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San Antonio, Tx, Us

Client facing leadership role bridging between senior stakeholders and internal technical staff. Leverages deep technical knowledge and expertise in business and software development processes. Oversees agile project executions and serves as the chief agile evangelist on large custom software projects and initiatives.Responsible for discovery, planning, execution, and deliver of key initiatives for rapidly growing consulting firm.

San Antonio, Texas

Solo consulting practice specializing in custom software development for small to mid-sized businesses and non-profit organizations. Provide consulting on software development, customization, integration, and lifecycle management. Expert guidance on technical process, improving team function, management coaching. Impact: Provides clients with high-value solutions, targeting < 12 month ROI and 90 day turnaround time.Notable clients: Texas Public Radio, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, Haven for Hope, International Brangus Breeders Association, Community Information Now.

San Antonio, Texas

Leadership role responsible for maximizing business value by focusing on building a capacity for internal application development. Create and oversee application development team, establish software development architecture and lifecycle management; formalize related practices and methodologies.Impact: Created high-performance development effort supporting organic and acquisitive growth to $1.3B revenues and substantial diversification of product and service offerings. Greatly improved capabilities of Enterprise though expert integration and customization, established competitive advantage through targeted new application development.• Implemented key architecture improvements including Services Oriented Architecture, standardized messaging; minimized risk though improved testing and development formality and isolation of production environments.• Provided technical leadership for integration of $400M acquisition, including best-of-breed process and systems recommendations and subsequent data, system, and process integration.• Teamed with Business Integration team to transition project execution from Waterfall to Agile/Scrum providing substantial improvements in project execution and responsiveness. Achieved 100% adoption of Agile/Scrum for technology projects.

San Antonio, Texas

Leadership of IT, Billing, and Applications Development departments for telecommunications organization with $55M in annual revenues and 13K+ accounts. Oversee team of 19 (including management personnel), manage vendor/partner relationships, and direct multiple cross-departmental projects. Scope of responsibility includes technology development, customer service, order fulfillment, and staff development.Impact: Drove growth in subscriber lines from 40K to 54K, increased number of billing cycles from 1 to 4, captured $1M in cost savings, and developed/implemented applications that improved billing, collections, and sales processes during company’s rapid growth period.• Teamed with COO in facilitating transition for billing from service bureau to in-house function within 3 months, saving $70K per month, increasing overall revenues, and building improved billing system in conjunction with software vendor.• Reversed prior history of under-performing data entry function by leading comprehensive reorganization of billing functions. Eliminated interruptions, decreased delays from 1 week to same-day and backlog from 2 weeks to <2 days, and cut run time by 75%.• Established internal Applications Development Department, coordinated Applications Development Committee, and hired top talent to develop and implement over 12 functional business applications at minimal cost. Saved $100K+ in off-the-shelf software and outsourced development costs.

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