Dave Hutton Email & Phone Number

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Folsom, California, Us

- Directly manage a team of 26 onshore / offshore software developers on a daily basis- Lead and contribute to an excellent team culture- Manage complex technical projects- Increased code coverage on multiple large projects from 0 to almost 10% across the entire stack- Collaborate cross­-functionally with multiple departments of various technical backgrounds, such as Support, Product, Project Management, QA & DevOps- Capture and report on code quality and effectiveness metrics utilizing code coverage and static code analysis tools such as SonarQube and tools within the IDE- Improve the team’s technical ability, utilization, and overall efficiency by establishing best practices, such as workflow procedures, branching strategy, time estimation strategies, onboarding and developer setup- Negotiate and collaborate with architecture on standardizing design patterns and best practices- Continual collaboration and negotiation with other departments on agile practices and strategy, environmental sharing (AWS), requirements and specifications refinement- Manage developers who integrate other products via our SOA integration stack. This stack includes a messaging queue, Kibana, Docker, PostGreSQL and other associated technologies. Its main purpose is to provide a common interface from which multiple applications may communicate and exchange data- Routinely held one on ones with developers discussing a mix of tactical and career path subjects ranging from current project status, how and where the developer's time was spent, to career path trajectory, training and career goals and strategies to accomplish those goals- Technical project management and leadership- Offshore management- Provide guidance on vision and direction to the development organization- Ensure delivery of high quality software products and ongoing alignment with business & development objectives- Recruit and retain both high potential junior and proven experienced developers

- Managed personnel across multiple engineering disciplines, including development, QA and DevOps- Forecasted company roadmap features in yearly, quarterly, monthly & 2 week sprints- Documented client-driven business requirements, built visuals, diagrams and other specs to communicate and steer the products in the intended and successful directions- Coordinated with many different departments on product direction, features, training, support and user experience- Analyzed market opportunities & competitor offerings to develop competitive feature lists- Detailed & advanced troubleshooting to support technical personnel with a wide array of issues- Instrumental in quality control and extensive software testing as well as documenting for use in training and technical support- Routinely supported the technical support department with live server and field player issues, client concerns and questions, content authoring challenges and suggestions, hardware configurations, etc.- Led many sales oriented presentations, demos and training sessions- Release management while deploying latest versions of software, involving server & desktop software as well as Adobe creative suite plugins- Employee recruitment & training for multiple teams

- Managed multiple software development projects within an agile / scrum environment- Developed new procedures and processes relating to agile / scrum schedule and practices- Acted as a subject matter expert leading webinars and live demonstrations with top clients and prospects- Researched and developed procedures, formulas and designs for use in reporting and data gathering- Trained clients and partners on software, new procedures and new concepts. Also created video tutorials, including voice-overs, for use as documentation tools & aids- As an instructional designer, I authored technical documentation and user guides for print materials & online documentation servers for multiple versions of Popstar’s software. Also scripted and customized online wikis for easy deployment and partner / client access- Assisted sales and product managers build and maintain a road map for multiple products- Regularly groomed the backlog of product requirements and issues- Developed multiple client-facing Flash plug-ins and other utilities for use with various Popstar products- Designed and animated 3D assets for use with lenticular 3D screens, Flash animations, medical animations and for Popstar’s own Digital Menu Board products- Built interactive marketing pieces incorporating 2D & 3D assets to help clients visualize Popstar’s software function & use-cases.- Supported other creative individuals as well as clients in 3D, Flash authoring and encoding / decoding issues

- Managed 2 Motion Graphics Artists and DE's largest account- Managed 5-7 freelance artists who helped with many individual projects- 3D & Motion Graphics- Built editing computers, wired phones / network

- Built commercial spots and long-form broadcast shows and presentations- Helped to support hardware & software updates and maintenance- Created, developed & delivered video & graphics presentations for broadcast, DVD & the web.

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

- 3D Modeling & Animation- Supported Associates With 2D & 3D Graphics- Wrote & created :30 & :60 spots for broadcast television & radio- In addition to others, winner of 4 telly awards- Built and supported 8 VelocityQ editing workstation suites in addition to side machines, servers & render farms- Beta tested editing software & helped Harris Broadcasting in research & development efforts- Initiated the creation and development of customization software to speed production and cut PlattForm’s costs- Researched and helped implement new methods of content delivery to online content distributors such as DG Systems- Trained new and existing editors on hardware & software, their new features and capabilities

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