Karl Kemp Email & Phone Number

Colonie, New York, Us

Provide executive-level leadership with accountability for all software initiatives. Direct software design and development for multiple enterprise platforms across multiple Agile teams. Analyze market and business needs, design software architecture, direct teams through all phases of product lifecycle.

Directed software design, development, implementation, and support for multiple enterprise platforms. Designed software architecture, managed development team and contributed hands-on development. • Drove launch of new SaaS product which helped Fortune 500 customer collect $20MM in outstanding receivables and reduce payment time by 50%. Worked with customer to understand issues and design technical architecture of solution. Managed team to deliver on time and on budget.• Grew revenue 20% in one year through cross sales by unifying product strategy across multiple offerings to substantially increase value proposition. • Reduced integration data transfer times by 500% through careful management of inter-organization development teams.• Led customer engagement to design fleet inspection and driver certification software that helped a customer to raise their DOT safety rating to “satisfactory” (the highest rating).• Increased mobile app adoption and reduced data entry errors by improving user experience through insights gained by embedding with customers’ workforces.• Improved quality, on-time delivery, and customer satisfaction by re-organizing development and customer support teams around new policies and procedures.

Held bottom-line accountability including P&L and expense management. Recruited, developed, and supervised key hires. Architected server and multi-platform mobile applications, managed development team with hands-on assistance when needed. Negotiated and managed enterprise licensing agreements, vendor contracts, and the successful sale of the organization. • Saved $2MM per year for a single customer in paper processing costs by designing and delivering electronic forms using in-house SaaS platform.• Landed progressively larger customers by managing the development team to deliver continuous addition of features and product improvements.

Directed all aspects of product management and strategic planning including business requirements gathering and documentation through product design, development, testing, and deployment. Managed development and product support teams. • Streamlined product release cycle time from one year to three months by re-organizing development process around agile development principles • Instrumental in repositioning the organization from a tools vendor to an enterprise solutions provider.• Effectively controlled costs by optimizing performance, enabling a steady headcount while the organization was growing.• Increased revenue through successful launch of mobile product and professional services practice.

Mba

Ba, Computer Science