Forrest Ablott Email and Phone Number
MBA Candidate and Software Development Manager with nine years of industry experience and two years of management experience. Dedicated accessibility and diversity advocate, committed to education and improved products for all users. Mentor leader empowering team members to reach and exceed their goals with one-on-one coaching, milestone creation, and celebrating successes.• Selected for Development Manager Apprenticeship program to move into leadership and grow management skills.• Proven ability to manage in-person, hybrid, and fully remote teams utilizing virtual team building activities and frequent check-ins to support morale and productivity.• Recognized for adaptability through uncertainty and maintaining team focus through challenges.• Accessibility champion, organizing presentations and providing tools and resources to improve day-to-day work and usability of the product offered.• Location point person for in-person events throughout the year. Budgeting, planning, and facilitating socials, employee recognition, and cause support events for an office of over 100 people.
Dayforce
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- dayforce.com
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- 5997
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Software Development ManagerDayforceWest Jordan, Ut, Us -
Software Development ManagerMorgan Stanley Oct 2022 - Feb 2024South Jordan, Utah, United StatesLed multiple teams of developers and quality assurance specialists in various projects throughout a wealth management product. Directly responsible for 5-13 people at any given time.• Worked with an underperforming team, introducing Scrum and Agile methodologies as well as one-on-one mentorship, to enable them to successfully meet deadlines and exceed expectations.• Collaborated with Product Managers, UX Designers and CSMs to balance team commitments and emergent business needs, ensuring on time delivery.• Championed direct reports to senior leadership by setting up demonstrations and presentations of completed and in progress work.• Co-led accessibility group, committed to education and systemic improvements for employees and users. o Sponsored multiple hack-a-thons relating to color blind user experience and accessibility development and testing tools. o Delivered presentations and training, both solo and as a group to spread awareness and knowledge throughout the organization.• Organized logistics support for my location for company wide cloud computing and AI hack-a-thons.• Oversaw budgeting and planning of return to office events including socials, cause support, and employee recognition for over 100 people.• Tracked metrics for individual contributors and team projects to support personal growth and ensure on time project delivery.• Mentored other women in technology in various stages of career. Supporting through life and role changes and offering insight from personal experience. -
Software DeveloperMorgan Stanley Oct 2019 - Oct 2022• Completed a Development Manager Apprenticeship program, transitioning from individual contributor to leader.• Became a culture catalyst for my team and others in my location, ensuring the big picture was always in view.• Collaborated with firm employees across business units, teams, and countries throughout a half dozen projects primarily focused on the end-user experience of a wealth management tool.• Integral to getting Accessibility Guild off the ground, finding upper management support, and organizing presentations to the wider development community.• Assumed responsibility over metric tracking to learn more about management and keep teams moving forward. -
Software EngineerL3 Communication Systems - West Jul 2017 - Jul 2019Developed UI clients for hardware, both live and simulations. Communicated with engineers from different departments to find the appropriate solutions. Implemented unit testing as well as live test sessions in a lab setting.• Developed clients using C#, WPF and MVVM.• Gained experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Angular and VR using Unity.• Supervised a student group from a college in their Senior Design VR project.
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Software ContractorOnyx Zero Software Jan 2017 - Jul 2017Rapid City, South Dakota AreaLearned MEAN stack programming from a local startup in order to add a payment portal and improve the look and feel of their existing application and website.
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Software Development InternInnovative Systems Llc May 2015 - May 2017Learned C# and SOLID programming skills, as well as Scrum. Helped create a chat application for customer service representatives to use for communication with customers. Also, ported and modified an existing IOS mobile application to C# and Xamarin as a cross platform Senior Design project. -
Patient RecordsAvera Health Jun 2014 - Aug 2014Amg Gastroenterology ClinicI participated in a summer project scanning medical records into an online database. -
ConcessionsCentury Theatres Feb 2013 - Jan 2014Sioux Falls, South Dakota AreaI cleaned and took orders. I also did a lot of inventory and stocking, in addition to customer service. When unneeded at concessions I would help the box office and ushers as well. -
ConcessionsWild Water West Apr 2013 - Aug 2013Sioux Falls, South Dakota AreaI made food for customers and was responsible for cleaning, opening, and closing the building.
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Sandwich ArtistSubway Aug 2010 - Dec 2012Brandon, South DakotaI made food for customers, and cleaned the store. I was also person in charge on many occasions and head opener/closer.
Forrest Ablott Education Details
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Master Of Business Administration - Mba -
Computer Science -
Brandon Valley High School
Frequently Asked Questions about Forrest Ablott
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Forrest Ablott works for Dayforce
What is Forrest Ablott's role at the current company?
Forrest Ablott's current role is Software Development Manager.
What schools did Forrest Ablott attend?
Forrest Ablott attended University Of Utah, South Dakota School Of Mines And Technology, Brandon Valley High School.
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