Chris Nelson, Pe Email & Phone Number

Shreveport, LA, US

• Manage and mentor a highly successful development team producing applications and API services on cloud-based and private servers, including hiring new developers and onboarding staff making in-house transfers
• Instituted and continue to use a team ticketing system for managing development tasks and workflow
• Created and manage the ongoing use of an in-house knowledge base for documenting software engineering standards and processes
• Drive automation of manual processes to reduce errors and increase efficiency
• Champion and facilitate continuous improvement in code quality and data integrity
• Direct evolving design of hybrid cloud solution to monitor and manage cellular data usage, including application throttling

Troy, NY, US

• Designed and led execution of projects to make technical infrastructure simpler, more uniform, better documented, easier to maintain, and more secure.
• Evaluated and revised policies and procedures and set direction for using technological resources.
• Managed relationships with multiple IT service providers.
• Managed development of client-facing applications and in-house software tools.
• Mentored technical services team.

Albany, NY, US

• Managed Java and COBOL developers to maintain and enhance accountingsubsystem including AP, AR, payroll, and financial reporting.
• Worked with business analyst and other stakeholders to prioritize work and maximize customer impact at more than 1,500 dealerships across the country.
• Managed major project to change a fundamental assumption of the accounting system. Delivered on-time and without stress, while reducing technical debt.

Troy, NY, US

• Worked with Global 2000 clients to facilitate multi-million-dollar installations of Apprenda Cloud Platform.
• Gathered requirements for and designed and developed customizations to integrate ACP with clients’ existing IT infrastructure.
• Trained client development teams on platform operation and application migration.
• Identified common features across customizations, enabling reuse of common code leading to streamlined client engagements.
• Mentored junior staff on technology, development process, and company culture.

York, Pennsylvania, US

• Created and developed the software engineering group, instituting systematic code reviews, task management system, nightly builds, and automatic regression testing.
• Coordinated all aspects of software and firmware development for automation and communication products.
• Managed all aspects of software and firmware development for automation and communication products for industrial control and networking applications.
• Managed a team of six engineers with a reputation for consistently delivering high-quality software on schedule.
• Coordinated work with customers and vendors in Asia and Europe.
• Documented existing systems from other divisions within the company to create a primary reference for developers new to those areas.

• Contributed articles and columns to several technical publications, wrote "Tcl/Tk Programmers Reference" Member of Society for Technical Communication.

Developed enterprise software in Java for industrial automation applications, including design, coding, and development of unit tests.

Designed and developed rasterization software for very large and very small images using C, C++, and Bash.Designed and developed portable GUI software using Tcl/Tk.Both rasterization and GUI targeted seven UNIX flavors and two versions of Microsoft Windows.

Designed, developed and tested process control software for Linux, VMS, and Microsoft Windows.

Schenectady, NY, US

Developed databased GUI for turbine preventative maintenance application.

Greater Chicago Area, IL, US

Ms, Computer Science

Bs, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Psychology

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