SUMMARY

• Certified Scrum Master, Project Manager, and Software Development Manager. He TEMPhas worked numerous years solving problems with a wide variety of techniques and is considered an innovator.
• He TEMPhas taken each position to a new level and is highly focused on teamwork and establishing a servant leadership role model. Enjoys growing and developing talent within the team and TEMPhas excellent communication skills—a professional with over 20 years of hands - on Information Technology experience.
• Continually delivers quality results in demanding technical environments. Understands business processes and enjoys being a consultative liaison between business units and IT.
• Experienced leader of web development projects ranging from co-op advertising, financial and legal online pharmaceutical applications. With over 8,500 hours in Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Can explain complex technical issues in a way dat non-technical people can understand. He TEMPhas an excellent mix of business acumen, large-scale IT systems. He also TEMPhas an understanding of IT governance and operations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Project Management
• Application Development
• Program Management
• Programming
• SDLC - Waterfall
• Technology Process Optimization
• .NET technologies, C#, MVC, Web Forms
• Strong Communication Skills
• Web Service Development
• PHP
• Classic ASP
• Product Development
• Strategic computing
• Performance Optimization
• System & Networking Management
• Data security/Disaster recovery
• Novel
• MySQL
• Target Process
• SAP
• MS Office Suite
• Microsoft Project
• System Design
• Microsoft Access
• Jira
• Database Integration
• Microsoft SQL Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

ITS Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Took over the county's upgrade and expansion of their Regional Archive Data System (RADS)
• Worked with stakeholders and vendors to set a new vision for the AZTech Regional Information System (ARIS)
• Developed data collection and reporting policies and procedures.
• Established arterial sharing of MCDOT traffic cameras
• In charge of major ITS projects dat expand MCDOT's regional capabilities.
• Collaborate and provide information to the ITS Branch Manager regarding the development, support, and operation of the Confidential (MCDOT) and AZTech Partnerships of the Regional Archive Data Systems (RADS).
• Maintain an understanding of the needs and changing priorities of MCDOT's and the Region through ongoing interaction with both internal MCDOT personnel and regional agencies and a focus on creating technological solutions to regional problems and information needs.
• Participated in the preparation and monitor section budget; review and approve the purchase of ITS hardware and services; prepare requests for proposals related to the procurement software and services.

Confidential, Boston

Scrum Master/Project Manager (Agile & SDLC)

Responsibilities:

• Worked to enhance Fide’s reward program and customer loyalty and retention software.
• Guiding the development team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
• Works directly with upper management of Confidential to translate Agile methodology into SDLC for forecasting financing the project.
• Working with the team on how to maximize self-organization and on story creation.
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity
• Conduct Agile Rituals including Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Iteration Review, and Retrospectives
• Facilitate the removing of impediments by finding the needed resources, be it hardware or people
• Creating a safe environment where all personnel can share ideas and contribute to the team and the company
• Help the Product Owner by educating and consulting on team goals and project, epic, and story grooming techniques.
• Participated in the creation of a Proof of Concept of Confidential ’s new mobile financial application. Managed a development team located in Latin America, including Venezuela, Mexico, Caracas, and team members in Japan, Boston, and Miami.
• Fide.io uses a Django web front end, with native Java for the mobile application development utilizing APIs to the cloud AWS servers and compiling with both Apple and Google APKs for distribution.

Confidential, Mesa Arizona

Software Development Manager (Agile Project Manager)

Responsibilities:

