Michael Bell Email & Phone Number

Asheville, Nc, Us

Asheville, North Carolina

-Oversaw a team of 5-9 consultants/developers and other technical consultants, earning a perfect 100 eNPS score for my direct reports as well as company-wide recognition of my accomplishments.-Performed software and solution consulting with both external clients and internal resources by managing priorities, building relationships, looking for innovative solutions, etc.-Implemented numerous improvement initiatives including a formalized SDLC, development and enforcement of software and process quality standards, inter-department collaboration, etc.-Significantly contributed to yearly manager offsite meetings, focusing on team architecture and development, process maturity, and sales support.-Initiated, championed, and partnered with multiple departments to develop and implement a new WO process and template to increase collaboration, requirement quality, and unification of approach. -Mentored and guided the mentoring of development staff, including the initiation of internal training.-Consulted with development staff in the creation of technical solution plans.-Routinely analyzed trends and estimated vs actual for tasks, both individually and in aggregate.-Developed customizations and add-ons for Sage X3 / Enterprise Management utilizing the Safe X3 framework, both Classic and Syracuse modes. -Through direct interaction with clients, gathered and discovered customer requirements, turning those requirements into actionable work orders and software designs.-Generated how-to and other installer/user documentation.

Asheville, North Carolina

- Co-led the development group as a whole or independently led one of two development teams, as circumstances directed. This involved task assignment and organization (when necessary), design clarifications, and review of code, design and functionality, all within and Agile/Scrum framework.- Progressed and established continuous improvement activities both within the development group and in the company as a whole. Significant improvements were realized in code quality, story/requirements quality, communication, design quality, training efficiency and morale.- Participated in hiring activities, including interviews, testing and providing recommendation to the CEO.- With my co-lead, architected all software products and coordinated their design. Was the singular architect of the redesign of three major components, the implementation of which resulted in significant positive customer feedback.- Directly mentored development staff, including those in leadership development.- With input from the development team, designed and implemented a new unit test framework that increased code creation speed, decreased unit testing memory usage and runtime, and enabled a vast increase in unit test results visibility.- Earned and maintained a Sage X3 developer certification (through present). - Gained an exceptional level of development knowledge in Sage X3 (Syracuse mode) and the Safe X3 coding language/framework.- Designed, coded and guided implementation of a highly customizable, highly granular field and action-level permissions system for Sage X3 Construction. To my knowledge, no one else in the world has been able to produce a system with this capability within Sage X3 for any product.- Designed and coded web applications in Angular, Typescript and CSS.

Woodfin, Nc

- Initiated and coded custom metrics gathering and reporting program for hospital AV utilization.- Developed sales package for hospital AV systems and support- Designed and installed theatrical lighting systems

Patuxent River, Md

- Working collaboratively with project management, stakeholders, and the test team, independently generated a full set of formal requirements from extensive pre-existing use cases. Established an advanced requirement structure, eliminating requirement duplication and disparate phrasing between use cases while retaining individual requirement traceability. - Worked with teams using both waterfall and agile processes.- Validated and verified process documentation and execution, increasing product quality, efficiency and workflow recordation.- Developed document templates in collaboration with document stakeholders, focusing on efficiency, comprehensiveness and adherence to required standards.- Actively verified document quality, ensuring conformance to the templates, proper mechanics, cohesiveness and clarity.- Pioneered, developed and implemented an innovative workflow and change tracking tool. Gathered user and stakeholder requirements; subsequently developed the concept of operation. Executed the database design, which included extensive Visual Basic scripting. Authored user training materials and facilitated user training. This tool continues to effectively reduce defects, increase documentation quality and improve transparency, greatly improving overall efficiency.- Directed the Process Improvement Team.- In close collaboration with the Software Manager and Lead Developer, developed and implemented an efficient, robust, and standards-compliant software lifecycle process.- Developed enhanced analytical methods to reduce processing time for a key computation component by 20% while increasing accuracy.- Coordinated the schedules of many major teams, including resource balancing within and between teams, enabling better decision-making and more accurate delivery date predictions.

Patuxent River, Md

- Planned and executed both manual and automated software testing in an adapted waterfall model, focusing on test coverage, accuracy and efficiency through coordination with the development team and statistical/systematic analysis. - Initiated adoption of test automation, increasing efficiency and allowing greater test coverage.- Evaluated software requirement specifications to ensure clarity and testability, improving test quality and prompting an inside-out review of our requirements development process.- Analyzed test data, test logs and defect reports, collating the available data into test reports.

Patuxent River, Md

- Performed manual scripted and ad-hoc testing under a waterfall SDLC, with training in Agile.- Composed Excel-based input checking tools, reducing input checking duration by 95%.

Morganza, Md

Instructed high school students in algebra and geometry

Hollywood, Md

Owned and operated a photography business focused on wedding and portrait photography. This included all aspects of business: financials, advertising, customer support, etc.

Morganza, Md

- Managed each production’s technical aspects, including scheduling and budget/expenditure. - Supervised student work calls, including safety training, skill training and labor assignment.- Dramatically increased student safety by designing and implementing a student safety and qualification ranking system, utilizing student input as a teamwork tool.- Developed an MS Access database to record and track student qualification progress. - Specified, procured, installed, operated, and repaired theatrical equipment.- Conceived and managed execution of lighting, set and sound designs for all productions.- Designed all print material including programs, posters and t-shirts.

King George, Va

Instructed middle school students in Mathematics.