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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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