As the Vice President, Product Engineering, I was responsible for defining and executing on the technology product strategy, vision, and roadmap. I had oversight over and set top-level product schedules, determined and scheduled product delivery milestones, and ensured on-time delivery of milestones and product increments.• Empowered and led a global, cross-functional agile team of 100+ people with a ~$27 million budget, focused on mobile, front-end, back-end. consumer-facing solutions and data analytics.• Leveraged a data-driven approach to optimize resource allocation across new enhancements and production support, resulting in a reduction in technical debt while delivering the annual roadmap.• Defined and implemented numerous process improvements, leading to a 20% increase in velocity and a renewed focus on quality that enabled us to reduce the production support backlog by over 10%.• Defined and implemented numerous KPI initiatives, focused on Flow and DORA metrics.• Provided executive input into annual product roadmaps and quarterly planning ensuring that the most critical customer requests and internal initiatives were prioritized.• Introduced story mapping to the product management processes, making requirements analysis more agile and speeding up incremental value delivery.• Drove several automation initiatives leading to internal cost savings of over $250K per year.• Led organizational culture initiatives, achieving an annual attrition rate below 10% and fostering a cohesive work environment resulting in an 82% favorability on employee satisfaction surveys.• Contributed to defining company mission and vision as well as the yearly strategy to execute on both.• Led efforts to clarify engineering job families and improve hiring efforts, which resulted in a reduction in Time to Hire metrics by over 50%.• Provided monthly and quarterly updates to the Board of Managers on critical items of interest.• Remained hands-on, as needed

Expansion of previous role as Senior Director of Software Development to include Enterprise IT responsibilities below:• Infrastructure including network, phone systems and desktop/laptop support.• IT Service Management and service deskI also participated in and contributed towards due diligence efforts leading to the joint venture with Delta Dental of Wisconsin and Delta Dental of Illinois to create NorthWinds Technology Solutions.

As the Senior Director of Technology at Delta Dental of Virginia, I played a key role in architecting and deploying a multi-tenant, Software as a Service (SaaS) application running in AWS. This application provided a complete dental administration system for modern dental insurers. Key accomplishments:• Empowered a global, cross-functional agile team of 50+ people with a ~$15 million budget, focused on:o Designing a scalable, secure, and efficient cloud-native architecture in AWS, facilitating easier development within a micro-services framework.o Automating DevOps practices through CI/CD pipelines, integrating quality and security checks to enhance deployment efficiency.o Automating data delivery and setting up a data governance framework, ensuring data integrity and compliance.o Engineering reusable foundational components to boost engineering speed and quality through platform patterns and components.o Enabling seamless business-to-business (B2B) integration with a flexible, self-service solution, improving partner collaboration and efficiency.o Developing robust data migration tools that reduced implementation time by 20%.• Led the ideation and deployment (going from 0 to 1) of a cloud-native SaaS application, resulting in the successful onboarding of the first two large clients during the Covid-19 pandemic.• Led the ideation and implementation of a self-service CI/CD solution that reduced the time to deploy new microservices from one week to less than a day.• Spearheaded the transition to agile and SAFe methodologies, increasing the value delivered to clients.• Oversaw software selection and contract reviews, resulting in annual savings of ~$300,000.

Technology consulting, mentoring and advising.

Led the Software Engineering team consisting of 10 on-shore and 25-50 off-shore contract developers responsible for building, integrating, and supporting the software systems needed to operate a $10B per year fuel services company.Key highlights include:• Provided vision and strategic guidance for the use of technology across the business.• Responsible for defining and managing an annual division budget of ~$5 million.• Led waterfall to agile transformation resulting in faster time to market.• Worked with multiple cross-functional teams to design and implement large-scale enterprise software focused on exception-based processing resulting in business growth without headcount increase.• Defined job descriptions, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, retention, and career management.• Led efforts to update service orientated architecture (SOA) to modern microservices architecture resulting in a more scalable and flexible SaaS platform.• Managed multiple development vendors from Statement of Work to selection and execution, driving partnerships that result in a staff augmentation model that reduces overall cost while allowing for scaling up and down to meet project needs.• Led initiatives to automate the continuous integration and continuous deployment for a custom enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that resulted in cost savings of around 30%.• Researched new technologies and trends within the industry.• Guided team coding styles, standards, infrastructure, policies, procedures, and best practices.• Participated in and contributed towards technical due diligence for a potential sale of the ERP solution being developed.

