Jamie Howard Email & Phone Number

Cary, Nc, Us

Currently accepting new clients with a free initial "get-to-know-you" session.Rabbit Blue Three exists because people deserve the best managers we can provide.I specialize in working with first and second line managers and aspiring managers in technology organizations, but am happy to work with any manager who wants to hone their craft, build trust and healthy culture across their organization, and create and maintain high performing teams.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Led a team in transition from early stage startup to mature product development organization; focusing on transparency, responsiveness, and dependability.Coached individual team members on behaviors that lead to better internal and external team interactions, specifically around deepening understandings of our stakeholders and their priorities.Coached peers and other leaders on growth challenges based on my past experiences.

Durham, Nc, Us

Supported a team of 21 engineers to achieve operational and strategic goals, including the delivery of a multi-year architectural shift.Worked cross functionally with managers and leaders from across the products and program that comprise the Ansible Automation Platform to ensure smooth operation of the SDLC and PDLC.

Cary, Us

Hired and managed a cross functional team of software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and product designers.As a member of the executive team, set policy and process in alignment with core values.Worked with brand partners to deliver solutions to their needs using our platform and products.Set and refined departmental strategy and contributed to company strategy.

Durham, Nc, Us

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Served as a member of the leadership team, providing engineering expertise to inform strategic and tactical decisions in company planning.Owned and drove the technical strategy for the company-wide pivot from Fixed Route to Microtransit solutions that led to the company being acquired by Ford Smart Mobility.Instituted product/domain specific teams to ensure an increase in each team’s customer understanding, alignment, and responsiveness, as well as improved quality of delivery.Scaled the Engineering department as a manager and then director from 7 engineers to a 52 person engineering staff across 5 disciplines reporting in through 4 managers spanning 3 sites in the US operating as 8 cross functional product development squads, an SRE team, and an internal IT team.Worked with product leaders through multiple iterations of the product leadership team to provide consistent vision and direction for internal and external stakeholders.Built a culture of Agile leadership through modelling and coaching behaviors that enable better adoption and practicing of the Agile Manifesto values at all levels.Instituted multiple advancement tracks (technical and non-technical) to ensure we get the best out of all team members in the areas of skill they want to pursue by developing a five level Competency Model that defines the increase in scope and expectations as engineers grow from Associate level to Principal.Developed managers and junior leaders in the coaching, facilitation, and mentorship skills needed to be able to enable all team members to succeed.TransLoc was acquired by Ford Smart Mobility (FSM) in January 2018. Journey Holding Corporation was acquired by FSM in August of 2019, and the companies are in the process of integrating.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Scaled the Engineering department from 7 engineers to 14, working in 3 cross functional development teams across 4 disciplines and a Build and Operations team all practicing agile values.Led initial Scrum/Agile adoption and hired our first dedicated Scrum Master and assisted in hiring our first generation of Product Owners.Guided engineers in personal and professional development through OKRs, regular performance reviews, and bi-weekly 1on1s.Implemented a new technical interview process in order to improve our ability to objectively assess attitude, aptitude, and ability while minimizing bias and improving candidate experience.Developed problem solving behaviors by enabling engineers to drive solutions in collaboration with their peers to gain buy in and eager adoption of new practices and processes.Collaborated with Product leaders to determine early ROI estimates and prioritizing work in accordance with available resources in order to deliver quality software within the expected time frame.Oversaw multiple major product releases, including several brand new feature sets as well as a completely new MVP built end to end in a Scrum/Agile SDLC.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Guided engineers in personal and professional development through setting goals and assisting in their achievement.Increased morale, teamwork, and cross-team collaboration through consistent communication and delegation of ownership.Acted as Director/Senior Manager of Application Development for 3 months, managing up to 18 direct reports and reporting directly to the CTO while candidates were found and interviewed.Implemented a new technical interview process that increased the accuracy with which the organization assessed the technical competency of engineer candidates and improved both the quality of hires as well as retention of those hires.Led multiple efforts to research, decide upon, and implement best practices for both development and quality assurance efforts within the department.Grew 3 cross functional teams into 4 through successful hiring, retention management, and effectively communicating business impact.Successfully worked with other teams both inside and outside the department to deliver solutions to problems in process and output.WebAssign was acquired by Cengage in September of 2016.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Worked as a member of a Scrum team in an Agile environment designing and building an e-learning web application using cutting edge technologies including Node.jsDrove Agile maturity and adoption of best practices that resulted in increased morale, retention, and productivity.Worked on core application code, fixing bugs and adding and improving basic features using Perl and JavaScript.

Zurich, Ch

Trained on application specific tasks and procedures by seeking out current and past subject matter experts and developing an understanding of not just what to do, but why.Created onboarding materials for the team based on training received.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Designed, implemented, and deployed a custom power formatting tool using Perl and XML that generated multiple formats of specification documents from an input map after validating against reference files, eliminating the need for by hand creation of complex macro language files.Designed and implemented a web tool using the LAMP (Perl) stack that allowed for hierarchically customizable forms to be edited and searched online by users in order to track IP metadata.Earned a Qualstar (internal award) from a difficult internal customer for taking on a stalled project and bringing it to successful completion following redesign and implementation.

Re-architected and implemented the AI controller logic in PAWN and C++ for all NPC entities in the game, as well as applying specific examples of behavior for certain character types to the framework once it was complete.Developed and implemented a spreadsheet based communication process that was adopted to improve communication between a designer and a scripter during scenery actor conception and implementation.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Served in the mechanized infantry as a fire team leader (leading 3 soldiers) and then squad leader (leading 2 teams of 4 soldiers each).Deployed overseas to Iraq in 2004.Awarded the Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal (for Valor), Army Achievement Medal, and Combat Infantryman's Badge.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for assisting with lectures, lecture preparation, scheduling course content, assisting in test preparations, and grading all homework and exams.Accountable for holding office hours three times per week to enhance student comprehension and scheduling, preparing, and leading pretest study sessions

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for assisting with lectures, lecture preparation, scheduling course content, assisting in test preparations, and grading all homework and exams.Accountable for holding office hours three times per week to enhance student comprehension and scheduling, preparing, and leading pretest study sessions.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for delivering all lectures, proctoring quizzes and exams, grading all student work, and issuing final grade. Accountable for maintaining orderly classroom environment, holding regular office hours, and handling low-level student issues.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Served in the infantry as rifleman, grenadier, and automatic rifleman before becoming a fire team leader (leading 3 soldiers) and then squad leader (leading 2 teams of 4 soldiers each).Deployed overseas to Egypt in 1999-2000.Awarded the Army Achievement Medal (3 awards), Expert Infantryman's Badge, and Air Assault Badge.