* Managed and coached 4 engineering teams with up to 15 direct reports* Improved support processes to improve quality and reduce paging support engineers* Actively involved in hiring, recruiting and onboarding new hires * Implemented more efficient engineering processes to speed up delivery and honor customer support SLAs

Leadership* Coach direct reports during weekly one-on-ones and quarterly reviews* Ensure timely cross functional and department communications* Recruit, review, interview prospective candidates; hiring over 30 engineers and shaping the growth of a 2 person engineering team into 5 separate contributing squads.* Design, implement, and manage team structural changes during growth phases* Lead changes in the development process to handle changing team size and structure; including incorporating newly formed Product department.Product Engineering* Train new hires on business logic, development processes, product functionality and company operations* Standard engineering responsibilities including feature development, bug fixes, technical support and on call duties* Release manager duties by ensuring application release candidate cut, tested, and delivered to production infrastructure * Serve as architectural advisor for engineering members and other teams* Technical assessment of technologies for new projects, application refactors, and the launch of a new greenfield mobile application* Active participant and coach during agile development processes (story mapping, grooming, planning, etc)* General Product Manager and Owner for mobile and web application

Development of new application features. Highlights include:* Conversations module for realtime chat utilizing Twilio API and Websocket technologies.* Travel module for team travel planning, communication, and documentationLarge scale application refactors. Highlights include:* Coordinated and implemented full redesign of application UI.* Refactored application from inhouse framework to an industry standard MVC frameworkOperations* Implemented Continuous Integration to run integration builds and automated tests.* Built integration test suites for local runs and CI builds capable of using multiple browsers using Mocha, Webdriverio, Chai and Selenium.Leadership* Reviewed candidate resumes, performed phone screens, and led onsite interviews* Onboarded and mentored new team members about development process, application logic, and product functionalityProduct* Optimized existing Agile methodology and initiated conversion to Kanban model* Collaborated with stakeholders to iterate product functionality based on feedback

Implemented new modules for client with an aggressive timeline. Recommend best practices for improving development speed and code availability; continuous integration concepts.

• Develop new features and perform code and database maintenance on existing projects. • Projects developed in Coldfusion (7, 8, 9) using Fusebox, Farcry, and Reactor using CFEclipse• Unit and Integration test using CFUnit and Selenium Test Runner• Collaborate with clients in prototyping and development of new features• Developed application to generate and validate XML files of client data; utilizing Oracle 10g backend, PL/SQL packages, Java service layer and custom XSDs to enforce strict validation of generated XML files• Debugged faulty server with extensive logging, load testing, jvm optimization and ColdFusion server setting tuning.• Perform project code reviews and code inspections to ensure best practices.• Kickstarted migration plan to transition systems to new CMS.

• Installed and configured Hudson/Jenkins for automated deployment and testing of code• Enforced configuration management plan to ensure stable development and production environments.• Maintain project stability through structured testing and deployment cycles• Coordinate software releases with programmers, clients, and other stakeholders.• Manage project code and other assets in version control using Subversion

• Developed over 15 custom Coldfusion web applications to client specifications.• Development responsibilities include MS SQL / ORACLE database design, interface prototyping and final XHTML markup, application development, site wide testing, and production rollout.• Applications developed with Coldbox and jQuery.• Manage projects by defining scope, determining specifications, and mapping out milestones; Exchange, Excel, Visio, Word • Received security clearance to work on government applications.