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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Manage globally distributed team of engineers and SMEs (30+ FTEs and 20+ Contractors) for the continuous development of Eaton's IoT platform (Brightlayer Cloud) built using variety of Azure PaaS, IaaS and proprietary and open-source components.- Manage day-to-day operations (Backlog Planning, Testing, Development, Deployment, CI/CD, SRE, Support and Training) of the Brightlayer Cloud development team- Management responsibilities include technical facilitation, Forecast and Manage budgets, hiring, Early Talent Development, one-on-one meetings with Team members, performance reviews & goals for the team, technical capability assessments, team allocations, hardware acquisition, technology evaluation/selection, Contractor Workforce Management, and interfacing with external partners. - Provide technical guidance and leadership to the team during design reviews, roadmap planning, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews.- Work with Leadership team to continuously advance the platform to match mission and vision of the organization- Assume Platform Owner role and work closely with Business Leaders, Project Managers, Product Teams, Stakeholders, UX, Architects, and IT to define requirements, manage product backlogs, and coordinate platform roadmaps.- Represent/Lead the Brightlayer Cloud team on many cross-functional Enterprise initiatives across Eaton. - Work closely with business groups and delivery Platform delivery managers to identify gaps in the platform and plan to address them and prioritize them per development schedule.- Evangelize the Platform with Eaton’s Business and Engineering leaders across the globe.- Established and evolved 24x7 Platform Support- Served as interim leader of the IoT CoE when the director position was being backfilled- Part of the Engineering leadership Councill that steers many enterprises initiatives- Part of the senior leadership team providing technical due diligence associated with M&A’s

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Lead Engineering activities of a globally distributed team of engineers and SMEs (30+ FTE and 20+ Contractors) for the continuous development of Eaton's IoT platform a.k.a Brightlayer Cloud platform. The Platform built using variety of Azure PaaS and IaaS as well as proprietary and open-source components.- Manage day-to-day operations (Backlog Planning, Testing, Development, Deployment, CI/CD, SRE, Support and Training) of the Brightlayer Cloud development team- Management responsibilities include technical facilitation, hiring, Early Talent Development, one-on-one meetings with Team members, technical capability assessments, team allocations, hardware acquisition, technology evaluation/selection, Contractor Workforce Management, and interfacing with external partners. - Provide technical guidance and leadership to the team during design reviews, roadmap planning, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews.- Represent/Lead the Brightlayer Cloud team on many cross-functional Enterprise initiatives across Eaton. - Manage Onboarding of Product groups to Brightlayer Cloud platform to ensure flawless adoption- Work closely with business groups and delivery Platform delivery managers to identify gaps in the platform and plan to address them and prioritize them per development schedule.- Established and evolved 24x7 Platform Support

Aliso Viejo, Ca, Us

Managed K1000 Apps and Services Team (LAMP Stack) as part of Larger DELL / QUEST Endpoint Management Systems (a.k.a. KACE / K1000 System Management Appliance) division, maintained Engineering ownership of the Service Desk application and KACEGO Mobile Application (Android and iOS) through several major and minor releases and hotfixes.- Achieved smooth cadence of releases in a timely manner by effectively performing Product Roadmap Planning, Release Planning, Requirements Creation (User Stories), UX User Reviews, Sprint Planning (Story Points), Sprint Execution (Scrum Master) and Sprint / Release Retrospective, Milestone Demos, Support Training, weekly status updates to executives.- Played key role in cost-saving and talent acquisition initiatives by standing up offshore development facilities (both direct and external vendors) and managed Hiring, Onboarding and Product Training for the acquired staff.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Managed K1000 Apps and Services Team (LAMP Stack) as part of Larger DELL / QUEST Endpoint Management Systems (a.k.a. KACE / K1000 System Management Appliance) division, maintained Engineering ownership of the Service Desk application and KACEGO Mobile Application (Android and iOS) through several major and minor releases and hotfixes.- Assisted in acquiring dozens of Net new customers for Dell by developing a migration tool (C#) for legacy Help Desk Authority customers to move to DELL / QUEST System Management Appliance.- Received Dell Silver Award under ‘Inspiring Leaders’ category and several LTI awards.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Managed engineering team responsible for “Help Desk Authority” suite of products (a.k.a. BridgeTrak) developed with .NET Stack (ASP.Net, C#, MS SQL Server, Managed C++) under SCRIPTLOGIC / QUEST SOFTWARE’s Unified End Point Management Systems division.- Assisted with M & A’s by performing related R&D activities: Due diligence required to complete process such as code verification, export control, Application Rebranding, TFS Migration etc.

Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, Us

Created Architecture, design and managed development of a brand new product suite with .Net Stack (ASP.Net, C#, MS SQL Server, Managed C++). Contributed to development of Help Desk web application using classic MS Technologies (VB, ASP, COM+,MTS, MS SQL Server, IIS).