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Conduct comprehensive review and analysis of AI models, assessing quality, metrics, risks and financial performance for $3 billion private equity firm in the pre-acquisition phase of a professional athlete fitness company. Provide insightful recommendations on strategies to address identified gaps, scale existing models, and enhance the overall.

🏆Leverage my expertise in converting vision to action to maintain a high-performing team of software engineers, data scientists, QA testers, and scrum masters.🏆With a dedication to technical and digital excellence, advise startups on build-buy partnering options focused on revenue potential and necessary investment.🏆By collaborating expertly with.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Transition the business from 90% retail revenue generation to 50% online revenue generation by designing and implementing new mobile and web architectures, applications, microservices and automation using Azure Cloud
• Generate $500MM+ in revenue, spanning international and digital channels through the Agile ecosystem and strategy across the enterprise, web, and native mobile applications
• Spearhead the vision and purpose of 8 Scrum/POD teams (100+ developers, $4M budget) in application modernization by constantly inspecting and modifying behavior for successful deployments
• Triangulate small, measurable goals to set a consistent mindset for change, resulting in consistent high-quality results from offshore teams through strategic communication methodologies
• Exceed leadership metrics across all the Scrum teams through the delivery of the last 3 Web/Mobile App projects on budget and surpass delivery expectations on the latest Q1/2022 project accordingly
• Recognized by vendor partners in all aspects of engagement through negotiation, implementation, and delivery, decreasing integration complexities and optimizing the partnerships.

Fort Worth, Texas, US

• Transformed the business and enterprise from a waterfall approach to creating an agile-oriented software process, influencing change, managing the change culture, and providing performance KPIs
• Scrum Master and change leader of a Development and QA Team tasked with producing new product software, directing the SDLC process, and executing Agile development methodologies
• Expert in agile transformation, yielding delivery on 11 sprints with consistent releases at the end of each and a key part in moving releases from every 4-6 weeks to every 2 weeks; a huge accomplishment for the team.
• Initiated and lead cross-functional team members for a zero-downtime deployment process for Elastic.com
• Collaborated with system infrastructure and release management teams for issue resolution, resulting in a repeatable release system, attaining an Elastic portfolio ranging from $250MM+ in outstanding loans with 150K+.

Irving, Texas, US

• Converted custom legacy technology to modern web technology by influencing clients on the Return-On-Investment and ability to hire the best in the technology
• Met with the company's established legacy clients and subsequently delivered high-quality, custom software on a consultant basis
• Delivered iterations of applications both requested by the customer and required for regulatory compliance, saving thousands in penalty costs

Plano, Texas, US

• Team Lead responsible for support tools, database migration, and customer installation configurations. Developed custom applications for post sales installations.
• Developed tools with Microsoft C# and ASP.NET MVC that supported each custom environment particularly in terms of database migrations and running multiple instances of our application.
• Partnered with Sales and Support organizations to provide high quality, first impression applications.

Chief Digital Officer Program: Leading Transformation

Postgraduate Degree, Artificial Intelligence For Leaders

Ms, Computer Science

Bs, Math/Computer Science