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Harleysville, Pennsylvania, United States

Manager of generative AI and other technology projects as part of Nationwide's innovation organization. Facilitated the development of requirements and estimates on projects that often begin as proofs-of-concept and develop into full-fledged projects that are released into production. Cooperated throughout the corporation to maintain communications and relationship with stakeholders. Managed the transition from project to production support to assure stability. Supported Innovation's portfolio management by providing analysis of forecasts, actuals, and long-term projections.

Harleysville, Pa (Remote)

Manager of software and infrastructure projects in Commercial Lines. My experience includes uplift and expansion of major commercial lines applications. Responsible for all facets of project delivery including: reporting, development, release management, test planning, demand management, risk mitigation, and finances. Demand management, risk management, and change requests were performed in Planview Enterprise One and Clarity. Project plans, estimates, and actuals were managed in Planview Enterprise One, Open Workbench, and Excel. • Improved price adequacy by $10M and improving pricing by $230K/mo through implementation of the Account Scoring Engine.• Increased speed of policy price adjustments by encouraging an agile approach to pricing which allows Nationwide to quickly react to the needs of its members. • Quickly improved Nationwide's competitiveness through implementation of the MN Union Construction worker discount program which delivered new functionality across 12 agile lines in two months.• Pioneered some of the first Scaled Agile projects to implement in minimal marketable products (MMP's)• Reduced SQL Server maintenance costs by $250K annually through refactoring and implementation of design best practices.• Member of Northeast Regional Leadership Development Program• Member of CTO advisory committee.

Bala Cynwyd, Pa

Provided leadership for Susquehanna’s options trading group. Successfully managed up to 7 simultaneous software development and infrastructure projects ranging in duration from three to 18 months. Improved risk analysis software throughput from 100Kb/s to 1Mb/s by working with vendors and internal departments identify performance bottlenecks. Extended functionality of in-house risk tool by identifying additional customer data. Simplified cost allocation methods while improving accuracy. Integrated newly acquired company by acting as Scrum Master. Identified dependencies and critical paths in MS Project.• Reduced market data costs by over $200K annually through gap analysis of usage vs. allocation• Updated legal entities for all production systems• Pioneered use of Jira for task and project management

Philadelphia, Pa

Transformed logistics software from R&D effort to product. Integrated efforts of local team and contractors. Managed customer and sub-contractor relationships. Resolved contract and technical disputes. Created and presented demonstrations highlighting the advantages of extending the infrastructure to US Navy. Provided technical leadership for system evaluation criteria and evaluation methods. Spearheaded business development effort to provide hardware validation services. Created project timelines and reported on remaining development budget in MS Project.• Planned and implemented automated logistics software by transitioning project from R&D phase to usable product by updating specifications and interfaces.

Horsham, Pa

Managed projects ranging in value from $200K to $4M. Responsible for projects from proposal through delivery. Lead projects in a combination of Agile and Waterfall. Served as scrum master on command and control pilot and ensuing project. Translated customer and business requirements into prioritized specifications. Identified key risk areas early and modeled their solutions as part of the design. Led prioritization, technical leadership, and interface decisions. Enhanced the development process by pioneering unit testing.• Lead the transformation from waterfall to agile development• Presented a command and control prototype at VP level meeting while discussing technical and business integration strategies• Responsible for writing proposals for projects up to $8.6M project• Managed development of command-and-control prototype which served as the catalyst for DRS’s largest product development effort.

Developed software development processes for company and successfully completed our software development lifecycle certification two months before deadline. Converted client requirements and US Navy best-practices into requirements documentation. Senior software architect for Naval project to create an automated damage control system. Worked with clients on ongoing development updates with frequent demonstrations and presentations. Created business requirements integrating existing Naval procedures with new project requirements. Collaborated as part of 100+ team of architects, business analysts and management.

Supported sales staff during client visits. Acted as software lead for all development efforts. Developed a voice recognition web browser. Implemented voice-controlled inspection system which cut inspection costs in half and improved regulatory compliance. Created framework that cut development time by 40%.

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

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