Dan L. Ayres Email & Phone Number

United States

Chicago, Illinois, Us

New York, Ny, Us

In 2014 McGraw-Hill Education acquired Engrade as part of their transformation into a learning science company dedicated to improving student outcomes worldwide. My team built the company's flagship data platform, leveraging data warehousing and big data technologies to expose and democratize the use of data across the enterprise to drive reporting, analytics and data science.• Built and launched an enterprise data warehouse utilizing high volume ETL pipelines (30M+ records throughput/hour)• Developed the company's first standardized process for bringing data science models to market at scale• Provided technical leadership and mentoring to a matrix team of 20+ in a highly Agile environment• Provided project management leadership resulting in consistent, on-time product deliveries for 6 consecutive quarters

In December 2013 I joined Engrade, a fast-growing education management technology company based in Los Angeles and New York where I designed and built the company's flagship data integration product allowing school districts to integrate with Engrade's Learning Management platform.• Designed and built a high-volume ETL pipeline in 6 months• Designed and built a data quality framework for cleansing incoming data• Responsible for negotiating product features with business stakeholders• Provided technical leadership and mentoring to a team of 3 developers

After leaving ScanDigital, I relocated to the United Kingdom and continued consulting with former clients, including ScanDigital, The Career Wardrobe, Gulfstream Trading and The Coach House (all listed below.)

ScanDigital is the premier photo and video digitization company in the USA, and one of the "Inc 500" fastest growing companies in 2012. After consulting for several years, I joined ScanDigital as CIO in 2012 with responsibility for developing the company’s technology, including e-commerce websites, workflow systems, back-end processing systems, and a mandate to build a world-class development team. The role evolved to include operations as well, with full responsibility for remote production facilities, line-management of production staff and P&L responsibility.• Managed support and development staff, including offshore teams.• Managed e-commerce web sites for multiple brands on multiple platforms.• Managed back-end systems handling vast amounts of new data each day.• Managed the project queue in line with business priorities.• Designed strategic and technical roadmaps for all systems.• Worked closely with other senior management to formulate business strategy.• Established KPIs for development, project management and operations.• Implemented new architecture and coding standards.• Improved uptime by improving system architecture and management tools.• Lowered labour costs by improving system reliability and developing staff skills.• Created powerful data analytics systems to drive marketing decisions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

The Career Wardrobe is a non-profit organization in Philadelphia which empowers women in transition by providing professional work attire, educational programs, networking tools and opportunities. I volunteered my time on a series of projects, helping them develop strategic technology goals and aligning their Salesforce implementation with those goals.

Framework Solutions is a Los Angeles area technology consultancy, specialising in website design, e-commerce, and business process automation. I joined Framework Solutions part-time in 2009 and provided business analysis and data architecture services on a series of high-profile e-commerce, systems integration and data warehousing projects.

Throughout my career, I've worked as an independent IT consultant, advising and developing custom software for clients in a range of industries, including: commodity futures, music entertainment, social networking and insurance.

Founded Gulfstream Trading with a partner in 2005 to develop automated trading systems for the futures and equities markets. Built extensive tools for the analysis, testing and execution of fully-automated trading systems using off-the-shelf and proprietary technical indicators, including money management and risk-control strategies.

Marshall & Swift/Boeckh is the leading provider of software and building information to the insurance, construction and appraisal industries for over 80 years. Joined Marshall & Swift/Boeckh as IT Director to lead development of commercial software products, back-end systems, and to manage infrastructure. Restructured and expanded the initial development teams in line with business priorities and established a track record of success by delivering multiple projects on a continuous basis. Promoted to Vice President with a mandate to transform the company's technology and expand the development team to accommodate rapid growth. Transitioned the company’s products to a SaaS model and launched new data analytics services, helping the company exceed aggressive revenue and profit targets.• Responsibility for all aspects of IT: development, infrastructure, service delivery, budgeting.• Built a 120-person development team in multiple locations.• Managed multiple product lines, producing 4 major releases each year per product.• Supported a large user base, including strict SLAs for uptime and system response.• Worked extensively with stakeholders to set business and technical strategy.• Worked hands-on with the development team to deliver products consistently and to high quality.• Established KPIs, best practices, standards and procedures in all areas of IT.• Operated the development team as a business, with P&L responsibility and significant budgets.• Reduced development costs through restructuring and training.• Key leader in the rapid growth and sale of the company, creating enormous shareholder value.• Recognised by Human Resources as the best manager in the company.

The Comdyn Group is a national provider of information technology and consulting services. First as Lead Developer, then as Senior Project Manager, I established a track record of delivering complex software projects on budget and ahead of schedule for a variety of clients nationwide, resulting in significant additional sales for the company.

Interactive Strategies was a telecommunications service bureau providing telephony services to a wide range of clients. As lead developer, I was responsible for developing company's technology platform. Under my leadership, the team built from scratch all the software needed to operate an inbound call center, including call routing, payment processing, fraud control, product fulfillment, and accounting, resulting in a tripling of processing capacity.

Hank Mohle & Associates was a civil engineering firm servicing public agencies throughout Southern California. While working at HMA I developed leading-edge asset management systems for various cities, and created automobile traffic analysis and signal timing software.

G.S.E. Inc was a commodity futures brokerage in Southern California. Working directly with the owner and traders, I performed extensive market analysis and developed complex regression testing and automated trading systems.

Mission Viejo, Ca, Us

Saddleback College is a major community college in Southern California. I maintained their computer lab, including all hardware and software for both PC and Mac systems. Additionally, I tutored students in the use of software packages and programming languages, including advanced programming concepts.