David Taylor Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Leading a team of cross discipline engineers supporting a highly available transactional web application.

Remote First, Us

Worked closely with VP of R&D as a member of the core management team, responsible for leading a growing team of software engineers, QA engineers, and Product Managers, utilizing Agile/Scrum methodology. Managed team through a complex migration to AWS cloud (lift-and-shift) to enable a fully SaaS offering of our product. Worked closely with Product Management and stakeholders to deliver value based prioritized features to customers. Collaborated with Architects and DevOps team to design scalable solutions.• Representative from R&D on the Patient Safety Committee, crafting a process to mitigate patient risk using methodologies such as FMEA.• Overhauled support process to allow for a more streamlined event resolution pipeline, resulting in 50% decrease in turnaround time and increased stakeholder satisfaction.• Lead team within the organization in piloting the move the application to serverless infrastructure (Fargate/Docker), reducing costs over provisioned infrastructure.• Managed team through a tight regulatory deadline to maintain 21st Century Cures Certification.

San Francisco, California, Us

Accountable to the CEO for managing a team of cross-discipline engineers on a Cloud based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product in the clinical trial space. Practiced Agile methodology with a fully remote and geographically dispersed team. Lead Scrum meetings and provided both technical and process.• Led initiative to streamline Agile process and provide compliance improvements within a heavily regulated industry. Established both a vision and process to guide the company into the future.• In collaboration with Director of Compliance, drafted a set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), applicable both within and beyond engineering department.

Orlando, Fl, Us

Accountable for managing the User Interface team and leading enterprise-wide projects. Coordinated collaboration between UI team, information architecture, web design, back-end services, and the ESB teams. Supervised and managed six application developers on software engineering project deployments and provided technical mentorship in adopting new technologies. Coordinated communication and dependencies between siloed teams to take a holistic view of application. Fully remote during most of 2020. Project lead on a new CMS backed platform using a content-as-a-service pattern.• Practiced Agile methodology in managing sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, backlog, retrospective, and release planning to ensure project milestones and deadlines were met. • Successfully led the migration from a legacy system to new technologies, including devising the proof of concepts, vendor selection, and integration requirements. The system was deployed seamlessly and in minimal time.• Directed a multi-year, cross-functional team effort in launching a reengineered, modernized public-facing website for one of the organization’s core web properties, utilizing SpringBoot and Bootstrap. Recognized for the successful delivery.• Coordinated and completed effort to make entire website ADA compliant with the WCAG standards.

Guided a cross-stack team in designing and developing a complex financial application and coordinated team development efforts across the full vertical stack of development teams. Executed best practices and created reusable UI components for UX consistency across the application. • Recognized for leading the system replacement initiative for the finance department that required daily amortization features for a more precise and accurate view of the organization’s financial health. Led the front-end development team for a successful delivery, meeting the expectations of internal client.• Effectively delivered a new call center application that interacted with the phone system enabling agents to have information readily available as incoming calls arrived, including IVR data the caller may have provided. The new system resulted in significant efficiencies for the call center representatives.

Accountable for various software development initiatives supporting and enhancing the company’s flagship product website, including requirements gathering and the design of functional requirements.• Collaborated on the migration from the legacy AS400 system to an SOA architecture as part of a high-profile, enterprise-wide modernization initiative.• Key team member in developing a modern web interface and its interaction with the replaced system enabling call-center employees features and functionality that provided for an improved experience.

Assigned to work on large application development efforts as part of a 20+ person team utilizing the PowerBuilder application. Focused on application performance to effect fast and scalable inventory searches.• Served as team SME for inventory availability logic on inventory management projects.