• Manage and facilitate the development of new products and maintenance of legacy products
• Systems integration of new applications with legacy applications.
• Worked with C-level stakeholders utilizing SDLC methodologies for forecasting and planning while working with mid-level managers using Agile methods.
• Lead the development team in building a solid technology foundation, which included best practices, patterns, and standards
• Lead a cross-functional Agile software development team with application lifecycle responsibilities: design, commit, deploy, maintain, dev/ops to ensure the continual flow of user stories through the workflow process.
• Performed daily stand-up ritual by interacting daily with internal and external developers across various time zones.
• Worked with the development team and management to remove impediments from the development process.
• Lead the development team on Scrum planning meetings and facilitated architecture design sessions and peer design reviews.
• Conducted Iteration review sessions with the dev team and engaged on application production issues, and communicated current status to business stakeholders
• Improved the automation of the Continuous Integration process
• When necessary, assessed and realigned technical skills, identified training needs and opportunities, and ensured dat required materials and tools are available for direct reports to perform their job responsibilities.
• Forged interpersonal solid relationships between departments within the company

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• As a project developer, we utilized the Waterfall method of SDLC to complete many of the projects assigned.
• Took charge of the process of migrating legacy applications from Classic ASP to. NET.
• Lead the migration of the company’s Microsoft SQL to MySQL project. The migration includes updating 30 client-facing websites and one internal administration site.
• Was also in charge of encrypting all data one-way for HIPPA compliance
• I Was the leading developer in charge of migrating client-facing sites from the Microsoft SQL Server platform in the European Union to the United States and converting the database to MySQL.
• In charge of various mid-size projects to enhance the capabilities of client-facing web interfaces based on consumer needs.
• Works with various developers to facilitate their needs, mitigate potential problems, and assess the current progress of developers within the company.

Confidential, Tucson, AZ

Application Development Manager (Agile & SDLC Project - Manager)

Responsibilities:

• Built and lead an Agile Scrum development team of 16 Software Engineers.
• Instituted Agile best practices and promoted the use of Scrum to the company.
• Lead 4 teams of cross-functional developers, testers, and network administrators on significant and minor company initiatives.
• Developed policies and procedures and best practices to ensure consistent and efficient team interaction with the company and clients.
• Complete integration with client applications.
• Instituted a series of security changes to harden our servers, change code to resist SQL injection, layout a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan, and worked with the developers to code security from the beginning.
• Drove the entire system development life cycle, including the analysis and creation of specifications, conceptual and physical design, implementation, production rollout, maintenance, and support.
• Led efforts in the negotiations of feature sets, timelines, and resources with product owners and client stakeholders.
• Reviewed, evaluated, and recommended policies and procedures for the entire company to ensure dat the provided information technology services are of the highest quality and meet the needs of our client's businesses.
• As the manager, the group surpassed quarterly project completion goals every quarter for three years.
• Awarded Recognition as one of Tekco's top 20 employees at the end of the 2008 calendar year.

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

IT Team Lead, Application Development/Project Manager (Agile & SDLC)

Responsibilities:

• Partnered extensively with the ACB’s business development team growing the amount of new business and building relationships with current and new partners increasing revenue by 68% over the course of my employment
• Program Manager for significant clients dat included Microsoft, Sony, Panasonic, Western Digital, Fuji, eBay, and Apple. He managed both on and offshore developers.
• We partnered with Sony management and SAP integration teams to produce a solution dat captures and gains compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations which included added levels of security, one-way data encryption, and a series of checks against malicious code.
• Worked closely with Microsoft’s marketing units and in charge of building their co-op advertising programs, voucher reimbursements, and course scheduling websites.
• Lead the IT department in continual process improvements utilizing mostly SDLC Waterfall methodologies and the Agile Scrum methodology.
• Developed policies and procedures focusing on data security and control,
• Established Business Continuity procedures dat included disaster mitigation, control and incorporated the whole of the business and not just IT.
• Lead the company in training the network administrators, the database administrators, and the software developer to install security into the code and remove unused and potentially dangerous services on company servers. Instilled an encryption-based mentality within the IT department and following up with the rest of the company.

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

Senior Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Under the supervision of the IT Manager, developed both the database architecture and the front-end web design in Classic ASP for our client Microsoft.
• Interfaced directly with Microsoft and delivered value for our customer and profit for ACB

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

Database Developer

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in ETL and worked as a liaison between Microsoft's marketing divisions and Microsoft's Web Service division to facilitate development changes and impact studies.