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Chicago, Il, Us

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in Spatial development. Collaborating with product managers, scientists, data modelers and cross-functional teams for product discovery for customers data engineering needs Understanding of geospatial data formats, standards, and projections. Solid grasp of software engineering principles and best practices.Defined data engineering standards. Developed methods to implement proof of concepts at a faster rate for product discovery.Effective communication skills to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.Familiarity with version control systems like Git, collaborative development workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

Chicago, Il, Us

A senior practitioner of user-centered design, XP agile software development through LEAN methods. Creating teams and environments that are optimized for learning which improves business value, and reduces technical complexity. Development of learning plans that align with cloud maturity models to drive strategic talent development. Lead product discovery and implemented data engineering models that fit the needs of the organization and careers of the individuals.

Chicago, Il, Us

As a software engineering manager, I am responsible for leading a team that drives and executes the strategy cloud native software development. As the leader of the team, I build, lead, and direct a lean, effective and world-class organization filled with high performing individuals who understand change management, the importance of coaching and providing feedback and creating new software delivery processes. My team and I build solutions using the extreme programming methodology built upon Spring Frameworks, Kotlin, Cloud Foundry and cutting edge CI/CD, Devops and SRE processes.

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for driving the trial, adoption and retention of API-first practices within the organization and with external third party partners. Leading the administration of the API Management platform, defining API best practices and enabling teams through instruction, social media and presentations to adopt and retain chosen API tools and process.

Building technology and solutions for the underserved Application Development mobile, Web, API development, Digital Marketing, IoT, data creation and harvesting Curriculum Development rapid prototyping, design thinking, Agile methodology, IoT, ConnectedX, Rasberry Pi, front and back end development including APi development and management,

Develop, lead, manage and direct Allstate Investment technology communication program. Drive analysis and reporting around business partner expectations for technology related communications. Summarize key issues and takeaways from such analysis and major technology impacts.Manages relationships with applicable technology partners and other related vendors.Oversee and direct weekly technology stakeholder meetings and deliver monthly targeted communications. Maintain a database of technology contacts and calendar of technology environment activities. Partner closely with leadership and branches to lead communications strategy to technology and business stakeholders. Respond to inquiries from stakeholders and senior leadership, on environment stability. Monitor and track incidents and problems within the environment. Maintain proactive, timely, and regular interaction with technology community to help new implementations and impacts.

Developed the support system and process for the Integration Support team. Coached the Integration Delivery team to submit high quality and supportable systems. Implemented Tier 0 Support System with enterprise alerting and monitoring teams. Transitioned the offshore team from level 1 support to level 1 and 2nd level support. Developed Key Performance indicators and system of metrics to evaluate offshore team. Designed a knowledge transfer assessment system

Director - Professional Development, Professional Latino Allstate Network, an employee resource group, Created a mentor programs consisting of 30 pairs(2 employees per pair) Recruited senior level leaders(senior managers and above) to serve as mentors for middle manager mentees Recruited mid level leaders and technical leaders to serve as a mentors to new employees, and professionals Spoke at other Fortune 500 companies within the area to discuss mentor program Built relationships with Senior Level leaders in the Finance and Human Resources area to broaden mentor program and mentor models to expand throughout all of Allstate Built an internal training program that teaches Allstate professionals how to write code(android, java, and TIBCO) Through internal program 8 out of 15 people have earned a promotion that included a minimum 10% increase in salary and reduced the time to find qualified coding resources from 6 weeks down to 4.

Northbrook, Il, Us

Northbrook, Il, Us

Nanodegree, Android Development, Ios Development And Machine Learning Engineer

Master Of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.), Library And Information Science

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

Improvisation And Writing