Brian Gillette Email & Phone Number

Englewood, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Co

Responsible for Transamerica Annuity & Pension website and mobile application development.• Managed three development teams that support Transamerica's retirement business, including: Java website development team, .net website development team, and mobile application development team.• Responsible for oversight of development for Transamerica mobile application for 401k plan participants to manage their 401k and pension plan contributions and allocations.• Implemented Agile/Scrum methodology within annuity & pension development teams.• Utilized India & Brazilian offshore development & testing team in order to reduce software development / testing costs.• Liaised with enterprise architecture on defining technical approaches for new projects.• Participated with project team in moving servers and services to the cloud (Amazon Web Services) as part of cost reduction and modernization efforts.

Denver, Colorado

Responsible for creating a new Digital Marketing Technology group within Transamerica to focus on digital technology and to modernize Transamerica's digital presence.•Hired and organized into teams a staff of 35 digital/web technologists to staff the Digital Marketing Technology group, including the following roles: Business Analysts/Testers, Web Writers, Content Managers, Web Designers, Web Software developers, Web Analytics / SEO Manager, Project Manager, Social Media Manager.• Responsible for oversight of the re-design of 5 key customer servicing websites.• Participated in identifying, evaluating and implementing new toolsets to efficiently support new Digital Technology group’s SDLC including: new Content Management System (SDL Tridion), new source code management system, requirements management system, and software defect & trouble ticketing system.• Responsible for development team annual operating budget.• Developed and monitored departmental service level agreements.• Participated in cost-benefit analysis and prioritization of new projects with steering committee.

Denver

Managed cross-functional staff of employees to support divisional business systems.• Responsible for management of OLTP databases and DBA team.• Implemented business intelligence systems.• Implemented Epiphany sales force automation/CRM system. Participated in every phase of this full lifecycle project.• Managed multiple CRM implementation & conversion projects to convert existing CRM systems from one platform to another (Active Sales CRM to Epiphany CRM – Epiphany CRM to Pivotal CRM – Pivotal CRM to Salesforce CRM).• Designed and implemented internal web portals using open source development tools.• Designed custom sales commission tracking/payment system. Led development team to implement system using Microsoft SQL Server & ASP.Net/C#.• Designed custom financial reporting and P&L system with interfaces into CRM systems, corporate accounting systems, and Hyperion Essbase OLAP cubes.• Implemented security measures and enhanced documentation and processes to support Sarbanes/Oxley.• Defined business continuity plans for divisional IT organization.• Managed Technology Services vendor relationships.• Managed contract staff including India based offshore contractors.

Denver, Colorado

Responsibilities included:• Responsible for management of 20 Java developers, including H1B visa holders.• Accountable for the oversight and delivery of CRM System Implementation & and integration projects. • Estimated projects and wrote Statements of Work (SOW) for client engagements.• Simultaneously managed the design, development and delivery of multiple projects to completion.• Ensured that project goals and objectives were accomplished in accordance with outlined priorities, time limitations, and funding conditions.• Developed staffing plans, work schedules, budgets, and time lines.

Formerly American Management Systems Denver, Co

Responsibilities as a Senior Consultant with American Management Systems included the delivery of customized eBilling solutions for large telecommunications clients. As a group leader, led a mixed team of developers and business analysts to cover the full development lifecycle for a given functional area.

Phoenix, Arizona

Responsible for managing Information Technology Department staff, evaluating emerging technology, negotiating vendor contracts, developing disaster recovery plans and defining and implementing IT security policies.