Les Gainous is a software engineering manager and software architect/engineer with years of experience managing, designing and implementing enterprise applications using agile methodologies on both web-based and native desktop and mobile applications. He is very proficient in the areas of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and SQL Server databases, as well as project management and QA/Release management. Les is well-experienced in SCRUM/Kanban/agile development methodologies (both as a SCRUM master and developer), as well as with Six-Sigma techniques and tools for process management and improvement.In his spare time, Les—a certificated FAA private pilot—can be found flying general aviation aircraft in the skies high above Southern California.To summarize, Les' skill set includes (in no particular order):• Software engineering/development management and planning with large-scale business applications• SDLC: Software Development Lifecycle Management incl, waterfall (Six Sigma) & Agile (SCRUM, Kanban)• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) such as SOAP, WebAPI, RESTful services, microservices• Management of globally dispersed high-performance development teams• Experience speaking with CEOs, CTOs, as well as with technical engineers• Development of product and feature roadmaps• Expert in Atlassian’s JIRA (including JIRA REST-APIs) and Confluence• Serious attention to detail• Excellence in problem solving• Skillful in transforming business requirements to development tasks• Mentoring, developing, and managing engineers to further grow in their technical aspirations• Influential with experience in consensus building• Very proficient in complex SQL database queries and reporting • Relational database design, modeling, and programming• Quality Assurance (QA) and Release Management• Mobile device architecture and development• Fluency in MS Office applications (including macros/VBA) and Google Sheets (Google Apps Script)• Advanced skill set with Adobe CC/CS (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, After Effects, Illustrator)