cross-functional and inter-organizational stakeholder teams to ensure customer features are recognized, documented, and prioritized, to ensure that platform adoption occurs, and to ensure that processes are fully defined and transparently communicated for the benefit of all teams.
• Manage the day-to-day execution of programs and constantly work to streamline, improve, and build new processes to remove any and all barriers that may be encountered.
• Work with stakeholders, partners, customers and technical teams to negotiate priorities for feature development work, remove barriers to completion of program requirements tasks, and arrange agreements for dates, resources, and commitments as required.

Confidential, Bothell, WA

Technical Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed delivery of critical payment projects that includes cross functional/organizational development and integration. Responsible for phased migration of payment gateway from legacy framework to a partner payment gateway.
• Plan, schedule and execute all stages of enterprise software, hardware and system implementations; assessed business implications for each project phase and monitored progress to meet deadlines, standards and cost targets.
• Excelled in guiding the work of technical teams. Articulated project goals and scope, translated business needs into technical terms, prepared detailed work breakdown structures (WBS) and instilled shared accountability for achieving project milestones.
• Resolved numerous project issues including staffing shortages, tactical matters, scope creep and divergent business and user needs. Coached and mentored teams on Agile and executed projects using scrum to help improve productivity and address set business goals.
• Responsible for partnering with key technology stakeholders and ensuring the attainment of the company’s business plan by building, maintaining and enhancing solid relationships with IT vendors for retail business.

Confidential

Engineering Manager, Product Owner

Responsibilities:

• Defined product roadmap vision, strategy and driven technical integrations of integrating platform and games with partners Borgata and Danske Spil and vendors
• Played a crucial role in integrating applications of two organizations bwin and PartyGaming as part of merger and consolidating them into a single combined platform and ensuring the identical applications are migrated and successfully deprecated.
• Handled implementation of online gaming compliance and communications with regulatory authorities in American (New Jersey) and European markets (Italy, Denmark, Belgium, Spain and United Kingdom).
• Part of the organizational executive focus group and actively involved in adapting and transforming the organization to Agile.
• Worked in consultation with leadership, business, marketing, operations, compliance and technology teams to improve efficiency and effectiveness of organizational mission, culture, values and opportunities.
• Functioned in multiple roles as Program Manager, Project Manager, Account Manager, Product Owner, Technical expert and Lead programmer for development, integration, enhancement and project deliveries.
• Driven project and team adoption initiatives from cross locations and lead in-house recruitment, training and execution programs. Also experienced in setting-up and managing in-house/outsourced project execution teams with associated processes to ensure successful completion of the program.
• Managed geographically dispersed team located globally that includes cross-organizational, cross cultural and cross-functional teams.
• Developed detailed project plans and reports for multiple simultaneous projects, resulting in increased visibility of inter-project dependencies, development efficiency and risks identification
• Hands on development in hosting web and mobile gaming portals and game implementation using technologies - C++, VC++, C#, ASP.Net and governed an managed projects and teams on application development that use Java, JavaScript, Flex, Flash and HTML5.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading onsite and offshore project teams, managing project deliverables in line with the project plan, Recording and managing project issues and escalating to client where necessary.
• Resolving cross-functional issues at project and location level.
• Monitoring project progress and performance. Providing status reports to client and management.
• Interacting with the clients in understanding and finalizing project scope and ensuring smooth delivery of the project and publishing SOW, plan, risk, design, status and bug reports.
• Led programming tasks including enhancements, maintenance and support for clients’ applications and interfaces. Engineered software products, handling complex analysis and intricate programming to meet project requirements.
• Participated in coding reviews that detected programming errors early in the development process leading to accelerated product go-to-market time.
• Introduced methodologies and best practices that enhanced product definition, release processes and customization of applications to user needs.

Confidential

Sr.Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Co-developed a visual drag-and-drop GUI interface development tool that facilitates rapid mobilization of existing applications, content, and business data.
• Participated in complete SDLC for design and development of object-oriented application framework for the replacement of the Rogue Wave's Tools.
• Resolved memory corruption and other technical issues by leveraging strengths in coding, debugging and integration testing.
• Excelled in rapid application development and management of technological issues for assigned projects, earning good player and stakeholder satisfaction rating for all software solutions delivered.
• Participated in coding reviews that detected programming errors early in the development process leading to accelerated product go-to-market time.