Recruitment· Expanded team from 13 to 35 with annual turnover below 10%, despite budgetary restrictions.· Specialized in recruiting junior developers from non-standard backgrounds.Project Management· Supported and provided guidance for per-team process customization, empowering development teams to evolve the best workflow for their unique circumstances through effective retrospectives.· Mentored teams through the challenges of cross-region development, working with consultants, and migration to a new cloud-based (AWS) technology platform.· Piloted consistent, data-driven approaches to project forecasting while minimizing load on Scrum Masters and avoiding proscriptive process changes.· Resolved interpersonal conflict between colleagues by promoting empathy and understanding of communication styles.· Worked with Product Development team to promote Lean Startup principles.Career Development Support· Mentored new Line Managers, providing coaching and training to enable them to support the careers of their direct reports.· Developed a multi-track career development framework for software engineers, described as the best in the company.· Ensured effective onboarding for junior developers to allow them to start contributing quickly.Change Management· Negotiated team member allocation with stakeholders during changes to business priorities.· Encouraged the development of cross-product platforms and fostered inter-team communications to leverage the skills of senior developers, improve organizational scalability, and support our long-term technology vision.

Led the development of a strategy to implement the Scrum software development process.Built support within the executive team for Scrum transition.Fostered closer relationships between the software development and product development teams.Coached developers and product owners in Scrum techniques.

Worked in both pair programming and individual programming environmentsSpearheaded an initiative to rewrite legacy code using modern web technologiesDeveloped and maintained two client facing websites, writing Apache modules in C++Contribute technical insight and direction: code organization, peer reviews, choice of development tools & methodologies, database layoutWorked with marketing and sales teams to design and develop a custom website tracking billboard signage across the U. S. Identified and corrected numerous new and outstanding bugsDeveloped and updated comprehensive data backup and recovery systemsBuilt a suite of unit tests to support existing codebaseDemanding internal clients from a range of management levels in a technical roleAdministrated a live ticketing RT site to resolve data entry issuesDeveloped changes to the backend systems for data entry portions of direct mail intelligence product to outsource to overseas resourcesWorked in a team environment to deliver high quality software to end usersDesigned and supported 100,000 LOC in backend Perl and C++ daemonsDeveloping a client-facing media delivery website (and associated data entry tools)Participated in and led activities for self- and team- improvementWorked with Data Entry team and Operations Manager to develop new system featuresIdentifying and performing a variety of other infrastructure maintenance and workflow optimization tasksPerform scalability studies, performance analysis, query optimizationDeveloped and maintained a direct mail scan and data entry system, including desktop applications in Visual Basic 5 and C, back end MySQL databaseWorked in a scrum team developing bespoke in-house data collection systems, primarily using VB and C .NET for desktop applications, PHP with JavaScript for webDebugging and implementing features for client-facing web applications and enterprise data entry systems

Developed and maintained a direct mail scan and data entry system, including desktop applications in Visual Basic 5 and C#, back end MySQL database, back-end processing daemons in perl and C++.Worked with Data Entry team and Operations Manager to develop new system features.Developed and maintained two client facing websites, writing Apache modules in C++.Exposed to HTML, Javascript, XML and XSLT.Dealt with demanding internal clients from a range of management levels in a technical role.

Developed algorithms for motion adaptive and motion compensated de-interlacing / noise reduction and film mode detection in the Visual C++ environment.Worked in a small team to integrate different algorithms into a demonstration program.Extensive test and evaluation duties including quantitative and qualitative analysis of output images.Wrote technical documentation for internal and external use.Presented algorithms to customers and hardware engineersLiaised with hardware engineers to ensure the correct implementation of algorithms and approving design compromises.Granted US Patent 7,327,398 for a film mode detection Algorithm.Negotiated performance enhancements and compromises with customers.Dealt with customer problems quickly, ensuring a rapid response to technical questions.

Designed a computer controlled thermal prototype of a new handset using a PIC microcontroller and CCS C / assembler.Assisted in a user comfort study.