Bryan L. Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Woodland Hills, Ca, Us

Woodland Hills, Ca, Us

Lancaster, Texas, Us

Westlake Village, California, Us

• Responsible for defining the company's product vision and execution as it pertains to the competitive landscape of the Internet Media, Automotive, and Professional Services industries.• Implemented a product lifecycle oversight process and committee that allowed for increased transparency, collaboration, and clearly defined KPIs for all projects.• Provided oversight and guidance with strategic partnerships and vendor management.• Defined requirements and design for a new customer facing reporting and provisioning platform.• Conducted extensive market research to support product initiatives for the 2015 roadmap

Woodland Hills, Ca, Us

• Responsible for development and execution of ReachLocal's International expansion into the Asia Pac and Americas regions.• Defined product requirements specific to International market needs such as currency, language, and local legal requirements.• Developed an automated call tracking provisioning solution with custom integrations to support vendors, globally.• Worked with a third party credit card processing company to integrate ReachLocal's payment system application to support the Japan market.• Partnered with Engineering and the Office of the Architect to define product requirements to support the transition from MySQL to a non-relational Hadoop (Hbase) database.• Led business development pricing negotiations with vendors which led to $200,000 per month in bottom line cost savings.

Woodland Hills, Ca, Us

* Wrote the integration plan for the acquisition of Answers.com which consisted of over 550 tasks and initiatives across all departments.* Lead the planning and implementation of a robust split testing system which resulted in a CTR increase of 60%.* Created and maintained a split testing spreadsheet to track all revenue and user action metrics for AB tests* Used Smartsheet to track resource allocation for multiple development projects running in parallel.* Worked closely with Executive Management to roll out the new team goals process company-wide.* Helped implement SCRUM with the Director of Engineering and Sr. Architect which gave us the ability to track engineering velocity and set better time expectations.* Successfully migrated our code repository from SVN to GIT* Worked with engineering, operations, and analytics team to implement a slow roll system that allowed us to monitor for CTR or user action deltas with each software release.* Implemented catastrophe monitoring within the Infrastructure Operations team.* Implemented release engineering best practices that included technical rollout and rollback instructions, code repository structure, and branching/merging methodology.* Enhanced QA best practices to include QA Acceptance Criteria, risk mitigation, and product quality expectation setting.

* Implemented a change management process that helped reduce system outages and application failures.* Worked with the VP of Engineering to implement some best practices across development, release engineering, and systems infrastructure.* Built a new code packaging and deployment system using Debian Package Manager. * Managed the successful data center migration from NY to DC with zero downtime to the applications.* Worked closely with the VP of Operations to improve NOC escalation procedures.

Los Angeles, California, Us

* Built a team of 7 QA and 3 Release engineers through multiple software implementations.* Developed an RPM based code deployment system for all PERL and Java applications, utilizing Perforce, Subversion, and Etch to manage code and configuration files. Architected an automated build/deployment tool used to package and push code to QA environments. * Responsible for the overall quality of our domainsponsor.com, lowfares.com, snapnames.com, and moniker.com web-based applications. * Assisted in the successful implementation of SCRUM across all development teams. Partnered with Ops to implement ITIL processes across the technology division. * Implemented a standardized software development lifecycle (SDLC) to ensure efficient process flow between business and technology teams. * Formulated numerous test plans and scripts to ensure high quality and delivery of all applications under testing. * Wrote automated BASH shell scripts to test back-end areas of our applications. * Responsible for presenting code quality metrics to the executive management team for all code releases. * Defined repeatable smoke tests and load testing techniques for performance comparisons across releases and easy assessment of build acceptability.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

* Built a group of 9 Quality Assurance Engineers and 1 team lead.* Coordinated testing efforts across multiple offices including San Mateo, Bellevue, and London.* Implemented quality assurance standard operating procedures and testing methodologies.* Conducted functional testing, stress testing, edge cases, and user acceptance tests related to mobile media on websites, BREW platforms, and WAP decks. * Utilized QuickTestPro to conduct functional and regression testing on several websites and web-based applications. * Responsible for assessing and reporting overall risk for each project. * Implemented a product deficiency tracking system used by Project Management, Quality Assurance, and Development, which assisted the teams in each software development life cycle.

* Identified weaknesses in our supply chain management software via end-to-end testing and developed solutions to prevent recurrence. * Utilized a product deficiency tracking system throughout the course of the development cycle. * Designed and developed quality assurance test plans and testing strategies. * Developed and maintained automated and manual test assets including data validation shell scripts, test cases, automation scripts, and test databases. * Maintained the QA environment by monitoring servers and propagating code using Redhat Package Manager (RPM) and CVS. * Tested all maintenance and enhancement releases to supply chain management application. * Led a group of 7 Quality Assurance Developers through over 10 major release cycles. * Used WebMethods coupled with two in-house programs to extract data from the customer’s ERP/MRP system. * Conducted data validation, time metrics, and monitored load/memory usage for the data feed portion of the product.

Mba, Business Administration - Entrepreneurship

Bs, Criminal Justice