Michael Root Email & Phone Number

Downtown Redwood City, California, Us

• Joined pre-series A and supported Dexterity hypergrowth from 20 to 200+ personnel in lessthan three years• Interviewed and provided feedback to fill roles across engineering (multiple disciplines), productoperations, remote support, field services support, mechanical engineering, technical accountmanagement, and product management• Deployed Dexterity’s first bots into production with the founding team• Provided the foundational structures for product engineering to increase engineering velocityand maximize platform component reuse• Manages and mentors product engineering managers and product engineers• Took multiple generations of Dexterity fulfillment system from concept to production• Directed the engineering efforts and prioritization of a cross-functional multidisciplinary team ofengineers• Created and defined systems, processes, and policies to enable rapid iteration of robotic softwarein production environments

Downtown Redwood City, California, Us

Downtown Redwood City, California, Us

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

From July 2011 to February 2017, I held the following roles: Entry Level Developer, Intermediate Developer, Senior Developer, Technical Lead Senior, and Enterprise Architect.• Architected a continuous delivery release process for the Vanguard User Interface library that accelerated the product’s release cadence from quarterly to bi-weekly• Standardized and automated the Component Based Development team’s workspace configuration process which transformed a lengthy complex setup into a repeatable process • Used statistical analysis and the DMAIC methodology to analyze build and deployment processes to reduce non-production environment outages (Striving for a Stable Dev DMAIC Project) • Collaborated with business partners on agile project teams to implement and successfully deliver new dividend and capital gains, retirement overview, and quarterly tax summary pages to the Vanguard personal investor site• Spearheaded the development of an in-house Eclipse"developer-tool"plugin to automate routine tasks and increase developer productivity. The effort was entirely self-motivated and pursued during non-project time and resulted in a plugin that was widely adopted by the Retail IT subdivision • Presented to Retail IT senior leadership on topics concerning UI development;these presentations advocated for newer tools and technologies

Millersville, Pa, Us

• Participated in overall system design expressing a need for modularity and efficient communication patterns• Designed and implemented user interface components with a focus on overall layout of components and user accessibility• Implemented customizable parameter display panels that support drag and drop functionality. An overflow system was also developed to automatically populate and display itself when primary display panels reached a maximum capacity• Implemented an interactive particle imager device to visualize both liquid and crystal formations based on actual meteorological data• Performed software testing and quality assurance• Trained staff members to effectively use the Geopod system

Riyadh, Sa

• Documented network infrastructure by systematically tracing all cables and creating network cut sheet diagrams• Revamped network closets to include installation of patch panels and cable management racks complete with a detailed labeling scheme• Coordinated with offsite network administrators to troubleshoot router configuration and connectivity issues• Resolved technical problems to include user workstations, networked printers, and software issues• Generated nontrivial production reports and statistics by using SQL to query multiple databases consisting of hundreds of thousands of elements

Washington, Dc, Us

• Department of Defense issued Secret Clearance• Lead and supervised a communications team consisting of 45 switchboard, radio, and network operators during joint training operations• Installed, configured, operated, and maintained networking systems to include hubs, switches, routers, bridges, printers as well as server hardware and software for both classified and unclassified networks in compliance with strict DOD network security standards• Created network diagrams and subnet schemes• Resolved in excess of 1000 trouble calls during a 3 year period• Deployed and configured Tanberg Video Teleconference hardware and conducted VTC sessions allowing commanders to attend staff meetings• Implemented database to account for and track the location of over 180 workstations and government assets• Trained over 300 personnel in information assurance and network policies• Coordinated with network specialists to ensure operational management

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

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