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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

- Designed and built Generative AI tooling for our software development teams, allowing them to deliver best-practice shippable, highly testable code with up to an 80% reduction in effort.- Develops and implements engineering best practices and agile methodologies to accelerate project delivery, maintain high quality, and encourage continuous innovation. This allows us to create autonomous, self-organizing teams with members across the US, nearshore, and offshore.- Lead a cross-functional team of 10+ engineers, focusing on developing and scaling web, cloud-native, and mobile applications.- Use prior hands-on development experience to offer technical leadership and engineering solutions for complex, multi-faceted problems. And utilize this expertise to coach and mentor engineers, ensuring they are meaningfully challenged to do great work.- Implemented generative AI technologies to optimize development processes, increasing team productivity, engagement, and retention, particularly in remote and distributed environments.- Create and execute product and engineering client roadmaps to drive measurable business value at speed, aligning multiple areas of business and technology.- Act as a driving force of positivity and inspiration, conducting one-on-one mentorship sessions and team huddles that energize engineers to return to their roles with renewed focus and enthusiasm.- Adapted and scaled an acquired consumer health and wellness platform for use in an enterprise environment, scaling from 500 to 100,000 concurrent users and implementing both code-based and infrastructure security best practices.Note: PK Global was acquired by Concentrix at the end of 2021 and merged with Concentrix Tigerspike to form Concentrix Catalyst.

Greater New York City Area

- Promoted to VP of Engineering for the AMER region of Tigerspike after it was acquired by Concentrix in 2017. Managed and led a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, QAs, and BAs, instilling a culture of simplicity, honesty, and human-centric problem-solving.- Played a critical role as part of a 3-person US management team that drove a 300% increase in revenue from 2020 to 2021. Directed the team in achieving tactical objectives.- Spearheaded the introduction of agile methodologies and advanced technologies like React Native, AWS serverless architectures, and containerization.- Successfully coordinated and delivered large-scale projects touching multiple business units and impacting product architecture. Prioritized iterative development and timely deliverables, focusing on quality and velocity.- Established a near-shore engineering capability that increased margin without compromising quality. Actively involved in hiring, training, and mentoring engineers, providing them with meaningful challenges and creating an inclusive work environment.- Improved engineering estimation processes for fixed-scope projects, consistently delivering within 5% of the estimated budget.- Proven success in effectively leading remote and distributed teams, enhancing productivity and team morale.- Received the Concentrix President’s Club Award in 2020 for outstanding performance, reflecting an ability to motivate and inspire teams to achieve exceptional outcomes.Clients: BlackRock, Nasdaq, Starbucks, Dentsu, McKinsey & Company, AutoZone, Lazard Asset Management, Belkin, Starr Insurance Companies, The Enthusiast Network

London, United Kingdom

Tigerspike is a global technology company, with 12 offices worldwide, specializing in creating mobile-first solutions. As Technical Director for Solutions I have: - delivered numerous consumer and enterprise mobile-first solutions as part of multi-discipline teams; - created business services for enterprise customers allowing them to distribute, test and publish apps to consumer app stores at scale; - overhauled our BDD approach, improving both quality and developer productivity; - established mobile test automation best-practices, improving code reuse and reducing TCO of testing and release; - recruited and mentored teams in business analysis, solution architecture and quality assurance both onshore and offshore.Responsibilities include: - leading mobile solution design for consumer and enterprise products and services; - running design-thinking based solution definition and requirements workshops for customers; - providing consulting on mobile development practices, QA, platform & integration approaches and operations. - providing technical leadership as part of agile software delivery teams; - managing and mentoring business analysis, solution architecture and quality assurance teams;Clients: Emirates Airline, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Shell, Amex, RBI, Thames Water, Centrica, B&Q, New Look, The Economist Group, Telegraph Media Group.

London, United Kingdom

Groovytrain was a digital agency specialising in e-commerce solutions, consumer-facing websites and web based application development. As a Technical Architect I: - developed a mobile development capability within the company to produce iOS and Android apps and mobile websites; - designed and developed a bespoke e-commerce solution including stock integration and a pick, pack and dispatch warehousing product and delivery integration; - delivered numerous high-profile consumer websites and web based applications;Responsibilities included: - running discovery workshops, requirements gathering and solutions definition; - acting as technical lead in the design of web applications from initial brief to delivery; - application prototyping, information architecture and design of business processes.Clients: Tastecard, Laureus Sports Awards, Richemont Brand Group, Mulberry, Under Armour, Vertu, Stephen Fry, Jaeger-leCoultre, James Purdey & Sons, adidas-Solomon AG, Oxford University, Ford Motor Company, The Department of Trade and Industry

London, United Kingdom

Pixelpark was a digital agency specialising in consumer web sites and applications. My team designed and delivered one of the first online web-based credit-card application and approval processes for LloydsTSB bank.My responsibilities included developing the business logic for the system and implementing the online loan and credit-card application and approval systems integration.Client: LloydsTSB plc

London, United Kingdom

Sportal was a large sports based dot-com providing content for Europe’s premier sports clubs and the UEFA 2000 tournament. As senior developer I lead a team that developed a bespoke delivery, content syndication and community platform.Clients: Sportal (internal), UEFA, Juventus FC, AC Milan FC, Paris Saint-Germain FC. FC Bayern, Benetton Formula One

London, United Kingdom

Leagas Delaney is an advertising agency. As senior developer, I lead the development of marketing websites and developed bespoke content management, scheduling and tracking applications to manage online production scheduling.Clients: adidas-Solomon AG, Harrods, Mothercare