Jay Bailey serves as President of the Atlanta enterprise. His primary focus is general management in the areas of Sales, Culture, Recruiting, and Delivery. As a transformative leader, Jay excels at helping those around him achieve their goals and motivates them to perform at the peak of their abilities. Jay previously served as Vice President of Consulting and Director of Sales and Delivery with Improving. He has over 12 years of consulting experience and over 20 years in the IT industry.

Partner with organizations to speed their next generation digital products to market via application modernization, cloud-native application development, and digital transformation.• Collaborate with executive stakeholders to drive positive outcomes through technology-enabled change and operational process improvements leveraging methodologies such as SAFe, Scrum, and Agile.• Ensure the overall client satisfaction and successful delivery of project-based solutions.• Spearhead key enterprise-wide technology initiatives with $1M+ annual budgets, driving technology solutions delivery that meets time, resource, and scope requirements.• Responsible for managing sixteen Atlanta consultants which includes providing project delivery guidance, encouraging their professional career growth, and performance management.

• Partner with senior level and C-suite enterprise executives to help quickly stabilize IT organizations by providing IT strategy, business leadership, sponsorship, or tactical direction. • Shape technology architecture and roadmap development, business process engineering, and business development initiatives for clients in industries including healthcare, retail, energy, and telecom.• Propel technology operations efficiency by leading, managing, and mentoring project and cross-functional client teams of up to 30 people. • Spearhead enterprise-wide technology projects with $1M+ annual budgets, driving technology solutions delivery that meets time, resource, and scope requirements.• Provide expertise in software delivery methodologies, including Agile & Scrum, to ensure effective solutions development/implementation.

• Architected, designed, & developed enterprise-grade software solutions, including sophisticated business user interfaces (UI), system integration, and business process automation.• Led project team resources, including 10 cross-functional team members, to ensure successful project delivery meeting implementation scope and deadlines.

• Hired (thru Innovative Architects) to administer leadership, and continuity, during a period of transition and to transform the organization into an enterprise-class IT organization.• Aligned processes & procedures with industry best practices, leveraging intensive analysis and review of infrastructure, practices, and efficiency opportunities.• Crafted 6- to 12-month information technology roadmap incorporating $2M project portfolio. • Onboarded third-party vendor to provide companywide help desk and infrastructure support.• Oversaw timeline, progress, and team performance for transformations including infrastructure transition to hybrid cloud environment, enterprise antivirus, security enablement, and Windows 10 rollout.

• Streamlined payment processing for educational training client by designing & developing functionality integrating multiple payment vendors.• Optimized data management & data validation for large manufacturing client through creation and implementation of data-driven web-based SAP systems application.• Renovated 2011 conference registration website for www.sreb.org, creating & developing C# 4.0.

• Directed 10-person team of senior developers, business analysts, client managers, and operations analysts.• Supplied architectural & technical expertise and guidance to team developers, mobilizing short- and long-term development solutions for clients.

• Managed 3-developer team delivering technical implementation for new clients on ista NET platform.• Oversaw design & build of new client-specific functionality, ensuring seamless integration into existing platform.

• Led team of 4 quality assurance analysts to drive continuous, efficient, streamlined technology operations by analyzing processes, identifying gaps, and implementing solutions.• Drove testing quality and effectiveness by implementing internal .NET-based web tools to enable testing of complex back-end services and processes.• Spearheaded design & implementation of automated build process for code deployment and database changes to multivariate environments• Established in-house development, quality assurance, and user acceptance testing standards.

• Designed & deployed enhancements and added functionality to.NET-based ista Net web billing application.• Provided high-touch client service, delivering solutions under pressure and tight deadlines. Collaborated with client executive team to design & develop strategic solutions for monthly release cycle.• Maintained product portfolio and trained 7 new developers on ista Net architecture, SQL data structure, Texas energy market, and client business processes.

• Implemented 7 new clients on ista Net platform, successfully managing project time lines, communication, and client expectations. • Delivered consultative services, leading client business requirement gathering & design sessions.