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San Ramon, Ca

• Led engineering of a cloud-based continuous delivery platform on the Predix Industrial Cloud leveraging open source software as well as custom GoLang and Java code• Mentored engineering staff in agile engineering techniques• Collaborated with the security teams in automating static and dynamic scanning processes

Eden Prairie, Mn

• Led engineering of a DevOps platform automating code (application and infrastructure code!) build, test and deploy. Included robust metrics collection and visualization replacing manual, manipulated charts.• Implemented SCRUM in a distributed, global environment• Built and led Enterprise Architecture standards and processes across GE Capital, simplifying the portfolio and reducing coast• Global Agile and DevOps evangelist; driving culture change and improvement in time to value and quality of product • Streamlined PMO, compliance and security processes leveraging an automated continuous delivery pipeline

Eden Prairie, Mn

• Led the technology vision and strategy process, globally, ensuring buy-in of the IT and Business communities. Enforcing seamless integration and maximization of all technology investments. • Globally drove the development and deployment of modern e-Business applications and technologies including web-based configuration and purchasing, customer self-service and business intelligenceacross the globe, ensuring flexibility and reliability in the short and long term. • Development of a global systems re-engineering strategy• Businesses Start-up in Mexico and Brazil• Served on the board of directors for a strategic Internet company.• Started and led a new PMO organization and implemented standard processes• Managed $100M + budget

Eden Prairie, Mn

Led R&D efforts around telematics and web-based B2B applicationsLed merger and Acquisition activitiesLed IT activities for business startups in Mexico and Brazil

Eden Prairie, Mn

Managed a team of technical professions responsible for entire technical infrastructure including telecommunications, networking, database, workstation and server technologies. Strategic planning, IT budget management, project management, supplier negotiation and management, strategic infrastructure planning at the global level.