In February of 2016, PowerSchool Group acquired Interactive Achievement, however my role did not change. Led 13 employee and 10 contract engineers focused on building and supporting a hybrid-cloud SaaS Assessment and Analytical application for K-12 school districts across the United States. Key highlights include:• Provided vision and strategic guidance for the technology organization.• Responsible for defining and managing an annual division budget of ~$2 million. • Worked with multiple-cross functional teams to design and implement large-scale enterprise software.• Prioritized and allocated projects, products, and resources using a lean agile methodology.• Led initiatives to migrate from a monolithic application to a microservices application. Introduced modern integration platforms and approaches to automate the ingestion and warehousing of assessment data.• Managed multiple development vendors including negotiating Service Level Agreements and vetting then selecting vendors.• Researched new technologies and trends within the industry.• Guided team coding styles, standards, development/deployment infrastructure, policies, procedures, and best practices.• Participated in and contributed towards technical due diligence efforts leading to the acquisition of Interactive Achievement by PowerSchool.• Managed development team through the acquisition process and related organization change management efforts resulting in no attrition due to the acquisition.

Responsible for directing and managing the development teams in the pursuit of building and improving on the onTRAC Assessment and Longitudinal Data Systems. Also responsible for evaluating and implementing modern Software as a Service architectures as well as evaluating emerging technologies and prioritizing and planning work for the Interactive Achievement technology organization. Responsibilities and duties include:• Designed technology development plans and a vision for the organization.• Participated in the strategic decisions about technology, definition, and implementation of software products.• Determined the yearly budget for the development team and monitored burndown throughout the year to ensure projects are delivered within budget.• Planned, directed, and coordinated activities of a multi-team and cross-functional organization.• Planned, directed, and coordinated all activities associated with creating software across multiple functional areas and products.• Prioritized and allocated projects, products, and resources with the assistance of architects and managers.• Stayed informed and monitored technology trends and directions.• Collaborated with other top-level management and technology heads across the component while taking an active role in determining overall technology and development strategies.• Directed, motivated, developed and oversaw the performance of the management team and key staff members on the development team.• Assisted in defining the work breakdown structure, minimum viable product deliverable and estimates for project requirements and scope.• Contributed to and matured team coding styles, standards, development/deployment infrastructure, policies, procedures, and best practices.

Promoted in 2014 to conceptualize, form, and hire a team of 55+ people to establish an Integration Center of Excellence.Key highlights include:• Focused on determining the software development process for the organization. Championed the transition to agile (Scrum and Kanban) from a waterfall and agile hybrid process.• Worked with multiple cross-functional teams to design and implement large-scale enterprise software.• Served as the project manager and then scrum master for each team responsible for impediment removal, release planning and status reporting to the executive leaders.• Drove the design, architecture and implementation of enterprise .NET applications and complex integration scenarios including integration with systems like SAP, Oracle EAM, Maximo, and others.• Led multiple teams through the modernization of the WinForms client/server application into a SaaS web application that used a MVVM SPA architecture with Knockout and .NET WebAPI2.• Mentored Software and QA Engineers, and Team Leads.

In 2008, my role expanded to a team lead over 5 of the top 7 selling modules in the Meridium APM platform and I assumed a player/coach role on the team.Key highlights include:• Responsible for performance management of technical team members, including goal setting, performance assessments, stack rankings and decisions on career progression.• Champion of software development processes, favoring agile (Scrum and Kanban) processes, but also experienced in waterfall and hybrid models.• Provided project management for each team, responsible for release planning and weekly status updates to the VP of Development and the CTO.• Mentored cross functional team members on technical and non-technical aspects of software development.• Drove the design and implementation of large enterprise applications using .NET technologies and either an Oracle or MS SQL Server back end. • Drove the design, architecture, and implementation for complex integration scenarios.• Led teams as well as participated as an individual contributor in the development of thick client/server enterprise applications using the .NET technology stack.• Led teams as well as participated as an individual contributor in the development of a SAAS thin client/server enterprise applications using a MVVM SPA architecture and the .NET WebAPI2 stack for the RESTful API layer.• Led teams as well as participated as an individual contributor in the development of complex integration scenarios between source systems such as SAP, Oracle EAM, Maximo, Emerson AMS and other OSI PI systems and the Meridium APM enterprise suite using Talend as the ESB layer.• Drove certification processes with partners to obtain certifications (such as SAP Suite on Hana Certification) and endorsements.

