Louis Tadman Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Washington, United States

As Chief Technology Officer at Merito, I direct the technological strategy of the company, spearheading the development and deployment of innovative solutions tailored to meet the rapidly evolving needs of our clients and stakeholders. With a focus on leveraging my expertise in technology and process optimization, my objective is to enhance our customers' utilization of cutting-edge technologies and streamline their SDLC processes. My role encompasses strategic planning, leadership of high-performing teams, and the integration of advanced technologies to boost operational efficiencies and drive business growth and customer success.Responsibilities & Experience:• Assist Merito customers in identifying the best fit tools and technologies to meet their business goals and achieve their business objectives.• Overseeing the development and maintenance of the company’s technology stack and infrastructure to ensure scalability, security, and efficiency.• Lead R&D and product development opportunities, ensuring they align with market demands, and enhance Merito customers experience.• Explore opportunities to leverage and integrate AI technologies for Merito, and Merito customers technology stacks. • Optimize hosting initiatives, with the use of AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and additional platforms for Merito and Merito customers.• Design and develop integrations of technology platforms to streamline business processes and increase efficiency.• Managing and cultivating the technology team, including hiring, training, and professional development.• Overseeing projects to ensure they are completed on time and within budget while meeting necessary specifications.• Managing the technology budget and ensuring cost-effectiveness in technology-related decisions.• Ensure vendor tools and technologies align well with Merito’s strategic vision and will provide value to Merito customers.• Collaborate with the executive team on growth strategy and execution.

Kirkland, Wa

Bienabee is a company that specializes in tool agnostic Agile Software Development Lifecycle methodologies like Scrum, eXtreme Programming, Lean, and Scaled Agile. The fortune 1000 will benefit from professional services tailored specifically to the toolset of their choosing including open source tools as well as Micro Focus, Tricentis, and Microsoft toolsets. We provide services focusing on your team getting the most out of your tools, up to and including installations, upgrades, trainings, and even creating custom methodologies that fit your enterprise needs. Responsibilities & Experience:• Served as a strategic advisor to C-Level, executives, and directors to increase operational efficiencies with their people, processes, and technologies.• Played pivotal roles in assisting Fortune 500 companies navigate digital transformations, and SDLC process enhancements.• Develop and conduct enterprise training sessions for SDLC tools and methodologies.• Foster employee growth and learning objectives, to enrich employees, and enhance Bienabee’s capabilities.• Design and develop IT process automations to improve operational efficiency, mitigate operational risk, reduce costs, offset the negative effects of complexity, and improve standards enforcement.• Lead technical pre-sales efforts to identify customer business objectives, and identify tools, technologies, and solutions for them to meet their goals.• Experience in implementing and optimizing serverless architectures, which has enabled our customers to drive significant improvements in scalability, cost-efficiency, and development speed within my organization.• Development of custom software solutions, process automations, and integrations with Python, C#, JavaScript, and ReactJS.• Assisted Fortune 500 companies in establishing the processes and tools to roll out a Quality Assurance Center of Excellence.• Lead in-person speaking events and webinars to share knowledge and empower the audience.

U.S.A.

Perform installations and upgrades of HP's Quality Center 10.0 and HP Quality Center 11.0 (ALM11). Provide professional services to mentor on HP’s Quality Center Administration, data structures and reporting features. Responsible for training and supporting the troubleshooting process for consultants on client sites. This position requires many soft skills and dealing with customers who typically demand an immediate answer. Work face to face and remotely to accomodate client needs.

Manage QA projects for the engineering division of Google Maps.Due to the highly sensitive nature of this project certain details of operational procedures cannot be disclosed.

Network and generate business by self advertisement, referrals and strategic marketing to find individuals that need mortgages. Interpret client’s financial situations and develop a plan for them to get the best loan product suitable for their needs. Contact lenders and obtain financing for clients and determine the best time for them to lock in a loan rate.

Conducted Enterprise level installations of the ALM platform and Quality Center 10, Quality Center 11.0 (ALM 11/QC 11/QC10), including High Availability(HA). Installed Quicktest Professional 10.0 & Quick Test Professional 11.0 (QTP 11/QTP10).Proactively identified client needs and offered suggestions to improve the overall use and adoption of the product. Effectively communicated requirements and guidance to end users. Develop analytical reports from test initiatives and organize and display relevant data in an organized fashion. Created custom QC project templates in accordance with user specifications. Developed training content and lead training seminars for fortune 1000 companies in a classroom setting. Created centralized standards documentation of best practices that assists the client in their testing practice.

Redmond, Wa

Sole responsibility for all aspects of business at the Redmond Zales Diamond store. Effectively order all materials for operation to a strict budget. Interview and hire all employees. Contact vendors to develop relationships and negotiate supply pricing. Plan associates individual sales goals. Handle all paperwork including billing, receiving, supplies and merchandise. Develop methods to efficiently accomplish all of my tasks and goals. Operate all aspects of the business to produce the most profit and success for the company. Lead a group of individuals to accomplish unified goals and educate them with successful sales strategies.