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Bellevue, Washington, US

Saint Louis, MO, US

• Recent projects:
• Led software development effort to migrate 2M members into Centene’s Enrollment platform as a result of Centene’s acquisition of WellCare’s health plans
• Successfully led 20+ software teams as Accountable Lead for the Custom Applications group during effort to convert Fidelis Care’s main database system from Sybase to Oracle Exadata. Responsible for meeting schedule.
• Drove development effort to replace back-end custom applications for all payment processing and billing for Fidelis Care's 1.7M membersResponsibilities:
• Manage six software teams responsible for Centene’s Enrollment platform, which serves 15M Medicaid members. Includes developing new features as well as production support
• Previously led the software team responsible for all Billing processes for Fidelis Care, Centene’s New York health plan. Our applications processed approx. $1B in revenue per month

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Led multiple software engineering teams tasked with delivering software releases for military radio products for US and international customers. Successfully delivered on-time releases with aggressive deadlines.
• Followed all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using a modified Agile process or the Waterfall methodology, based on each project’s needs.
• Established scope, budget, schedule, and project plans. Met regularly with program management and customers to present project status, track progress, and assess and mitigate risks and issues.
• Negotiated with segment management to secure development resources for projects.
• Managed priorities and deadlines for onsite and remote teams, including subcontractors. Provided leadership and daily direction to the teams.
• Coached, mentored, and developed engineers through one-on-one meetings. Provided frequent feedback in order to maximize their contributions to the team.

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of ten projects for a web-based system that provided geospatial imagery ingest, catalog, search and dissemination.
• Managed budgets of up to $9M under an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Level of Effort (LOE) reporting requirements.
• Managed schedule, budget, and overall performance for projects from inception through completion.
• Led successful completion of Hardware/Software recapitalization effort at three customer sites across two network security domains. Maintained frequent communication with the customer during the planning and execution.
• Communicated with program management to deliver critical and timely project progress. Report on mitigation plans for risks and issues, and manage expectations.
• Coached, mentored and led personnel from multiple technical teams, including Software, Integration, Test, and Operations.

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Led and mentored engineers through the Performance Management process, culminating in a yearly performance assessment.
• Coached and mentored employees to establish yearly performance objectives, and tracked progress throughout the year.
• Engaged with employees to address performance issues.
• Advised employees on their career development, helping them reach their goals.
• Participated in frequent communication with employees, helping them achieve their highest potential.
• Served as member of Group Leader Development Team, focusing on continuous improvement of Group Leader processes and coordinating training for new Group Leaders.

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Successfully planned and delivered software releases and patches to customer facilities across multiple security domains.
• Worked with Program Management, Engineering and Site Operations teams to schedule and deliver software releases.
• Collaborated with program leadership to plan content and schedule for each software release, determining priority of enhancements and defects to be addressed.
• Established process to streamline the synchronizing of a ClearCase repository between the classified and unclassified domains.
• Generated documentation detailing new functionality and defects resolved for each release.

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Led software team for a web-based system that provided geospatial imagery ingest, catalog, search and dissemination.
• Ensured the on-time delivery of the finished product, adhering to established Harris processes and following all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using the Waterfall methodology.
• Collaborated with lead Systems Engineer on scheduling tasks and determining priorities per release.
• Coordinated with program management to allocate resources to complete software tasks.
• Performed software development of new features and bug fixes.

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Developed software for visualizing/exploiting geospatially accurate 3D models in a Windows environment.
• Authored web application to provide web services for image processing capabilities.
• Created presentation layer of intelligence community web application, which consumed existing web-services.
• Provided software engineering support in terms of architecture design assistance, integration, user interface and web service development, and general software development.
• Demonstrated various Harris capabilities at numerous trade shows (GEOINT Symposiums, I/ITSEC, and others hosted by segments of the Intelligence Community).