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Orem, Ut, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Westlake, Texas, Us

Directed overall software engineering efforts for $50 million division providing market leading business management solutions to field service organizations. Responsible for growth and career development of multiple, geographically disperse engineering teams. Driver of both short-term and long-term strategic planning, helping to shape the vision and direction of the products and business unit ensuring alignment with overall strategic objectives. Represented organization externally at all levels including presenter and key note at various conferences and industry events. Proponent for engineering engagement and actively created opportunities for interaction with customers and business partners.Initiator and cultivator of product management discipline within division including recruiting and training product managers and leading in-depth analysis of future markets for applicability of current product suite. Championed and enabled quality-focused, predictable, and effective software development processes (Agile, SDLC, accountability). Personally accountable for department deliverables, estimates, planning, follow up and tracking, metrics and KPIs.Actively involved in merger and acquisition process, review and due diligence. Critical voice in decisions on whether to proceed with potential opportunities. Successfully led the technology integration of more than six acquisitions over ten years. Effectively managed merging disparate technology teams into the broader organization. Designed and architected a market-driven, automated supply chain platform which enabled just-in-time order processing and delivery processing millions of dollars of product orders annually and supporting more than 45 distinct vendors. Developed a data driven solution to eliminate technical debt and save the company over $500,000 in annual expenses. Worked with key industry partners to develop national predictive service solutions leveraging advanced data analytics and AI technologies.

Principle and founder of software consulting firm responsible for all aspects strategic direction and growth of organization. Organically grew startup from inception to $2 million in annual revenue at 30% profitability. Recruited, hired and mentored staff consisting of other executives, software engineers, quality assurance engineers, product managers and user interface designers. Managed budgets and finances for organization maintaining consistent profitability without incurring corporate debt.Personally negotiated multi-million dollar contracts with Fortune 500 and other companies, being selected over other vendors including Microsoft, Computer Associates, and IBM.Primary architect for application platform used to develop solutions servicing risk management, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, global assessments, and audit & assurance toolkits in association with Big 4 accounting firm which is still in use by several Fortune 1000 companies.Lead the architecture, design and development of updated membership management solution for the largest Operating Engineers Local Union in the United States. Responsible for ensuring compliance with highly complex job placement rules. Delivered the project on time and under budget in a manner the client referred to as "the most successful software deployment" they had seen in their career. Developed a Field Reporting system used by Northern California Carpenters Union, enabling real-time updates of construction projects and realization of significant cost savings and additional revenue growth for the organization.

Founder and key contributor to startup organization providing business management solutions in select vertical markets. Member of executive team responsible for setting and driving corporate strategies, budgeting, growth and preparations for planned IPO. Regularly involved in meeting with capital partners and presenting companies technical vision and direction.Recruited, hired and mentored engineering team consisting of software engineers, quality assurance engineers, product managers and user interface designers. Managed engineering budget and grew staff to staff of over 50 individuals. Championed the adoption of early agile principles within engineering organization significantly increasing developer productivity.Lead technology initiatives that drove savings of over $1 million in engineering costs related to adoption of Microsofts .NET platform. Enabled customer base to realize annual fuel cost savings by creating automated route mapping system to dispatch service technicians in most efficient manner. Designed proprietary national service dispatch solution using early principles of of SaaS.

Engineering lead for application team responsible for building core framework and application platform for emerging home automation solution. Responsible for all aspects of architecture including embedded application support and performance metrics.

Software engineering leader responsible for ideation, inception and development of companies website authoring tools.Manager of a team of software engineers including hiring and career development of team members.Responsible for creation and management of API libraries, working with partners and third parties to develop integrated and custom solutions built on WordPerfect product lines.