Reporting to the VP of Product, oversaw the daily operations and priorities of an agile product development team. Using Jira and Confluence, lead sprint planning, refinement, and prioritization meetings to ensure the development was in line with corporate and client product expectations. Maintained and reported to upper management on short and long-term roadmaps, current and future enhancements, as well as team metrics and status.

Directed the testing automation segment within the company. Responsible for the automation team road-map for both internal projects as well as clients. Directed a team of 15+ globally located quality engineers.Site manager for Eli Lilly. Lead a team of 5 Automation Engineers on numerous and varied projects including web and mobile based systems.Site manager for the Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS). Lead a team of up to 16 Quality Assurance Analysts. Primary duties include representing iLAB with senior client executives as well as mid-level management. In addition to leading and directing the QA Analysts, am responsible for reporting status, budget, and staffing requirements to both INPRS and iLAB leadership.

Responsible for budget, forecasting, resource management and other duties related to directing over 50 developers with varying skills and experience levels. Created plans to restructure the department to allow developers the opportunity to get experience with differing technologies, and to gain a broad knowledge in all areas of departmental projects. Implemented process and policy standardization methods to allow for quick on-boarding of new employees as well as the transfer of developers from one project to another. Planned, coordinated, and supervised activities of the development team. Directed and mentored managers and technical leads.

Executed short-term operational plans and assisted in the implementation of previously developed business plans and strategies. Contributed to the development of business and functional policies. Interacted with various management teams in other functional areas. Assisted in forecasting yearly budgets, and ensured that we remained within those limits throughout the year. Managed and directed a team of developers with skills in Java, C#, and VB. The team was responsible for new development as well as the maintenance of several applications in the production environment. Responsible for resource allocations, work assignments, and personnel reviews. Oversaw the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide workflow application that streamlined the processing of new business, including eApplications systems.

Managed a team of C/C++, Java, and PowerBuilder developers. Directed and oversaw a multimillion dollar project from requirements gathering through client acceptance testing. Responsible for functional specification walkthroughs, code reviews, time estimates, and manpower requirements for client requested projects. Interfaced with the client on a regular bases to resolve existing issues, as well as to discuss future needs and improvements. Assigned daily activities to developers and performed year-end reviews and evaluations.

Assisted in the design and implementation of several internal projects. Undertakings included real-time and end of day data acquisition for various charting packages offered by Dow Jones. Provided assistance to a team of developers by instructing them in various implementations of financial instruments, contract specifications, and exchange rules and regulations. Assisted in the redesign and development of a UNIX based data correction system, replacing Encina RQS queues with UNIX message queues. Designed, programmed, and implemented a Windows/NT console application that allowed customers to retrieve data from the central database. The program was written in C++ using Visual C++.

Assisted in the trading of commodities and bonds for a private fund. Traded the British Pound, Coffee, Crude Oil, and 10 Yr Treasury Notes. Acted as a liaison between the traders and the development staff, as the programmers developed a model based trading system. Personally developed a program to automate the general ledger processing and reconciliation with banks and brokerage firms. Assisted in the analysis of Government Bond trading practices of an opponent in litigation against a major broker-dealer. Produced reports and evidentiary materials that were presented in court.