Led a dynamic engineering organization of 40+ professionals, including 3 managers, driving strategic initiatives in accounts payable automation and enterprise solutions. Championed a "measure what matters" approach that maximized team autonomy while consistently delivering results.Key Achievements:• Successfully merged and restructured engineering teams to create a dedicated Core AP Automation team, establishing clear charter and fostering cross-functional alignment with stakeholders• Significantly improved operational efficiency by optimizing customer support processes and implementing strategic team reorganization• Led comprehensive security enhancement and technical modernization initiatives, including major framework upgrades and infrastructure improvements• Established new service delivery framework separating engineering and customer support streams, resulting in optimized resource allocation and improved team focusLeadership Focus:• Built and managed high-performing cross-functional teams while fostering an inclusive environment that encouraged innovation and continuous improvement• Developed strategic partnerships across Product, Sales, and Customer Success teams to align engineering initiatives with business objectives• Implemented data-driven accountability measures through custom dashboards and metrics tracking• Mentored engineering managers and technical leads, supporting their professional development and team effectiveness

Manage products and drive implementation by two engineering teams: one web and one platform. Work closely with customers to understand requirements. Create technical solutions and prioritize features. Key Performance Results- Increased the velocity of one team 4x​ through better story writing, grooming and Agile Scrum processes- Decreased team effort to make app-menu updates:​ establish new processes and develop new tools- Reduce production errors to 0- Grow client success: One client realized a ​3x expansion of in-app purchases- Migrate menu functionality from Cardfree to Dunkin’ Donuts on time

Manage engineering with $1M+/ year budget. Define development roadmap. Balance workload: maintenance, operations and new feature requests. Collaborate on dependencies, delineate responsibilities; define work. Set quarterly team goals. Mentor teams to reach goals and work effectively. Hire engineers. Leverage big data infrastructure. Make data usable by teams. Work with R&D team: implement canonical metrics they defined.Lead a high profile, C-level project. Implement missing product KPIs. Work closely with legal to navigate privacy issues. Present to executives, board of trustees, proposing effective, goal achievement strategies. Work with network security, product development and engineering. Gain consensus on solutions. Engage with public relations and community liaisons to create comprehensive program messaging.Key Performance Results- Align executives, directors on technology and privacy policy: ​save 2000 man hours, ~$380K- Establish new performance metrics: e.g. show use on over ​500M unique devices monthly- Release a public page view API; provides daily ​statistics on over 35M articles- Establish policy, direct engineering team to ​aggregate 1.6 TB/day​ of web logs ​into 6.5GB/day • Establish organization-wide policy consensus for user tracking- Overhaul event logging platform: ​handle 10x more data​, achieve a ​70% outage reduction- Promoted twice in 2015:​ C-Level Special Projects Manager, Manager Analytics

Develop a production platform for analytics; Lead developers using Agile Scrum to deliver working software, write user stories, and create prototypes in the Advanced Analytics Lab. Lead researchers, software developers and external vendors to create innovative Big Data and analytics solutions. Successfully shepherd trial agreements through oversight committee. Transition knowledge and capabilities to New Ventures and Product Development organizations.Key Performance Results- Develop analytic prototypes: create a new product line $20M+ in revenue potential over 5 years- Awarded a multimillion-dollar contract with a Top 5 Market Research firm in 2013

Establish a viable startup. Integrate Pretzil into Magmic’s 11 games. Interface with Magmic’s developers and a 3rd party contract offshore team. Ensure API works with iPhone, Blackberry and Android games. Author API documentation, including example curl scripts. Develop sample code in Java for using the API.Key Performance Results- Create a community of 500,000 cell phone players in 8 months- Enable applications and marketing refresh, boosting revenue at least 10% more than 2010 levels

Manage cross-functional Agile Scrum teams; run meetings with executives and stakeholders planning upcoming iterations; maintain the backlog; run daily standup and weekly retrospective meetings with developers and artists. Focus teams on making fun, gorgeous and irresistible games. Balance risks, features and deadlines with transparency. Create an open, authentic environment based on trust, inspiring committed performance.Key Performance Results- Produce 4 hit games, including a Top 10, iTunes App Store bestseller for 3 years running

Make poker games available on cell phones. Lead a team of three developers creating the client application.Key Performance Resultso Increase revenue by 100%

Develop a portfolio of J2ME applications and games. Ensure additional investment by focusing the company’s portfolio on games rather than applications in response to the market.Key Performance Results- Produce the first revenue generating game for the company- Pioneer Java cell phone game development- Secure $120,000 angel investment

Pioneer Java development for cell phones. Design and develop components for mobile web browsers.Representative results- Invent 2 patented algorithms to speed up layout of HTML tables in mobile browsers (patent numbers 6,675,351 and 6,639,611)

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