Creating a world in which AI's contributions to humanity are positive and profound. Leading and building a world class - global engineering team.

Working with the industry leading team of big-hearted, fast-thinking people on a mission to make healthcare smarter, simpler, & more cost effective. This team is changing the healthcare experience and making a difference everyday in the lives of members/employees and their employers. Helping the technology team meet critical business needs and objectives through cloud based solutions, DevSecOps practices, and modern cloud data solutions.

Executive team member responsible for leading the Aver the Aver Technology team: application development, devops, data, and security & compliance. Successfully led the company through the following initiatives:- Full technology re-platform (rebuilding core analytics platform and web applications)- Design & implementation of a microservices architecture- Built, implemented, and leading a HITRUST based security & compliance program- HITRUST certification achieved in March 2018 (core products, underlying cloud infrastructure, & corporate environment)- Developed engineering interviewing approach (coding interviews, take home exercises, etc.) improving candidate screening and hiring effectiveness - Adoption of Hadoop/Spark data processing pipeline (Cloudera)- Tableau implementation- Cloud migration (FedRAMP & HITRUST)- Utilizing and adopting modern open source tech- Leading product development and engineering timelines and delivery

Leading - Engineering, IT, and Product Teams:- Designed and led Product Development approach & Product Management program- Maintained Product Roadmap, interfacing between the Executive Team/Board, Customers, and Internal Stakeholders- Leadership of the Aver Technology Team: Application Development, Quality Engineering, Infrastructure/DevOps, and Data Integration

Architected and lead Aver through a company wide agile transformation. Introducing a multi-level continuous delivery approach: Portfolio, Program, & Release Teams. Reorienting the company around a cross functional team approach to delivery. Daily tactical leadership of Lean-Agile Portfolio & Program Management, and Quality Engineering teams.Results:- Eliminated hand offs- Empowered teams and individuals to solve and deliver without over managing- Emphasized continuous improvement - retrospectives- Data driven decision making- Provided visibility across all work at any given moment- Tied individual work and contribution to top level company goals- Produced higher quality work & client satisfaction- Introduced scrum, demos, and retrospectives- Attracted highest quality talent- Data driven continuous improvementTooling - Solutions:- Trello- JIRA- Datahero- Objectives & Key Results (OKRs)

Helped lead the engineering team in the adoption of test driven development (TDD), architected a ruby/cucumber functional automation testing framework, introduced bug workflow/scrum approach, and initiated a disciplined approach to release management. Built an innovative and high performing quality engineering team.

Curriculum development and instruction with the Computer Science, Information Technology, and Design program on an adjunct basis.

Established Quality Engineering team. Helped to create an innovative engineering culture through leadership, mentoring, and empowering team members. This resulted in a highly unified, innovative, confident, resilient, and successful engineering team. Architected, implemented, and maintained a multi-level automation framework: From Design/Requirements through all levels of development, across all environments/devices, and into production.Our team built and used innovative tools to deliver quality software. Our goal was to make it easier for everyone in the organization to test, which resulted in true "whole team testing". Some of the elements involved:-TDD/ATDD-Lineman.js-TravisCI-Jenkins-Sinatra-Dashing-Ruby/rspec/cuc-Gatling-Github-Pivotal Tracker-Weekly bug review (THAT IS REGULARLY CANCELED due to lack of material!)-Hackathons-Demo Fridays-Craft Beer-FoosballI'm very proud of what we accomplished at Manta. Testing moved WAY to the left and the proof was measured daily in terms of quality and efficiency.

Provided technical leadership and strategic direction for Quality Assurance at the Enterprise level. Created test strategies and test architectures – driving continuous improvement in software development, test reporting, test automation, and test execution.- Enable the Enterprise – making it easier to test across entire application portfolio: mainframe, web-based applications, and client-server enterprise systems- Agile Transformation with an emphasis on QA – via coaching, mentoring, and ATDD/BDD evangelismResponsible for the overall quality of QA team tools: test automation frameworks, test case management system, reporting mechanisms, and other in-house and 3rd party test tools - Drive the development and maintenance of automated testing procedures, processes, and quality standards through existing organizational structures- Influence the design and implementation of enterprise systems to ensure testability- Work with the development architecture group to translate requirements into testable solutions and supporting architectural designs- Participate in product design reviews and work with the development architect and development team to make any design improvements and refinement as needed- Pro-actively analyze development, test, and release processes and practices and results to drive improvements that help ensure quality outcomes- Collaborate with architecture, development, testing, business groups, marketing, and project management to ensure execution & deliverables per test plan

Worked directly with the CIO and VP of Application Development to define and build QA organization and Enterprise best practices. Responsible for IT QA at the Enterprise level. Recruited and managed a team of 40+ managers, automation testers, and manual testers across the entire IT portfolio (onshore/offshore consultants & FTEs).- Worked with development leadership, the PMO, and executive IT Leadership to create, socialize, and implement a new Enterprise QA methodology including: tools, standards, reporting/metrics, and estimation models- Implemented automation initiatives for numerous projects and applications across the enterprise- Responsible for QA across project portfolio – including web/ecommerce, order management, supply chain, point of sale/store systems, and Oracle merchandising/financial applications (90+ projects in 2011-2012)- Managed an HP Tools Upgrade (QC 9.2 to ALM 11)- Implemented onshore/offshore testing model – including the build-out of an offshore retail test center supporting: Retail point of sale systems, supply chain systems (IBM OMS & Manhattan), Oracle RMS, and eCommerce- Quality & Project Leadership during IBM Sterling OMS upgrade- Worked closely with stakeholders, LOB owners, and business partners to ensure proper delivery- Test management – including test estimation, environment management, test data management, and defect management - Budget management- Recruitment and staffing- Staff development- Vendor maintenance/relationships

A member of the Store Systems Development team responsible for software development, testing, deployment, and support for 1000+ stores across the world. Systems included: Point of Sale, mobile, peripherals, scanners, music systems, in-store kiosks, people counters, back office servers, and credit/gift card authorization platform.- Development, testing, and support for point of sale systems & mobile devices- Established an automation framework for retail point of sale systems, reducing costs and regression testing time- Established an automation framework to address tax complexity issues against Vertex tax system/retail point of sale system - dramatically increased the scope of testing while reducing testing time- Project Management for enterprise-worldwide point of sale systems upgrade replacing all store systems (Linux based POS systems, network upgrade, and Oracle POS migration)- Project Management for in-store traffic counter – chain wide implementation-rollout and associated BI reporting- Development and implementation of point of sale system architecture for worldwide flagship stores- Successfully led (design, development, & project management) of flagship store systems rollout - supporting store openings across the US and Europe- Development, installation, support, testing, and certification of credit and gift card authorization systems- Development and release management for store systems - including build script development, patching, and regression testing

- IT Management for Ohio 4-H - Cooperative Extension state office- Web design, development, and support for the state office and specific academic projects- Database development and administration - supporting 88 county offices- Responsible for generation and submission of annual state membership report- Grant writing, grant management, and budget management- Mentoring and development of student staff

- Unix systems administration- Windows systems administration- Network engineering - participated in the design, testing, and implementation of Cisco network- Ownership - setup, configuration, and maintenance of test lab for campus wide upgrade project

- Windows & Unix systems administration- Lotus Notes systems administration- 2nd level support for Nationwide Financial Services - Y2K testing and validation