Leading engineering team of 40 onshore and 35 offshore(7 Scrum Teams).Leading in business process and/or technology implementationManaging third party vendor relationshipsWorking in breadth of technologies to help come up with the right technical architecture for engineering teamsTasked to implement agile leadership within scrum teams.Implementing SAFE transformation throughout the organization pulling together disparate teams after company acquisition and get the teams meeting commitments and functioning well.Leading across functional area’s to pull business and engineering into healthy and working relationship to accomplish company objectives.Working within limited budgets to hire, train and mentor staffLeading Product backlog and roadmap planning as release train engineer.Ensuring the completion of a Continuous Integration environment for each scrum team integrated with the development tools Leading the Tech Stack modernization to Java/AngularTech Stack:Native IOS and AndroidJava, Angular JS,PerlRest Service consumption and contract definitionMicro Service, Micro Product SOA Architecture.DB2,MySQL, Mongobitbucket source control,GITJira Scrum boardsAtlassian product integrations(HipChat, Crucible, Confluence, Jira)

Leading Mobile team development in IOS and Android developmentTasked to take over struggling Mobile practice and bring committed milestones in on time.Building Native IOS and Android appsWorking with backend API team to consume REST servicesOrganized and optimized Agile Scrum practice to be streamlined and deliberateWorking with multiple off site development teams to ensure on time delivery and high quality workParticipating in product innovation and backlog creation of product roadmapManaging 15+ people including Dev,QA,Product and Project Management.Building a team of perms to abide after the consultants and vendors leave.Process Methodologies:Agile PurestImplementing SAFe Agile TransformationApplying Scrum/XP in a large enterpriseTeam Improvement and high performingTech Stack:Native IOS and AndroidRest Service consumptionResponsive design when necessaryDB2,MySQL, Mongogithub source controlJira Scrum boardsAtlassian product integrations(HipChat, Crucible, Confluence, Jira)

Tasked to transition knowledge in company acquisition from vendor control to internal resourcesTraveled frequently to vendor to create, manage and execute transition planCompleted transition from vendor to internal resources in addition of all projects on the current product roadmap within required 1 year timeframe.Built internal team from scratch(recruit, hire,onboard and mentor)Started and optimized Agile Scrum and development practiceStarted architecture and design sessions to build solid products in SOA methodologies Managed a team of 15 people including dev,qa,product,project managers.Managed the moving of data center to internal Dealertrack datacenterManaged a portfolio of projects vital to company growth and revenue projects.Supported bi-weekly release scheduleSupported Network Operations Center 24/7 support of applicationsFrequently asked to inform senior management of progress and achievement of milestones and project delivery.Tech Stack:LAMP with DB2Zend Framework and Smarty TemplatesREST Service API creationPython ServicesDB2,MySQL,MongoRabbitMQJenkinsgit source controlJira Scrum boardsAtlassian product integrations(HipChat, Crucible, Confluence, Jira)

Working on the Digital Delivery team leading development teams in SOA services. GameStop started this venture to compete in the space where gamers can download instant games and add on content to any device connected to the Internet. This team is fast paced and innovative. GameStop is has committed this as the direction of the future of game retailing. Leading the effort to move capacity of development team to offshore development model. Responsible for planning of project portfolio, requirements gathering, Level of Effort and project delivery, quality assurance and vendor evaluation and scoring.Leading the effort to install and configure use of Tibco Software(EMS, Business Works, Hawk Monitoring, AMLG, Service Performance Manager)• Organized and ran team of senior level engineers to build a SOA platform serving up content through end points to internal consumers. This team was organized and run with a SCRUM/Agile methodology with bi-weekly delivery of project milestones. This team included Project Management, software engineers, architects, QA, business analysts and business owners.• Worked as a product owner and Scrum Master to drive team to bi-weekly deliverables.• Helped pioneer the interface with Microsoft and Sony to acquire add on game content in a real time service call and offer that content to online GameStop partners..ie Point of Sale, KIOSK and GS.com.• Lead Bi-Weekly project planning and sprint retrospective meetings• Responsible for interviewing, placement and periodic review of team members. • Work closely with project management office to adhere defined business objectives and deliver projects that produce the highest ROI for each business unit and/or stakeholder.• Worked closely with the international business teams to deliver a solution to sell game add-ons and ecommerce integrations to our international community

• Lead technical program manager for our enterprise flagship product AAX. Leading weekly status updates, participating in design and maintenance and technical architecture requirement meetings. Communicating to senior management the status of each project through weekly status reports. Responsible for a team of 8 developers onshore and 10 off-shore resources. • Create plans that execute business vision into a roadmap of deliverable projects• Assess needs and partners to design and develop technical solutions• Lead strategic planning sessions with developers and business process people.• Spear-head decision-making process within product development. • Identify impacts and implications of events and issues across the organization. • Give sound judgment in very problematic situations in unshaped development teams.• Relay to the Executive Management Team the vision and status of product roadmap and resolution of problems.• Use complete SDLC with an Agile/RAD type methodology.• Successfully integrated site with other vehicle management sites like Autobytel, AutoTrader, Higher Gear, E-Leads, Firesocket, Onlane, Promax, Reynolds and Reynolds, CarFAX and AutoCheck.• Successful at creating a portal that the user can import all the dealerships vehicle inventory into our online portal to be tracked through reporting screens and projection algorithms and to help the dealer determine the value of each car deal at trade-in time and to maximize the value of cars they accept as trade-ins and to recommend only the vehicles that sell quickly and make the most profit. • Worked as a hands on member of the technical team accepting and completing development tasks along with the other developers on the team done with Microsoft .NET tools and SQL Server stored procedures and functions and views.

Software development - .net , SQL Server, web development of inventory suite of tools for used car dealers.