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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

- Transition team from Kanban to Scrum which improved efficiency by introducing a sense of urgency via sprints and a living product backlog.- Worked as project manager to eliminate roadblocks (both technical and non-technical) that improved the team velocity, improved the percentage of commitment that was delivered each sprint, and decreased the amount of unexpected work during each sprint.- Filter, screen, prepare exercises for, and interview new candidates. Ensure a smooth onboarding process with team-building excersises and mentorship.- Refactor legacy infrastructure and applications to provide SSL access across all subdomains and applications, raising our products from an F to A+ on SSLLabs.com. This included on-the-fly rewriting of user-generated content to ensure all content was served through secure sources.- Host weekly one on ones with CEO and direct reports, allowing me to quickly address business concerns and alleviate roadblocks for my team- Rebuilt sign-up flow, decreasing the number of steps required and increasing conversion by emphasizing social sign-in.- Reinforce innovation through bi-weekly hackdays allowing employees to explore anything from algorithms to zsh.- Decrease monthly burn 30\% by auditing services, eliminating ones that no longer provide value, and more eking out even more value from those that do.

New York, Ny, Us

- Re-Envision data-entry process for users to decrease technical debt, improve user experience, and decrease support incidents around submission to hackathons- Migrate from a callback-oriented architecture to an event-driven architecture built on top of RabbitMQ for increased scalability and maintainability- Integrate with mutiple third-party services to establish a machine-learning based spam prevention system, improving user experience- Manage non-salary tech expenses to ensure efficient allocation of resources

Troy, Ny, Us

- Integrate with third-party video CMS to provide client-branded portal for controlled distribution of media by multiple partners- Through the use of Twitter, Instagram, and Brightcove APIs, revolutionize the way that live events are watched on desktop and mobile devices- Act as primary liaison to gather client requirements, provide estimates, and address support concerns- Work to build a more knowledgable software development team through group code reviews, group education sessions, and general mentoring

Troy, Ny, Us

- Created highly scalable video distribution platform allowing content provider to transform business model for digital era and expand viewer base- Worked with end-users of non-profit organization to convert paper workflow into digital system, improving efficiency of office operations

Troy, Ny, Us

- Recovered project which was behind schedule and bug-ridden to meet critical business deadlines for client, ensuring a successful product launch- Refactored legacy PHP codebase to introduce Object-Oriented concepts, ORM, and test suite.