I am a passionate Software Engineering Vice President who has years of experience delivering high value software and growing top tier development organizations. When you need your Business and IT singing from the same sheet of music, and desire your worn out technology made current, I am your man. I speak JEE, .NET, Cloud and SaaS and can make technology work for you. I built the SaaS platform for Think Finance that has processed over $1 billion in loans. The system is multi-tenant, horizontally scalable, highly secure, and mobile based. It was built using Agile and Dev/Ops using micro-services on a .NET stack. I am a proven leader who is skilled in JEE and .NET, Agile and Dev/Ops, Project Management, and Systems Integration. I can get down and dirty and code too: (C#, Java, C++/C, and HTML/CSS). I know how to grow enterprise teams on a global scale. I have been responsible for up to 150 developers, business, analysts, project managers, QA testers, and database administrators. I am passionate about getting my teams aligned in order to accomplish a business objective and get satisfaction mentoring them to become incredible technical leaders. I have strong communication skills and love to solve business objectives. Over my career, I have been fortunate to have worked on critical business projects under tight time frames. It has allowed me to work collaboratively with my business partners in order to meet or exceed deadlines and budget expectations. In today’s world, business and technology must be pulling in the same direction. I drive to win by building trusting relationships with my business partners that allow our mission to succeed.I have a Bachelor of Arts (Management Information Systems) from Cal State East Bay. My strengths: Relator, Achiever, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, and Arranger (from StrengthFinders).Give me a shout and let me show you how I can make technology work for youCharles Allen510-967-7197chasman61@yahoo.com