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Arlington, Va, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Manages the annual planning process for Appian's Engineering department by identifying product opportunities, aligning different units within Engineering to achieve goals, and incorporating feedback from company executives and the CEO. Leads research and development efforts to discover the highest impact ways to incorporate new technologies like generative AI. Plans and facilitates professional development activities to help technical product managers improve their design skills.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Works with executives and product managers to help define new initiatives, plot a course through lengthy development cycles that minimizes costs and achieves incremental value, and then locate the small changes that can mean the difference between an okay and excellent value for customers. Collaborates with software architects to find ways to surmount technical limitations that would otherwise impair the product and enable product management and the Engineering department more generally to be more successful. Also continues to be responsible for the ongoing development of SAIL, Appian's framework for dynamic native cross-platform user interfaces.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

As the embedded product owner on the SAIL team, responsible for steering the ongoing development of SAIL, a framework for dynamic native cross-platform user interfaces. Works with the CEO and representatives from Appian's other departments to prioritize potential product enhancements based on corporate strategy and business needs, then uses input from senior engineers and architects to shape requirements into feasible increments. Continues to design, implement, and ship product features for Appian's "indie time" program.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Acted as a hybrid software engineer and product manager, drafting specifications while also implementing features in all tiers of the Appian software. Proposed, specified, and implmented a metrics collection system to capture performance and usage data at all tiers of the application. Helped implement changes to both the product and the development infrastructure required to transition from Java 6 and JBoss 5 to Java 7 and JBoss 7. Assisted in the initial development of Appian's SAIL interface technology. Independently conceived, implemented, and shipped numerous product features as part of Appian's "indie time" program.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for the day to day tasks and operations of the eleven-member portal team at Army Knowledge Online. Represented the team in meetings at all levels of the organization, handled tasking and project scheduling, wrote technical designs for enhancement efforts both major and minor, and was responsible for changes to and support of the portal system in both day to day and emergency situations.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

As the technical lead for the eleven member Army Knowledge Online portal team, responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enhancements to the Army's 2 million user portal system. Worked with the customer to define feasible requirements, led efforts to isolate performance bottlenecks and upgrade hardware, and was responsible for operational support day to day and during crisis situations.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Worked as a Java developer on the Army Knowledge Online portal team. Designed, developed, and tested numerous features at all tiers of the application. Analyzed and implemented many scalability improvements to preserve and even improve performance as the system's user base expanded. Responsible for operational support of the system including crisis response. Helped schedule and manage a major 10-month upgrade process that involved integrating new software while also developing new features.

Bs, Computer Science

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