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Seattle, Washington, US

Focused on Product/Platform Security.

Herndon, VA, US

Reporting to the CISO to work on strengthening Deltek's security posture.

San Francisco, CA, US

* Design validations, business cases and rollout planning for InfoSec initiatives including security infrastructure & tooling.* Deployment of several cloud-based and endpoint agent threat protection solutions across the enterprise.* Threat/risk assessment and integration of security operations for new subsidiaries on three separate M&A consolidations.*.

Seattle, WA, US

➢ Directed an agile development team through multiple feature releases to enhance Real’s ecommerce platform which runs purchase transactions and subscription billing of digital goods (e.g. apps, games, music). Maintained platform web service APIs for payment processing, taxes, invoicing, fulfillment, geo-location, affiliates and other related.

Seattle, WA, US

• Delivered the ecommerce service APIs that opened up lodging room reservations and bookings for the company's Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) transformation.
• Oversaw multiple releases along with end-to-end integration from point-of-sales to inventory management and supplier notification.
• Single point of contact for continuous customer support.
• Praised for the comprehensive yet simple to understand API dictionary that enabled easy onboarding of internal partners to new platform.
• Helped transform hotel lodging system architecture from a cumbersome monolithic entity to loosely coupled independent services that can deliver speedy component releases and handle new supply channels, while.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Feature owner and live site manager for customer facing web properties on Windows Live, including https://signup.live.com (new account registrations for Hotmail, Messenger, Spaces, Bing Search, etc.).
• Launched multiple product releases through planning, development, testing, deployment stages. Helped design new functionality, gathered requirements and wrote technical specifications. Coordinated and managed.
• Increased new accounts to over a million users per day, handled growth by improving site performance and load times without additional hardware. Focused on anti-spam efforts to prevent fraudulent accounts through.
• Partnered across teams on different continents to coordinate efforts on diverse set of projects, including Content Management Systems, Search Engine Optimizations (SEO) for marketing/merchandizing sites, user.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Managed high visibility extranet project for servicing business partners of this specialized insurance company. Established baseline and change management procedures.

New York, NY, US

• Owned international data warehousing and reporting solutions for key operational & financial metrics. Partnered with regional stakeholders to identify core processes that measured performance; developed automation.
• Implemented over a dozen successful intranet applications, including projects that supported risk management, improved credit/collections decisions, measured operational efficiency, tracked call center analyst.
• Managed all aspects of these initiatives, including scheduling, budgeting (from $50K-$500K per project), hiring and managing of resources, and communications to stakeholders.
• Directed data production staff and was responsible for timely processing and worldwide distribution of application data, successful release of new versions, helpdesk support, pre-release testing, end user manuals, and.
• Recruited, managed, trained and mentored a team of 6-10 developers. Interviewed potential new hires, created tests to gauge technical skills. Supported growth of direct reports to help them achieve their career.
• Created a data mart which consolidated BPS-related information from enterprise (mainframe) and local data sources. The system provided the ability to analyze payment patterns and match them with customer profiles and.

M.B.A., Business Administration

B.A., Economics