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Saint Paul, MN, US

Arlington, Virginia, US

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Responsible for leading project teams using Agile methodologies to drive challenging, fast paced, quality results.
• Dedicated Scrum Master selected to lead a team dealing with a time crunched project and a defect ridden legacy application to the finish line and ultimately meet a demanding deadline with success.
• Took on typical project management responsibilities to assist in developing project plans, scope, timelines, and management of resources within a thinly staffed environment.
• Facilitated daily scrums, sprint planning, backlog grooming, release planning, and retrospective meetings.
• Defect review team lead assigned to organize team, triage defects, report velocity and aid in the coordination of developer resources to achieve on-time milestones.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Responsible for designing, developing, unit testing, and maintaining code on Feed Management System’s state-of-the-art Sivado platform - a Microsoft Windows Forms Client/Server SOA application that provides integrated.
• Proved to be a fast learner with the Modularis Accelerator platform and Infragistics controls allowing quick ownership of several UI features.
• Provided an immediate impact on a project by implementing improved Sivado licensing solutions.
• Instrumental in navigating a troubled project to successful development completion by stepping up and taking on additional responsibilities.
• Helping drive FMS projects to timely completion with Agile methodologies by working closely with team members and project managers to accomplish sprint goals and objectives.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Software engineer responsible for development of significant features and supporting applications of the CareLink web-based remote follow-up system, a complex multi-tiered web interface between physicians and patients.
• Developed and made key architect decisions on service oriented design to extend CareLink functionality to Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems attaining competitive advantage for company.
• Facilitated teams using Agile development practices to achieve project milestones and deadlines.
• Led requirements analysis, architectural design, code implementation, and unit and integration testing of several critical features to achieve business goals.
• Developed frontend and backend code that delivered in-clinic remote monitor distribution solutions to improve customer workflow and patient compliance.
• Designed and implemented vital app tier web services for a first-in-industry patient remote monitoring website.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for interfacing with multiple functional teams to define, develop, and qualify applications used within the Patient Management organization that assist in gaining efficiency and productivity of processes.
• Expanded the user base of an in-house tool from verification test team to development, product support, performance, quality, and systems groups after adding key features, implementing enhancements and providing.
• Increased efficiency by 400% of a manual firmware development process by designing a Python command line tool intended to parse and extract overlapping memory ranges from device data.
• Created, modified, and qualified numerous Python and C# applications which accommodated new feature functionality or devices for CareLink releases, allowing teams to work more efficiently and with confidence that.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for the management of software verification testing lab stations, assisting and advising test engineers in creating automated scripts to generate simulated heart data and ensuring continuous compliance with.
• Created, modified, and maintained C++ libraries of device specific code for Verification Test team to generate accurate and qualified data in a regulated environment for heart failure specific devices.
• Analyzed test code and environment station issues, identified root cause and resolved bugs to ensure error-free test process.
• Established and administered training on testing platforms and supporting libraries for a major project transition to off-shore vendor to ensure product knowledge and smooth transition.
• Actively recruited by tools team manager to become part of this team based on problem solving skills, technical aptitude, and interpersonal skills observed within Verification Test Team.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for design, implementation, execution and documentation of Medtronic Heart Failure Programmer Software test feature work. Consistently demonstrated exceptional commitment to quality knowing the potential.
• Developed and implemented test designs based on requirements specifications with the instinctive ability to uncover multiple edge case software issues thereby increasing the quality of the software.
• Self-motivated to become expert on proprietary graphical user interface test automation systems to quickly design reusable test scripts and shorten the time of future manual regression testing.
• Designed, modified, and debugged C++ programs that generated simulated heart data to accurately test device specific features of the software.
• Identified as a highly effective contributor within 6 months on the job and recently thereafter promoted from Associate Software Engineer to Software Engineer.
• Mentored and administered training to bring new employees up to speed quickly to provide effective work in achieving project milestones.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

Eagan, MN, US

Eagan, MN, US