Rick Ross Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Continued Engineering Manager for the Concert Platforms Team.Director for Revenue Product, Revenue Experience, Commerce and Subscriptions

Washington, Dc, Us

Manage teams responsible for - the infrastructure, applications and services supporting Concert, Vox Media's ad network of over 250 high quality publications - the Concert Supply Side Platform (SSP) - the Forte line of services which provides audience pairing utilizing 1st party data, contextual data, brand safety / brand suitability and ML products. - Header Bidding solutions such as Prebid and Index Exchange - Concert Ad Manager, the self service ad creation and targeting toolMentor new Engineering Managers, host knowledge sharing sessions, perform team health checks, promote an enjoyable work environment while striving for continual improvement in ways of working.

Washington, Dc, Us

Engineering manager for the fully remote Concert Platforms Team, which is responsible for applications, frameworks and infrastructure supporting Concert, the advertising division of Vox Media. Collaborate closely with product and design to define and deliver products. Recruit, manage, mentor, and challenge engineers while maintaining a fun, respectful culture. Managed third-party contributors on projects where staff was augmented.

Technical Manager of 2 agile dev teams consisting of Systems Analysts, Software Engineers, Systems/DevOps Engineers and QA. Teams consist of local (Burlington, Vermont USA) and remote (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) contributors.Responsibilities include:-Resource and budget planning-Project management -Sprint planning, functional and technical specifications-Provide guidance and participate technically with developers, architects and QA. Projects include systems, ETLs, APIs and custom tools to support the business, infrastructure and data. -Promote best practices, policies and standards-Systems administration - highly available, scalable systems-Build, coach and mentor high performing teams; conduct 1:1s with individuals, set and review goals-HR responsibilitiesTechnologies include:Jira, LogicMonitor, HAProxy, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Solr, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Go, Java, Spring, SVN, GIT, Jenkins, Docker, Microservies, Linux, Windows

Boston, Ma, Us

Founding member of eSecLending, a securities lending startup; founded in 2001, acquired in 2006.Setup / Maintenance of IT Infrastructure (Linux)Designed and developed internal and external (client facing) applications including : - Securities Lending Auction Software Suite, a core business component, auctioning over 3 trillion dollars in assets during my time at the company - Cash Management System - SaaS Default Management Software - Client Reporting & Compliance Web ApplicationsWorked directly with clients to develop requirements and develop solutionsNominated for and completed a year long Management Development ProgramTechnologies include: Java, Spring, Struts, Oracle PL/SQL, Linux, Jira, Jenkins, Accurev, GIT, Cognos

Developed in-house portfolio management system. System tracked portfolios, provided financial reporting, credit reporting, calculated bond tranches and wrap contracts.