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Responsible for leading the engineering software development of operationscenter.deere.com front-end web applications and public-facing API products/integrations.

Responsible for US and India team members to deliver the Enhance team product roadmap• Managed team backlog in coordination with the product manager and other engineering leads• Led delivery of improved data editing functionality within the system• Initiated and organized system-level testing and deployment activities for the department• Rebuilt team morale through recurring teaming activities and recognition events

Responsible for developing efficient workflow and tools for the enterprise embedded infrastructureorganization as a full-time remote worker• Developed self-guided and instructor-led training for internal embedded O/S for over 500developers• Authored and maintained documentation process for 100 internal embedded O/S developers• Designed and implemented an infrastructure support system for 1400 users tying MicrosoftForms, Teams, and SharePoint together with Power Automate• Led weekly sprint demo and feedback sessions with over 200 demo videos from 10 teams

Moline, Il

Responsible for developing and implementing software reuse strategy across seven embedded product groups to reduce cost while teleworking• Institutionalized new cross-product development plan review every two months identifying collaboration opportunities• Established enterprise reuse expert team with representatives across all product groups• Initiate enterprise software reuse teams to support the development of software and workflow to minimize the repetitive effort across product groups

Moline, Illinois

Responsible for developing software applications to reduce the cost and effort of adopting new software infrastructure (AUTOSAR) for next-generation combine while teleworking• Automated foundational infrastructure to identify and correct errors and incorporate missing information during software development process• Partnered with technical architects to translate and import legacy spreadsheet into new toolset• Mentored other product groups about networking constructs within AUTOSAR

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Responsible for delivery of six new mobile applications to gather and analyze agronomic data from agricultural equipment while teleworking• Mentor five delivery leads and customer teams on product road mapping and tracking using agile methodologies and my custom reporting applications• Manage contract developer relationships utilizing three supplier companies• Define organizational structure, agile culture, operating principles, workflow, and roles and responsibilities for new business unit

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Guided employee resource group to support Work-Life Benefits department and drive a culture change to promote teleworking arrangements at John Deere• Presented to CEO and executive staff about culture and opportunities for change• Mentored over 20 employees about teleworking arrangements

Silvis, Il

Responsible for $8M/yr budget to deliver software to control and enable user interactions with combines, sugar cane harvesters and self-propelled wind rowers while teleworking• Facilitated weekly agile product council meetings between software development and factory engineering leadership• Regularly communicated software development progress, software quality, and process changes to factory leadership leading resulting in 20% fewer customer report issues and higher delivery confidence• Transitioned software teams from component-focused teams to feature-focused teams leading to fewer critical paths through user interface development

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Responsible for internal and remote contract scrum teams to deliver the automated guidance product roadmap• Presented new display product roadmap and progress to tractor factory leadership with $10M/yr budget• Remotely supervised up to 40 scrum team members (product owner, scrum master, and developers)• Advocated agile transformation for enterprise adoption as software functional lead

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Responsible for developing embedded software solutions for agricultural machinery• Developed Field Doc Connect to communicate with 3rd party rate controllers using RS-232• Developed Harvest Doc Cotton to monitor and map cotton yield• Team lead for the GreenStar 2 applications • Architected and implemented software for guidance applications • Directed up to 12 full-time and contingent engineers developing the Applications Core and Guidance sub-systems

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Responsible for developing traceability solutions for crop production using RFID and wireless communication systems.

College Station, Tx

- Mentored up to 4 undergraduate workers - Implemented software for real-time application systems- Supplied technical assistance for cotton yield mapping project

College Station, Tx

- Downloaded and processed grain yield mapping data - Programmed software to filter yield map data - Modified experimental cotton yield mapping software - Designed software for plant height sensor

Ms, Biological And Agricultural Engineering

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Bs, Agricultural Engineering

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