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Covington, Ga, Us

Covington, Ga, Us

Plano, Tx, Us

Plano, Tx, Us

London, Gb

✓ Led engineering management functions for eight products in active development. ✓ Directly oversaw and led proof of concept efforts that incorporated generative AI technology. Assisted in querying and building policy records with prompt engineering processes. ✓ Identified inefficiencies in four different Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process styles that resulted in a non-compliant certification for production release.✓ Authored and implemented a comprehensive Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) playbook that standardized processes across all groups, ensuring certification compliance.✓ Fostered developmental synergies between teams through the adoption of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) playbook. Enhanced product development efficiency and reduced costs and time.✓ Decreased certification board processes by 50% through playbook implementation. Streamlined and simplified the certification process.✓ Addressed the accumulation of technical debt in four major categories (In-App TD, End of Life/Support TD, Mandatory Company Upgrades/Deprecations TD, and DevOps Improvements TD.)✓ Established a tech debt registry for ongoing management. Facilitated comprehensive collaboration and discussions at the end of each Sprint.✓ Eliminated product delivery delays caused by technical debt since the registry's inception. Continued toward the path of least resistance for new development projects.✓ Improved the quality of software engineering resources from third-party vendors by implementing a two-step interview process.✓ Conducted technical skills and behavioral pattern phone interviews and administered online technology tests for candidates who passed the initial resume review.✓ Successfully recruited highly proficient software engineers through the two-step interview process. Actively contributed to the formation of high-performing product development teams.

London, Gb

✓ Introduced development technologies and techniques in a newly established department. Enhanced the knowledge and skills of the team through training and mentorship opportunities. ✓ Colocated to Berlin, Germany to lead the web application workstream alongside the AI development workstream. Integrated Agile methodologies that created good synergies and processes between the two workstreams. ✓ Developed two applications on the Microsoft SharePoint platform. Tested and validated application functionality before transferring to another platform. ✓ Addressed SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) challenges that hindered the cost-effective and timely delivery of web applications. ✓ Designed and deployed a decoupled, stand-alone web application framework on IIS web servers and separate database servers.✓ Removed dependency on SharePoint server and eliminated the need for provisioning certifications, user licenses, and commodity developers.✓ Transitioned teams to consist of full-stack developers. Enhanced skills, knowledge, and real-world application of skills through comprehensive training.✓ Standardized application features that included user management, authentication/authorization, logging, and API management.✓ Introduced a repository of reusable components and frameworks for both front-end and back-end development. Standardized and streamlined the development environment. ✓ Reduced initial application provisioning time from three to four sprints to a single sprint zero task. Consolidated and more effectively utilized resources. ✓ Enabled faster addition of business features in the first iteration of applications. Saved development, testing, and launch timing.

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Us

✓ Developed a Windows application that automated the employee PTO management process. Streamlined and simplified the end-user interface. ✓ Implemented timely automation for accurate PTO calculations. Frequently audited the accuracy of the application’s calculations. ✓ Generated weekly reports that displayed PTO accruals and time utilization. Empowered senior leadership with decision-making tools. ✓ Eliminated manual PTO handling for the entire payroll and human resources department. Reduced payroll processing time by 20 hours per week.

Design intranet and corporate web site.