Progressively promoted to Director of Product Development iVOS, reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), with responsibilities for release planning, release delivery, process control, staffing and budget management. Successful leadership of distributed Agile Scrum teams located in San Ramon, Chicago, Atlanta, Bangalore and Beijing.Key Contributions:+ Managed 3 direct reports and team member counts ranging from 34 – 46+ Facilitated scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-up, demos and retrospectives)+ Responsible for annual budget ranging from $1.5 million - $4 million+ Planned, initiated and executed 550 issues in 20+ 2 week Sprints while obtaining an average team velocity of 50 points+ Implemented Atlassian JIRA for project tracking+ Optimized release cadence from quarterly to monthly resulting in increased client satisfaction

Promoted to Software Development Manager / Scrum Master within the iVOS group. Primary responsibilities included: team lead, resource administration, scrum ceremonies and offshore liaison.Key Contributions:+ Managed greenfield project for a Policy Administration module from Kickoff to Go-Live + Facilitated scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-up, demos and retrospectives)+ Established offshore development teams+ Managed Level 3 support ticket queue and resources

Recruited into Aon eSolutions as Technical Lead within the iVOS group. Primary responsibilities ranged from technical analysis and feature development. Key Contributions:+ Led technical analysis for custom integration specifications+ Implemented JBOSS Drools as a Rule Engine for Pattern Matching facts+ Adopted and implemented Agile Scrum

Recruited into the organization as a member of a newly formed Java development team for the implementation of a third-party claims administration solution. Primary responsibilities ranged from the analysis and design of an event processing module to the implementation of Agile Scrum practices.Key Contributions:+ Led analysis and design for an event processing component utilizing WebSphere MQ+ Adopted and implemented Agile Framework Scrum+ Instituted Product Owner role and responsibilities+ Executed developer code review and design sessions to ensure following of Java/J2EE best practices+ Led analysis and design for a Medical Management integration project

Retained as a subject-matter expert (SME) and developer for the eZAccess and Risk Portrait solutions when CSC acquired the application services from Zurich as part of an outsourcing initiative. Primary responsibilities included feature development and production tuning and maintenance.Key Contributions:+ Lead developer for integration project utilizing Web Services between applications eZAccess and Risk Portrait+ Architect and team lead for a near real-time data mart utilizing IBM Data Propagator, Triggers and Java Stored Procedures+ Designed and implemented feature to track multiple disability periods+ Contributed to pre-production defect resolution for the Risk Portrait application+ Instrumental in performance tuning for the Risk Portrait and eZAccess applications

Recruited into Zurich as a Web Design/Developer for a substantial project involving the rewrite of the claims solution from a mainframe menu-driven application to a web Java/J2EE application. Primary responsibilities included code development and testing of features ranging from mission-critical claim registration to claim search.Key Contributions:+ Designed and implemented mission-critical claim registration feature+ Organized and delegated QA testing defects for resolution+ Led analysis, design and implementation for a claim search feature+ Contributed to Production support+ Developed extensive JUnit unit tests+ Generated Use Case Narratives

Hired into DDI as a COBOL Programmer to enhance and maintain time management applications for the healthcare industry. Progressively promoted to Java Developer. Primary responsibilities ranged from the analysis, design, implementation and testing of payroll interface programs, feature development, data model design and defect tracking and management.Key Contributions:+ Analyzed, designed and implemented Custom Payroll Interface programs+ Implemented 3-tier communication protocol utilizing MF COBOL CCI+ Designed and implemented automatic update process to update client system files+ Established course material and instructed training classes on writing Custom Payroll Interface programs+ Administered and maintained SQL Server database scripts+ Managed customer and internally reported application defects+ Authored Y2K Conversion Requirements