Focused on building a proprietary integration layer using Managed C++ that enabled integration between the Meridium APM application and the SAP Plant Maintenance application. This enabled us to provide our clients with a seamless integration between the two systems saving hundreds of man-hours per year and reducing human error as they created their maintenance plans and work orders. Key highlights include:• Individual contributor in the development of thick client/server enterprise applications using the .NET technology stack.• Individual contributor in the development of complex integration scenarios between source systems such as SAP, Oracle EAM, Maximo, Emerson AMS and other OSI PI systems and the Meridium APM enterprise suite using Talend as the ESB layer.• Drove certification processes with partners to obtain certifications (such as SAP Suite on Hana Certification) and endorsements.

In 2005, BearingPoint won the contract that Automation Creations, Inc (ACI) had previously held, and I transitioned to the team as a Senior-level manager and lead developer working with the same team as with ACI. Key highlights include:• People Management: Assisted with hiring, retention, attrition, and career management.• Proposal Generation: Participated in building responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to help acquire new business in the government sector.• Requirements Definition: Engaged closely with the customers to gather and document application requirements and use cases.• Automation Architecture: Translated application requirements into system architecture using the FLiP process. • System Architecture: Used Mind Mapping technologies to create the system architecture and translated it into the file structure for the systems.• Technical Leadership: Managed the cross-functional team to ensure high quality design, implementation and testing occurred on time and within budget.• Release Planning: Worked with systems engineering team for application deployment including the definition of a deployment checklist and smoke testing.• Estimation: Provided Project Manager with timeline estimations for new requirements or changes in business rules.• Process Compliance: Completed documentation for compliance with CMMI, with the initial goal of becoming level 3 certified. • Research: Research into new technologies and constant review of the coding standards and methods to ensure that application is as efficient as possible.

Senior-level developer and developer lead on a 2 to 3-person team for a data driven web application. Responsible for the following:• Gather application requirements from the customers. Formulate business rules for the applications and translate them into formal application requirements. Requires frequent interaction with the customers through all phases of development.• Translate application requirements into system architecture using the FLiP process. Use Mind Mapping technologies to create the system architecture and translate it into the file structure for the systems.• Coordinate with graphics team to aid in generation of prototypes. Requires close contact with the customers to ensure that the prototype meets their aesthetic requirements. Also requires frequent trips to meet on-site with customers to review prototype as it evolves.• Generate documentation for the code and business rules for the applications.• Coordinate with Oracle database team to generate or modify database schema. Generate or modify SQL database schemas directly, when needed.• Manage the development team through the coding effort. Assist with completion of the more complex parts of the code. Performed the integration of the complete system and corrected architecture as needed.• Coordinate with testing team to ensure that testing is completed thoroughly and on time. Delegated research and bug fixes within the development team when problems were found.• Coordinate with systems engineering team for deployment of application. Create checklists of critical issues that need to be completed to be deployed. Perform initial testing once applications have been deployed.• Provide Project Manager with timeline estimations for new requirements or changes in business rules.• Complete documentation for compliance with CMMI. • Research into new technologies and constant review of the coding standards and methods to ensure that application is as efficient as possible.

Sole developer for client / server application for the United States Navy. Responsible for the following:• DERT – Data Element Reduction Tool. Tool gathers data points generated during testing events to provide technical status used to determine if Tomahawk software is ready for fleet deployment. Involved requirement, architecture, design, and code development along with rapid prototyping, system testing and delivering to client.• C-DERT – Classified Data Element Reduction Tool. Gathers all classified data points gathered during testing events and provides reports for use in DERT application.• Application Briefing and Training – Delivered briefs for clients on the progress of the tool. Lead training sessions for Tomahawk System Test team.• Research & Development – Research performed to determine cost and feasibility of porting application to a web-based tool for access from remote sites.

Led technical support and quality assurance specialist with a team of 2-10 members responsible for the quality of the client and server applications. Responsible for the following:• Quality Assurance Applications – Designed and developed applications to ensure the quality of the server and network systems. Ensured that the client could perform necessary actions involving the server to decrease user downtime.• Research & Development – Led research efforts in faster and more robust network protocols and with optimizing use of graphical memory objects.• Technical Support & Knowledge Management – Team lead for technical support group or various sizes providing online and email-based support to a user base of 1.7 users worldwide. Gathered customer complaints and solutions into a knowledge base for online FAQ generation. Generated software requirements from customer suggestions and comments.• Quality Assurance – Team lead for varying size software test team to ensure quality of client / server and web-based applications.• Network and Test Center Upkeep – Personally designed, implemented, and maintained test center for 6-10 computers.