Dan Sanders Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, (317) 633-4100, Us

Carmel, In, Us

NextGear Capital is a global leader in automobile financing that offers cutting edge technology and industry expertise. Unparalleled speed of service and real-time technology that offers customers access from anywhere in the world to automotive financing.* Formed the technology department that combined, developed, maintained, and extended all Big Data, Business Intelligence, Reporting, Integrations, Data Warehousing, and Data Science services* Managed technical personnel and managers, including hiring, supervision, performance reviews, salary reviews, and budgeting while serving as a mentor and a coach to ensure personnel development* Provided architectural and planning oversight into building our next generation of systems in the Cloudera Hadoop stack* Implemented Agile Scrum and Kanban development processes to all phases of product and service development to ensure effective communication, timely releases and high qualityKey Highlights:* Lead the improvement of the Business Intelligence teams into highly reliable and productive teams.* Stabilized reporting and BI systems to meet our SLA of 99.99% up-time* Released KPI and Analytics applications to the executive staff and all field staff for up-to-date market, region, division, and corporate performance

Carmel, In, Us

* Responsible for all transactional databases in the company* Performed database development, testing, administration, upgrades, and patching.* Development and maintained all maintenance plans for backup, restore, database integrality, index rebuilding, and updating statistics. All reporting to a common notification and alerting system.* Database Development and ArchitectureKey Highlights:* First FTE DBA hired by NextGear* Stabilized critical systems and documented data structure and content* Implemented source control and pull requests for database changes * Hired initial DBA staff to compliment and to eventually replace me* Increased reliability and stability to meet our SLA of 99.99% up-time.

Indianapolis, In, Us

DyKnow is a global leader in electronic classroom management and collaborative software. The DyKnow suite of products allow teachers to monitor and control student devices, while providing a digital means of collaborating with and measuring student and classroom performance. DyKnow is deployed in thousands of classrooms worldwide and is a trusted and relied upon classroom management tool.* Rendered executive oversight for the entire IT and Development departments, including system design and architecture, data center operations, and product development and maintenance* Managed technical personnel, including hiring, supervision, performance reviews, salary reviews, and budgeting while serving as mentor and a leader to ensure personnel development* Administered and coordinated the development and integration of both primary and alternate data centers, operating procedures, acquisition programs, and service level agreements* Implemented Rapid and Agile development processes to all phases of product development to ensure timely releases and quality productKey Highlights:* Served as the driving force in successfully establishing the company as a startup to profitability* Lead the development and deployment of DyKnow’s product suite, from idea to profitability, now being used in classrooms all around the world* Obtained comprehensive knowledge in cloud computing while architecting, implementing, developing, and deploying the cloud based SAAS product in Amazon Web Services (AWS)* Pioneered tools that assisted schools in making technology an asset, rather than a distraction, in the classroom

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

RICS is a national leader in retail POS and Inventory and Control software. RICS Software is a SAAS web and PC based system that allows chains of soft goods retailers (shoes stores or apparel stores) manage their entire business from point-of-sale to back-office. * Directly led and participated with the software development teams, responsible for the successful design and architecture of the product, infrastructure, and systems* Organized and supervised the creation and operation of both primary and alternate data centers, including operating procedures, acquisition programs, and service level agreements* Worked with the executive team to identify and prioritize development initiatives and developed key measures to identify success* Managed technical personnel including hiring, supervision, performance review, salary reviews, and budgeting* Articulated the developed strategies for continuous improvement of systems, products, and processes * Applied technical expertise in handling software development and operations processes, while enforcing confidentiality, integrity, security, and availability of the company’s data and infrastructureKey Highlights:* Provided exemplary technical leadership that contributed to RICS now being recognized as a national leader in retail POS and inventory and control software * Led the development teams in successfully restructuring the primary legacy PC based system to a SAAS based model, including completely re-writing the software and deploying the new product to existing customers and to new and much larger customers

VIFI was a SAAS provider of Internet Home Banking and Bill Payment services for Banks and Credit Unions. * Oversaw the entire technology phase, including contracting consultants, employee hiring and supervision, along with performance reviews, salary reviews, budgeting, software releases, and project management* Guided and managed the data center operations staff, procedures, and security* Successfully designed and delivered several components and modules in the products suite* Developed and supported all the different products in the product offering in collaboration with our team, customers, vendors, and partnersKey Highlights:* Positioned company toward robust growth through keen oversight of the entire functions of the business, encompassing IT, data center, and software architecture and development * Made major contributions in the success of a startup company that was acquired for $51M seven years after its initiation* Obtained hands-on experience in software design and development, along with software and systems management experience while managing a Development and Operations teams