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Peabody, Ma, Us

Beverly, Massachusetts, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

• Oversees technology solutions for a 60-employee Series-B genomic data life science startup—translating business strategy into technology solutions, recruiting and managing a skilled team, scaling technically and operationally, and establishing processes and quality systems that bolster performance. • Leads a team of 20 software engineers—assessing performance, developing talent through coaching, offering constructive feedback, and providing guidance and mentorship. • Develops annual and long-term technology strategic plans—building technology roadmaps, establishing architecture, creating resources for team members, and evaluating tools for business alignment and integration. • Directs for the design, development, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance of the company’s laboratory information management system (LIMS) technology including the proprietary application, laboratory data, integrations, and engineering services team. • Establishes and implements company technology policies and procedures—leveraging deep working knowledge of technology best practices, industry standards, and market trends. • Orchestrates technology upgrades and process refinements that improve the company’s performance including building the on-call and bug triage process which dropped the backlog by 50% while still achieving development roadmap goals.

Woburn, Massachusetts, Us

• Served as a member of senior leadership at the e-commerce startup—overseeing all mobile application strategy and development, managing 14 engineers, and establishing systems that facilitate growth. • Developed and orchestrated the company’s strategy to integrate engineering teams of three companies after mergers, aligning long-term strategic plans with talent resources to organize teams and restructure to Agile development processes to meet technical needs. • Implemented process improvements that increased the technology functionality and performance including integrating CI/CD pipeline methods to the mobile application which eliminated human error out of the builds and reduced the chances of the app being rejected by app stores by over 90%. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams including product development on sprint goals, road maps, user stories, and execution plans. • Responsible for vendor engagement—cultivating strategic partnerships with cutting-edge technology service providers and negotiating beneficial agreements that reduced costs by 50%.

Danvers, Ma, Us

• Designed and developed a first-of-its-kind location technology using C#, SQL Server, and Bluetooth beacons—building proof-of-concept, stewarding the technology through the full development cycle to bring it to market, and scaling capabilities to lead towards acquisition. • Managed enterprise client engagements including a pilot project with two major hotel brands and an Android and iOS software development kit for the geofencing solution—partnering with client development teams on technical support. • Pioneered the engineering team's growth from inception to a team of seven—building the structures and systems that enabled scale and continued growth.

• Managed the mobile team development operations—growing the team to eight engineers, establishing Agile processes, and ensuring delivery and performance of software applications. • Mentored and developed engineering team talent—conducting regular performance reviews, training team on best practices, guiding through complex implementations, and coaching on career pathways. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams including the product team and other engineering teams to design, evaluate, and create timelines for new features.

• Created a video game backend service for all gaming platforms• Designed and implemented an admin panel for the service using Angular and jquery frameworks• Designed and implemented a gamer facing UI that consumed the backend services to provide gamers with statistics and other engagement features• Company was selected to pitch at the TechCrunch Pitch Off in Boston

• Directly managed the day to day activities of the payment, backend, web software development teams & later the mobile team at Roam (Boston and Hong Kong)• Introduced and successfully implemented agile development methodologies across the company• Worked directly with 3rd party vendors and project managers to design solutions for many of ROAM’s clients• Grew the engineering team to over 20 (mobile/web/backend) • Built native mobile team from scratch• Worked closely with the product team to determine timelines of projects and solution design• Assisted engineers with design and implementation of solutions• Provided yearly reviews and evaluations to all engineers• Was the primary engineering resource in getting new data center up and running resulting the ability to process 100x more transactions

• Team lead for Roam's software integration engineering team• Lead developer on many of Roam's top priority projects across the entire span of Roam's product suite• Technical lead for outsourced development with 3rd party contractors and high profile partners• Full knowledge of entire system from web ui, backend services, databases, and mobile applications• Created android application for automated testing of Roam's RoamPayApi• Created store web ui for the purchasing of products online along with full integration of FedEx web services and Order tracking system for internal use by customer support.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

• Acted as lead developer for numerous web applications using C#. Responsibilities include: new UI development, new functionality, testing, maintenance and bug fixes and deployment.• Acted as the team lead for a small group to develop an application that will save the company over $1 million per year.• Worked directly with customers to solve open issues and develop bug fixes.• Provided training and guidance for new developers in design and implementation using .NET.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

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