Daniel Schipper Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

Responsible for overall software development strategies for the US laboratory division. A team oriented, customer centered leader meeting the strategic aims of the business by translating those business requirements into innovative, high quality, user-friendly technical solutions. • Member of the senior executive team, collaborating with all levels of the organization such as sales, technical support, product management and other executives in order to produce market leading client and patient centered software. Involved in all aspects of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) from research and proof of concept all the way through delivery and ongoing maintenance.• Constantly improving the quality and performance of our agile software development team though mentoring, encouraging and accountability. The result being a lean and highly effective software development team where each member works in the area of their strength, while assuring redundancy and minimizing organizational risk.• Closely assist the product management team and other departments in choosing the most impactful features from our product backlog to satisfy business needs and achieve the most optimal results for the company and our clients.• Assure that the software implements all requirements and meets governing laboratory regulations in order to assure patient privacy and safety in such a way that the software is intuitive and easy to use for our clients. • Define, implement, and monitor the iterative software development process utilizing SAFe (SCRUM and KANBAN) agile software development methodologies. • Critical contributor to maintaining Microsoft Gold Certification significantly reducing software-licensing costs.• Oversee multiple product development teams (internal and outsource) for the LIS, AP, Cannabis, Vet, and Regulatory Documentation Management markets.

• Member of the senior executive team, collaborating with all levels of the organization such as sales, technical support, product managers and other executives in order to produce market leading client and patient centered software. Involved in all aspects of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) from research and proof of concept all the way through delivery and ongoing maintenance.• Created and maintained an evolving agile software development team, hiring key players in the key roles of architect, software developer, QA analyst, business analyst, and DBA. Produced a lean and highly effective software development team where each member works in the area of their strength, while assuring redundancy and minimizing organizational risk.• Closely assisted the product manager in working closely with all departments in choosing the most effective features from the product backlog to satisfy business needs and achieve the most optimal results for the company and its clientele.• Defined, implemented, and monitored the iterative software development process utilizing KANBAN and SCRUM agile software development methodologies. • Lead software developer of the flagship product written in both Delphi and .NET (LabDAQ).• Managed the development process of LabNexus/DAQweb online lab web ordering projects utilizing Visual Studio, MSSQL, Oracle, and C #.• Critical contributor to attaining and maintaining Microsoft Gold Certification for the purpose of transitioning from Borland Delphi to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET while significantly reducing Microsoft software licensing costs.• Critical contributor to transitioning Borland Delphi developers to C# developers thus maintaining the entire team and preserving the critical knowledge base for LIS software development.

- Technologies (Delphi 4/5/7, SQL, PLSQL, Oracle, ReportBuilder, DevExpress VCL and .NET, TeeChart, Visual Studio 2005, CodeSite, PH, Crystal Reports, Wise Installer, Install Shield. LEGACY: Paradox, Advantage, Wol2Woll, TurboPower)• Managed a team of programmers; reviewed, hired, directed, evaluated and mentored development and technical staff; supervised systems engineers, DBA’s, and programmer/analysts; • Managed projects for software and database development, network connectivity, and security. • Implemented and required usage of version control software and coding standards that resulted in a more stable production environment with productivity improvements and project time/cost savings.• Implemented and required comprehensive QA policies.• Developed DAQbilling ASP Practice Management System – current architecture supports 800-1000 concurrent users and growing.• Re-architected LabDAQ 3 using OOP principles thus significantly expanding the scalability and performance• Created and standardized processes for requirements gathering and translation into functional and technical specs, reducing project life cycle time/manpower and increasing end-user satisfaction. • Acted as interdepartmental liaison between sales and technical support with programming issues with software packages.

- Technologies (Wise, Install Shield, Delphi 4/5, SQL, Paradox, Advantage Database, Oracle, Crystal Reports, ReportBuilder, DevExpress, TurboPower, TeeChart, Woll2Woll)• Lead programmer developing major version rewrites and updates for lab and medical billing software. • Create, update and manage interfaces to third party systems such as reference labs (LabCorp, Quest, etc) as well as EMR’s (Electronic Medical Records) using HL7. • Developed installation programs using Wise and Install Shield.• Developed the first and current internal software package (CRM) for tracking our client information, products, calls, inventory and technician traveling expenses from the ground up. The software is currently being used by technical support, sales, marketing and accounting.• Developed first LIS to PMS/EMR (Practice Management Systems/Electronic Medical Records) interface software for transmission of orders and results for the LIS utilizing ASTM and HL7 specifications.• Wrote and maintained reports for LIS.• Provide general technical support to clients. • Onsite installation of software including training of lab personnel.• Use extensive hardware knowledge to build, configure, repair, and troubleshoot computer systems.