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Greater Chicago Area

US Air Force Cloud One App MigrationsI have been leading the efforts to assess and migrate On-Prem applications into the Air Force Cloud One (C1) Environments. Working closely with C1 leadership and Mission App Teams to not only deliver apps but build relationships and train teams along the way to ensure they can effectively manage the apps post migration. I have contributed to improvements in this strong process driven engagement. Recently I have been managing an initiative to bring Apache NiFi in as a common service into C1 solving integration problems with legacy systems that have blocked several migrations.McDonald’s Global Web CommerceI stepped into this project that was inappropriately treated only as a “back up” for the mobile ordering track of work within the Client organization. When a key global Market showed interest in its use there was a scramble to bring the project up to standards. I documented and aligned requirements with the mobile version and increased the level of client attention and knowledge and brought rigor and planning to ensure all dependent systems and clients were aligned. This node.js application was eventually piloted in the China Market and was the first application within McDonald’s to implement a corporate provided delivery process.McDonald’s Global Mobile ApplicationWith my knowledge of McDonalds’s core systems and ordering, I joined the project in maintenance mode utilizing a KANBAN process to deliver the maximum value for each sprint across a variety of Markets and priorities. I facilitated cross-platform native app launches in the US, Canada, China, UK and Australia.

Greater Detroit Area

I was advising companies on their marketing technology ecosystems. Working closely with creative and strategic disciplines to provide the capabilities needed to support the needs of a brand’s marketing efforts. 3 years of this role were focused on a brand-wide redesign for Hilton. This comprehensive project centered on the redesign of 9 brands into a single management system utilizing a 3-tier flexible component-based design system. It also included a third-party development partner creating the need for extensive detailed documentation and review. The new system allowed for complete content entry of brand and hotel level content and the flexible components ensured an ability to customize aspects of the layout. This efficiency decreased maintenance of the sites by 45%. I also established a rural/offshore distributed development team that lowered development costs by 30% and provided scalability of available resources.

Greater Detroit Area

I managed the Detroit technical team with over 40 resources across Technical Analysts, Creative Technologists, Back End Developers and Quality Assurance disciplines. I led hundreds of projects for a major automotive client. I contributed to the development of a Global CMS solution for Chrysler Group that centralized production of sites within a single implementation. The solution accounted for markets with all levels of budget and marketing abilities. This self-service solution was utilized by 36 markets and resulted in 75 traditional sites and 9 mobile experiences with support for 44 language locales. I also developed a custom OLA production solution that reduced development of over a thousand units to a matter of hours. By utilizing an interface to modify the data each month, and automating the production tools, these offer-based ads could run in market for almost the entire month. Previously, due to the length of production, they were only active for just over a week.

Greater Detroit Area

I led technical production efforts focused on the front-end development of 5 major automotive brands. I architected a custom page generator and Analytics platform for development and reporting efficiencies. Developed graphics automation processes

Greater Detroit Area

Front-end developer and Technical project lead.

Greater Detroit Area

I designed and coded Websites and Kiosks using Object-Oriented Lingo in Macromedia Director. I produced a globalized (12 languages) event-based vehicle kiosk for a major automotive manufacturer.

Greater Detroit Area

Managed the midnight shift of the Desktop Publishing Group. 24-hour turnaround and working hours that left nobody to call when issues arose. I developed strong problem solving skills in this environment.