George Durant is a Development Director at FIS. He possess expertise in software development, sdlc, agile methodologies, software project management, agile project management and 9 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "It’s rare that you come across a standout, hands-on leader like George. I hired George for his software engineering talent and, as I moved up through FIS as a director of solutions delivery, I constantly relied on his talents as an engineering manager to coordinate not just my engineering and other staff but to manage my managers as well. He works well with "AnyShore" and has a nose for finding and the soft skills of retaining great talent. This allowed me to build out teams efficiently and quickly when needed and, in good and bad times, hang on to the hard work keeping knowledge and rock stars onboard. Whether it was the long haul for any type of IT project (new platforms/frameworks, modifications to proprietary and opensource code, datacenter migrations, adoption of new tech soft and hard, vendor integrations, security remediations, etc.) or fire drills in production, George was always ready and eager to lead to or find a resolution crossing the finish line on time or better. His attention to detail is and has always been meticulous. His expectations of his team was also the same. Nothing ever floundered, whether it was the paying down of technical debt or personnel issues that affected team dynamics. He hits everything head-on and is no stranger to nor did he avoid conflicts and uncomfortable situations. He was always keen to foster debate and was fantastic at moderating design and other discussions. If I was in a position right now to hire him, he would be the _FIRST_ person on my list to build out my next company or run the team and projects I have. If I was selfish I'd leave this last part off, but as a team member or a leader, George earns my highest recommendation and anywhere he goes they will understand why _Day One_." and "George was a pleasure to work with. He helped design an essential part of our automated NT deployment process - the web-enabled boot disk creation site. He was offered a permenant position prior to leaving but had bigger plans. I miss working with George, he was one of a kind and very talented."