Building an effective team by hiring, managing, and mentoring/coaching software and DevOps engineers (15 members)Drive the technical roadmap and development plans in alignment with business strategies and prioritiesOversee all development projects schedules, allocate resources and ensure the execution of all development tasks with PMO team and senior director of ITOverall coordination of day-to-day IT operations and client support through Help Desk JIRA ticketing systemManage, plan and implement development processes and work assignmentsDrive Research and Development, software/system upgrades: PHP Web application UI/UX redesign, application refactoring, system integration, Docker/Bamboo/Bitbucket/Automation testing CI/CD pipeline implementation and improvement, platform upgrades including PHP, CRM and related systems, Database upgrade and archiving, organization Microsoft cloud migration, digital transformation, reimagine projects, data warehouse mapping and pipeline set-upPlan and lead IT cross-functional Agile Scrum team through sprints to deliver business priorities and resolve issues affecting system efficiency, performance and availabilityOversee SDLC process including spec review, design, development, code review, QA, CI/CD pipeline and releaseEnsure the application security and privacy compliance

Worked closely with the LAI leadership team to develop strategic and long-term planning objectivesLed the development and maintenance of LAI's agile scrum cross-functional teamsManaged the LAI DEV standards, processes and guidelines to ensure the alignment with other IT standards and practicesOversaw the design and delivery of LAI products and servicesDeveloped and maintained relationship with product owners/external stakeholders from KAR & ADESA enterpriseBuilt, managed and mentored a team of developersManaged and monitored LAI Amazon AWS Cloud operational cost, support leadership estimation on project cost, project hours and budgetManaged and developed relationships with operations team (CI/CD), quality assurance and project management teams to ensure that team members are effectively communicating and collaborating with external resources