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Nashville Metropolitan Area

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Led team of engineers and project managers with a healthcare industry merger. Integrated 70 locations into the enterprise architecture for networking and telephony services. Managed funding of $10M+ during the integration life cycle.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Served as Project Director for multiple state-wide web applications for K-12 school agencies. Responsible for all aspects of projects, including contracting, amendments/renewals, solutions consulting, business analysis, software requirements, execution and delivery of scope, advanced database operations, and client interaction.Led talented and efficient team of developers and QA professionals in an Agile methodology. Solutions provided in a SaaS model.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Introduced Agile SCRUM concepts immediately after on-boarding and launched usage of ALM tools for tracking and executing product backlog. Provided hands-on leadership and management for several education industry focused web and mobile applications. Customers included Ohio Department of Education, Colorado Department of Education and Memphis City Schools.Led forward thinking project to build and deploy a new iPad and web-based application for teacher observations in less than 5 months.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Led Product Owner, Scrum Master, team manager and business analyst personnel for an industry leading software application in the field of data acquisition and reporting of power plant air emissions.• Directed daily business initiatives of improving customer satisfaction, applying best practices, modernizing source code, applying Agile methods, attracting top talent and improving product quality.• Coordinated and led customer focus groups to gather requirements and improve… Show more • Led Product Owner, Scrum Master, team manager and business analyst personnel for an industry leading software application in the field of data acquisition and reporting of power plant air emissions.• Directed daily business initiatives of improving customer satisfaction, applying best practices, modernizing source code, applying Agile methods, attracting top talent and improving product quality.• Coordinated and led customer focus groups to gather requirements and improve acceptance of software by reviewing progress on iterative schedule prior to shipping. Presented biannual software updates and training to 150 customers at user conferences. Released feature revisions based on direct input from 5 customer focus groups.• Designed over 50% of the SQL database tables and 25% of reports for the product. Created XML schema (XSD) used for external product interfacing.• Assisted Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technology Officer on department budgeting, resource allocation, customer notifications, product line roadmaps and miscellaneous product and business decisions. Show less

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Designed and directed contract administration and engineering processes for software conversion program for 650 servers in customer locations.• Supervised project management, regulatory and quality assurance teams as direct reports varying from 8-15 full-time employees. Provided technical assistance for engineering team to solve complex problems as needed.• Assisted with general management of the services team, development of new service offerings, financial planning and… Show more • Designed and directed contract administration and engineering processes for software conversion program for 650 servers in customer locations.• Supervised project management, regulatory and quality assurance teams as direct reports varying from 8-15 full-time employees. Provided technical assistance for engineering team to solve complex problems as needed.• Assisted with general management of the services team, development of new service offerings, financial planning and monitoring, staffing, employee skill development and building customer relationships. Show less

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Managed all aspects of Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM) and Data Acquisition System (DAS) contracts. Served as program manager for hardware device product line.• Created easy to use Microsoft Excel based financial projection system used by project management peers and operations management. Gained full understanding of company accounting practices and earned trust from upper management as the financial lead for service programs.• Assisted with annual business plan… Show more • Managed all aspects of Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM) and Data Acquisition System (DAS) contracts. Served as program manager for hardware device product line.• Created easy to use Microsoft Excel based financial projection system used by project management peers and operations management. Gained full understanding of company accounting practices and earned trust from upper management as the financial lead for service programs.• Assisted with annual business plan development, weekly financial analysis and reporting, organizational changes and staffing. Show less

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Served as lead embedded system design engineer and project manager of custom data coprocessor modules for Allen-Bradley SLC 500 and GE Fanuc Series 90-30 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Developed schematics, printed circuit boards, packaging, bill of materials, marketing information and manufacturing instructions. Gained full understanding of PLC backplane interfacing and assisted software engineers with C code implementation and testing.• Utilized Rockwell Automation RSLogix… Show more • Served as lead embedded system design engineer and project manager of custom data coprocessor modules for Allen-Bradley SLC 500 and GE Fanuc Series 90-30 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Developed schematics, printed circuit boards, packaging, bill of materials, marketing information and manufacturing instructions. Gained full understanding of PLC backplane interfacing and assisted software engineers with C code implementation and testing.• Utilized Rockwell Automation RSLogix 500 built-in support for Visual Basic for Applications to programmatically generate complex PLC ladder logic; saved over 40 hours of manual labor for each unit sold.• Designed 8-bit microcontroller based solution to process user interface activity via keypad and keyboard for a proprietary embedded systems device. Implemented assembly code that required no bug fixes or updates for over 8 years of service with more than 4,000 units in the field. Created and documented serial protocol for communication with main processor on motherboard.• Updated circuit design and printed circuit boards to meet UL/CE/FCC compliance requirements for 8 input/output modules. Assisted with all aspects of compliance testing preparation and execution at UL laboratory.• Performed on-site and remote software and hardware configuration services for all ESC products at more than 100 power plants across the United States, including coal-fired boilers and combustion turbines. Tracked applicable regulatory changes and developed engineering standards for team.• Installed power plant device interconnection solutions, using a variety of methods and device protocols, including MODBUS, OPC and PI. Show less

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Worked 20 hours per week while earning engineering degree; responsibilities included circuit simulation and prototyping, schematics review, device programming, soldering, circuit board assembly, firmware testing, network installation and technical writing.

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Eta Sigma, IEEE member Graduated with honors; specialized in digital electronics and control.

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