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Arlington, Tx, Us

The Director of Information Technology is responsible for leading the IT department and overseeing the development and implementation of cloud solutions, DevOps practices, software engineering processes, architectural design, and quality assurance standards. This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong technical background and leadership skills to drive innovation and operational excellence.Responsibilities and Duties:• Develop and execute IT strategies that align with the company’s goals and objectives.• Lead the cloud solutions initiative, ensuring scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.• Oversee the DevOps team, promoting continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices to enhance collaboration between development and operations.• Guide the software engineering teams in developing high-quality software applications, adhering to best practices in coding and design.• Establish architectural standards and frameworks to support the development of robust and scalable systems.• Implement quality assurance processes to ensure the reliability and performance of IT services3.• Collaborate with other departments to identify and meet their technology needs.• Manage IT budgets, vendor relationships, and procurement of technology solutions.• Stay abreast of emerging technology trends and evaluate their applicability to business goals.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Led multiple scrum teams of 8 Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers who accelerated the adoption, transformation, and deployment into the Microsoft Azure Cloud up to 50% faster, cutting costs by 25%, and providing Azure infrastructure and networking expertise during deployments and outages. • Led the Cloud Advisory Team (CAT) who were recognized for their expertise in Azure infrastructure, networking, cloud software development, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and C# in a DevOps environment.• Accelerated the adoption, transformation, and deployment into the cloud through office hours, recorded and live webinars, and embedding CAT members into product teams for hands-on coaching and mentoring.• Developed a C# rules-based scheduling software to efficiently coordinate the availability of two individuals selected from four cross-functional cloud teams. This hybrid support team provided after-hours technical support for Microsoft Azure-related outages and deployment issues.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Branded and built a strong reputation for the Autobots team of 8 members in leading the way in the department for software development, test and process automation, CI/CD pipelines, and test data management by assisting departmental teams in significantly reducing their test cycle times by as much as 80%. • Managed the “Autobots” team and fostered a culture of innovation and personal development, using a servant leadership approach; the team became known for their talent, communication, and collaboration.• Provided technical training in SOLID design principles, C#, and Java, while my team offered training in CI/CD pipelines and automation as our department started its transformation.• Led the development of test and process automation including the masking of production.• Worked with the Autobots to “transform” into Microsoft Azure experts in obtaining certifications and sharing what was learned with other teams.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Architected software solutions for product teams in collaboration with Project Management, Business System Analysts, Enterprise Architecture, and Quality Assurance in delivering well documented solutions.• Collaborated with Business Systems Analysts and Project Managers to gather requirements and identify codependences to architect technical specifications for critical projects. • Develop technical specifications utilizing the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for Technical Requirements, role definitions, Use Case Models, Data Models, Class and Program Specifications, and Software Architecture Models.• Analyze business and functional requirements for distillation into technical specifications.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Led a team of 4 software engineers and 1 hardware engineer utilizing Agile methods for state-of-the-art heart monitoring software and hardware. We were able to triple our releases per quarter while improving quality and reducing test cycle times by 75%. • Managed a team of software and hardware engineers who were responsible for the core heart monitoring software and hardware, as well as the back-office systems and ECG technician analysis tools. • Developed and implemented an agile-based process for software releases that included delivering small increments more frequently and significantly reducing regression test cycles.

Meudon, Île-De-France, Fr

Led a team of 4 senior applications engineers in developing backend data processing systems egressing billions of rows of data and developing back-office solutions. Architected, designed, and implemented a Network Operations Center consisting of state-of-the-art display hardware driving 8-large displays providing systems coverage across the United States for airport WAN systems.• Led Software Engineers in the creation of a Network Operations Center (NOC). Architecture/design included both hardware and software with a flexible templatized display system for 8 monitors. • Developed scalable databases and adaptive parsing engines that stored substantial amounts of incoming data with tables that housed more than a billion records. • Coded a customer-facing website that enabled passengers to purchase in-flight entertainment before their flight.

Led a team 4 software development engineers for enhancing the credit card processing systems used by major cruise lines, and credit card dispute resolution systems. Organized and gathered internal domain expertise into an extensive knowledge base for supporting incoming support calls saving valuable time for customers from hours to minutes per call.• Stored procedure and T-SQL development for use in production services and applications. Key developer in identifying and resolving long standing software defects. Benefits: Delivered solutions to clients on schedule.• Managed the production support team for over two years. My team was very successful in stabilizing the Global Card Services product set and substantially reducing production support tickets.Benefits: Increased customer satisfaction, product set stability/availability, and team performance.• Maintained and developed new software solutions for credit card and chargeback processing using Visual Basic with a Sybase backend. Ensured software was compliant with PCI standards. Developed ASP.NET web solutions. Benefits: Assumed additional responsibilities as the company prepared to relocate across the state.

• Software Development: Responsible for taking requirements and delivering a rock solid product.• Web Design: Developed web solutions. Utilized: ASP.NET, HTML, Active Server Pages, PHP, JavaScript, VB Script, FrontPage, ActiveX, Microsoft SQL Server, My SQL, XML and graphic design.• Online Marketing: Search engine ranking and submission, and online marketing solutions.• TradeStation: Developed EasyLanguage trading strategies and indicators for the TradeStation platform.• Accomplishments: Delivered solutions to my clients on schedule and on or below budget.

• Product Version Management: Maintained the code for several releases using C++ and Visual Basic.• Emerging Technology: Researched new technology to determine enhancements to product offerings. • Team Liaison: Coordinated with the other teams as a senior lead developer. • Quality: Headed up the automation effort using TestPartner. Performed scheduling and planning.• Languages & Tools: Visual Basic, MS Visual C++, XML, ActiveX components and DLLs, ATL COM, Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports v7, MS Source Safe, Compuware TestPartner, Empirix eTester.• Accomplishments: Consistently met scheduled maintenance deadlines. Received recognition from other departments on three occasions for excellent intra-department team work Developed extensive automated test suites that automatically tested new releases when checked in by the developers. My department was well known for our ability to resolve issues and defects in our expansive code base.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science