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Omaha, Ne

• Lead Ads Reporting Platform team to deliver data products focused on ad performance, achieving MRC accreditation for industry standard measurement. Led development and integration of modeled metrics to adapt to regulatory and privacy changes.• Lead LMS Data Governance team to ensure accurate and compliant data access, driving integrations for regulatory compliance needs.• Org Lead for REACH apprentice program, designing performance calibration processes and supporting apprentices and… Show more • Lead Ads Reporting Platform team to deliver data products focused on ad performance, achieving MRC accreditation for industry standard measurement. Led development and integration of modeled metrics to adapt to regulatory and privacy changes.• Lead LMS Data Governance team to ensure accurate and compliant data access, driving integrations for regulatory compliance needs.• Org Lead for REACH apprentice program, designing performance calibration processes and supporting apprentices and managers throughout the program lifecycle. Show less

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

• Right Hand role to our CTO in a 100+ engineer organization - https://lethain.com/staff-engineer-archetypes/#right-hand• Focused on improving our engineering talent life cycle across hiring, growth, and retention.

Lincoln, Ne

Helping school admissions officers recruit new students and retain existing ones.• Identified opportunity and business risk with an existing product. Pitched the executive leadership team to lead this new team and received approval.• Managed 3 team members. Recruited, interviewed, and hired for 2 full-time positions. Helped other teams adopt recruitment focus into the interview process. • Redesigned UX and re-architected a CRM solution for incoming students in 6 months. Began… Show more Helping school admissions officers recruit new students and retain existing ones.• Identified opportunity and business risk with an existing product. Pitched the executive leadership team to lead this new team and received approval.• Managed 3 team members. Recruited, interviewed, and hired for 2 full-time positions. Helped other teams adopt recruitment focus into the interview process. • Redesigned UX and re-architected a CRM solution for incoming students in 6 months. Began delivering incremental updates in 3 months. • Assumed ownership of an eSignature product that had failed to move past the concept stage in 3 years. Helped define product vision and technical roadmap with planned delivery in 6 months.• Helped define, document, and promote software development strategy for 7 related teams. Show less

Lincoln, Ne

Helped 350k families apply for financial aid to attend private K-12 schools in 2019.• Managed 8 team members. Helped grow 3 developers into technical leadership positions. Provided specific feedback via impromptu discussions, 1 on 1’s, and performance reviews.• Recruited, interviewed, and hired for 9 full-time positions. Helped to create our summer intern program and served as the primary recruiter.• Ranked in top 10 leaders in 2019 employee survey for 1,000 person division… Show more Helped 350k families apply for financial aid to attend private K-12 schools in 2019.• Managed 8 team members. Helped grow 3 developers into technical leadership positions. Provided specific feedback via impromptu discussions, 1 on 1’s, and performance reviews.• Recruited, interviewed, and hired for 9 full-time positions. Helped to create our summer intern program and served as the primary recruiter.• Ranked in top 10 leaders in 2019 employee survey for 1,000 person division. Attended AIM Leadership Academy in 2018. • Partnered with the product manager and technical lead to drive the product roadmap. Participated in customer interviews, user testing, and important sales visits to help improve our school and family experience.• Led team through acquisition and onboarding of our top competitor. Completed required development and customer migration within 6 months.• Reduced phone support by 25% in 2019. Team members participated in phone support and identified solutions for common issues.• Developed a tax document identification system using AWS Textract as a personal project. The solution identified 90% of pages for a process that required 7500 work-hours per year.• Took over a 2nd development team with 9 team members that had missed delivery dates for 2 years. Redefined agile and product processes in collaboration with the team. Delivered on a new roadmap for 4 months before merging the team with an acquisition. Show less

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

• Inherited a failing migration project from IBM iSeries to C# / SQL that had been in progress for 5 years. • Created a new roadmap and delivered the project on schedule in 18 months. The migration required zero downtime.• Led technical design and implementation of key features including migration testing suite. Suite validated consistent results between the two systems and provided confidence to leadership.• Mentored 4 developers through weekly 1 on 1s, design reviews, and PR… Show more • Inherited a failing migration project from IBM iSeries to C# / SQL that had been in progress for 5 years. • Created a new roadmap and delivered the project on schedule in 18 months. The migration required zero downtime.• Led technical design and implementation of key features including migration testing suite. Suite validated consistent results between the two systems and provided confidence to leadership.• Mentored 4 developers through weekly 1 on 1s, design reviews, and PR reviews. Show less

Lincoln, Ne

I ensured our technology solutions and strategy aligned with the needs of our business. I led our development efforts for both web and mobile tools that enabled independent retailers to engage with their customers online. • Led engineering team of 5 developers - 1 full-time, 4 contractors.• Inherited a failing iOS outsourcing effort and brought development in-house. Delivered app to the App Store in 45 days with zero prior iOS experience.• Created development, deployment, and… Show more I ensured our technology solutions and strategy aligned with the needs of our business. I led our development efforts for both web and mobile tools that enabled independent retailers to engage with their customers online. • Led engineering team of 5 developers - 1 full-time, 4 contractors.• Inherited a failing iOS outsourcing effort and brought development in-house. Delivered app to the App Store in 45 days with zero prior iOS experience.• Created development, deployment, and support processes in an agile environment.• Managed AWS infrastructure and deployments.• Acquired by Retail Success, LLC in December 2014. Show less

• Led engineering team to re-architect core company product. Delivered on all quarterly release dates.• Partnered with product and sales teams to prioritize work. Communicated roadmap and status updates across the organization.• Lead UX designer and developer for communication analysis tools.• Recruited and mentored 12 interns.

• Owned iteration planning and delivery management in an agile development environment.• Lead C#/WPF developer for football playbook and presentation features.

Mba

Activities and Societies: Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management • Project Manager for the Raikes School Design.

Bsba, Business, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management • Dean's List - 7 semesters