James Mcelhannon Email & Phone Number

Ballwin, Mo, Us

St. Louis County, Missouri, United States

A program to enhance and rearchitect tools used in the product development pipeline and support infrastructure. - Lead a team of 10-15 contributors including business analysts, developers, and testers, through full lifecycle development of an integrated series of product pipeline applications. - Lead lift-and-shift of on-premise applications to AWS, enhancing availability, reliability, and performance. - Rearchitected applications to be cloud native, improving reliability, recovery, and scalability. - Overhauled processes and procedures to streamline the SDLC, implement automated testing, and spun up a dedicated sustaining-development support team. - Spent ~20% of time as developer in Linux Pro*C/C++ environment on mission-critical applications. Key tools/technologies: Linux, C, angular, Postgres, oracle, AWS, GitLab, Jira, Helix AlM

St Louis, Missouri, United States

St. Louis, Mo

bioMérieux, St. Louis, MO Sr. Software Lead/Project Manager -- 07/2014-presentA program to enhance a scientific application that utilizes scientific instruments to process lab samples, determine what microorganism is present in the samples and what antibiotic and dosage to use to treat the patient.• Lead a team of 25-30 contributors including business analysts, developers, testers, and configuration manager through full life-cycle development of a complex scientific application used worldwide at 15,000+ sites. • Interfaced with marketing, regulatory, manufacturing, support, staff scientists, quality, program management, and other stakeholders to define requirements and schedule.• Used Scrum methodology for software processes integrated into ISO and FDA-compliant requirements, design, and manufacturing processes. • Updated group processes and procedures; migrated requirements and specifications from standalone Word documents to integrated requirements management tool with full requirements traceability.• Continuous integration environment using Jenkins, online code reviews using Swarm, and automated tests.• Created and maintained 5-year roadmap. Created requirements to move the product from current-state to the defined future-state over multiple releases.• Integrated cybersecurity planning and policies into roadmap and procedures.• Created sprint and release plans, sprint and release burndowns, managed the backlog, and daily standup meetings.

St Charles, Missouri, United States

Teach undergraduate computer science classes:CPT 185 - Programming in C#

Greater St. Louis Area

Taught undergraduate Computer Science classes:COSC 1550 - Computer Programming I (C++)COSC 1560 - Computer Programming II (C++)COSC 2810 - Systems Analysis and DesignCOSC 3500 - IT Project Management

Greater St. Louis Area

A project to purchase AtTask project management software and roll it out across the enterprise. Created custom integration between AtTask and Salesforce.com.• Led requirements definition and planning for implementation of Corporate Engineering’s PMO using AtTask project management tool, including custom integration with Salesforce.com and vendor management.• Trained 40+ regional project management staff and 275+ end-users; developed processes and templates, establishing best practices; established project, program, and portfolio KPIs; conducted reviews• Carrier business process reengineering core team member• Integration team member, integrating SalesForce, AtTask, Remedy, Granite, and custom solutions.

Atlanta, Ga

A project to create a new version of NCR’s self-service kiosk travel platform that would be compliant with the latest industry standards.• Managed NCR’s Self-Service Kiosk Travel Platform used by airlines, airports, car rentals, and bus lines.• Drove requirements definition, prioritization, and software lifecycle processes using stage gate methodology.• Tracked issues, led project review meetings, and reported status to senior management. • Represented the company to customers and international standards bodies.• Managed customer testing lab and certification activities.

* Led requirements and architecture processes for various projects including SITA’s flagship airline and airport management system, which is installed at over 275 airports worldwide. The system manages end-user workstations, airline-industry specific devices (e.g. baggage tag printer), and self-service kiosks.* Member of multiple international aviation standards bodies charged with setting requirements and creating specifications for various aspects of airline and airport management and passenger processing. * Led technical standards committee for the past 5 years including being the architect and primary contributor of a technical specification that delivers efficiencies expected to save the industry $500M. * Representative to airport based project to deliver a standardized set of web services for airport integration.* Delivered projects in a matrix environment using local and remote employees and off-shore contractors.

* Architect and primary author of various standards for the international aviation community.* Member of multiple international industry groups to create new or expand current technical specifications for agent-based passenger processing and customer self-service kiosks.* Created product specifications, product financial models including return on investment (ROI), product justifications, and associated marketing documents.* Performed product demonstrations and presentations for customers and potential customers.

* Managed the engineering development personnel and associated projects as well as outsourced development. Determined projects to outsource based on financial, strategic, and schedule considerations.* Participated in industry organizations, trade-shows, and customer presentations. Represented the company to customers and business partners. * Developed business plans and associated financial models for new products and major upgrades to existing products.

* Architect and technical manager for Warehouse Systems Group.* Responsible for full life-cycle implementation from architecture through implementation and support.* Provided project status reports, resource planning, personnel succession planning, and risk management.* Performed and managed structured evaluation and managed relationships with third-party package software vendors.

* Lead analyst and team leader in the logistics development department.* Responsible for full life-cycle implementation for transportation planning and warehouse inventory control and shipping projects.* Created status reports, resource planning, and risk management reports.

* Consultant to several Oil-and-Gas companies in the Tulsa area. Provided support and development of their Oil and Gas accounting systems. Installed and maintained PC LANs and common office applications.

Ms, Computer Science

Mba

Bs, Computer Science