Leading all aspects of cultivation and manufacturing. including state/federal compliance, best manufacturing practices, back-end office.

Transitioned into this role as part of the acquisition. Leading Software Development, Architecture and QA across the Vistra organization. Responsible for Global Software engineering teams, located in 4 different geographies.Delivering high-complexity, mission and regulatory critical software solultions.

I utilize a hands-on approach with primary responsibilities focused on providing guidance and direction to a fast paced, technical agile teams. Responsible for all aspects of Software engineering; including staffing, resource allocation, performance management, risk mitigation. I lead a team of engineers located in 3 different geographical locations that create highly complex global payroll system and HR management applications. Supporting over 500 customers across 40 countries.-Assembled teams in 3 different geographical locations and successfully released to market multiple major software projects.-Delivery of multiple product offerings that are in various stages of development. -Work closely with the product development team (PM, BA, Dev), resolving issues and mitigating project risks.-Evaluated and Implemented a full performance test solution using LoadComplete.-Researched, designed and established an automation infrastructure (Selenium, Jenkins, SoapUI) Provide an ongoing senior leadership and overall direction of Automation portfolio in relation to ROI by establishing and maintaining "Automation Roadmap".-Work with all stages of testing to ensure products have thorough coverage and meet quality standards.-Implemented Risk-Based assessment prior to each release, which enabled the department to make more informative decisions and mitigate the risks. -Work closely with the product development team (PM, BA, Dev), resolving issues and mitigate project risks.-Lead all SOC1 and SOC2 accreditation efforts. Established engineering processes and practices in compliance with SOC1 and SOC2.

Hands-on QA Manager for High Street's Cloud based Mission-Critical SaaS solutions.-Implemented the group from ground up.-Implemented the following tools and processes:-Bug tracking (Youtrack)-Test case creation/tracking (Testuff)-Automation tool (QTP)-Fully date driven automation regression suites-Web services test infrastructure via SoapUI-Conducted employee reviews-Managed yearly budget for QA organization

*Hands-On Manager, responsible for every aspect of Quality Assurance for Blio eReader product. Blio is a true new generation eReading software. It is designed to run cross platform: Windows, iOS, Android. *Develope/execute both manual and automated tests.*Create/Maintain test environments*Hire/Manage/Mentor QA engineers*Manage all customer escalation issues*Work closely with Development to resolve High priority issues.*Lead all OEM user acceptance testing efforts. Closely collaborate with off-shore teams

Responsible for executing automation and manual test for client/server and desktop applications using HP QTP, as well as LoadRunner (testing WinSock and Citrix ICA protocols).Also, responsible for the entire QA test environment, which consists of about 200 back-end servers, starting with Windows 2003/2008 Domain Controllers, Exchange 2003/2007, SQL Databases, Domino v 6, 7 and 8, Citrix Presentation Server, MS Terminal servers.

Was part of the Group Policy team, where I was responsible for testing new Group Policy Management tool introduced in Vista. Created all test documentation, worked closely with development team and learned a bunch.