I designed a top-of-the-line webinar creation tool and business strategy that allowed my company to compete with well-established enterprise webinar platforms. Before this, I co-led a successful virtual environment company that catered to high-paying clients and required content-heavy projects. However, I later created a fully self-sufficient webinar presentation platform entirely cloud-based - the first of its kind. This platform saw a surge in demand during the pandemic as people sought reliable and accessible virtual communication options. As a result, my company's revenue increased from zero to $6.7 million within 17 months.🔸 Led engineering, advancing in 25 months from prototype to a high-quality marketplace product by late 2019. Worked closely with the infrastructure team to ensure stability and cost savings.🔸 Hired, grew, and led two transparent, highly effective, and efficient self-managing Scrum teams—10 engineers in China and 10 in Colombia.🔸 Lead the strategy for technology platforms, partnerships, and external relationships to increase the company’s efficiency and reduce costs. 🔸 Used AWS Glue microservice to perform ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) operations.🔸 Python: Wrote custom reports, created custom dashboards, and focused on data cleaning and pipelines.🔸 Observed, coached, and facilitated effective communication and alignment among product, architecture, and engineering teams. 🔸 Keep current with emerging technologies and technology development methodologies; ensure leadership and staff have the necessary talent and skills to perform at a high level.🔸 Assisted the product, engineering, and scrum teams during regular ceremonies: feature review, grooming, sprint plans, and demos by being the voice of the customer and communicating the value behind each product and prioritization decision.

As the overseer of operational excellence, I ensure that all aspects of software development meet high standards and align with our business objectives. My engineering teams prioritize tasks essential for our success, and they achieve this by analyzing our SDLC data to identify inefficiencies and ensure better alignment with our business needs. We use benchmarking to gain industry insights and better understand our metrics, which helps us set data-driven improvement goals that drive operational and business success. Our success began with visibility and continues with our strategy to achieve tangible, data-backed goals.🔸 Hired and ran a team of 16 engineers, broken into four self-managing Agile Pods (DevOps, Quality Assurance, WEB, and iOS). 8 US Based engineers and 8 nearshore engineers. 🔸 Implemented Scrum Ceremonies and Scrum framework using JIRA.🔸 Implemented GitHub Actions and Workflows for CI/CD.🔸 Led team improvement, achieved through metrics about the work, the process, and the business, not the individual. 🔸 Continued to meet the dual mandate of engineering leaders: continue delivering operational excellence while simultaneously driving the business forward.🔸 Used DORA metrics to identify areas for improvement. Measured their progress, compared themselves to other teams, and improved the overall quality of the software.🔸 Drove success through predictable sprint delivery, programmable workflows, business goals & reporting, resource allocation, and engineering metrics program.🔸 I demonstrated integrity and practical communication skills while collaborating with other departments to mitigate risks, delegating tasks, and ensuring successful sprint completion.🔸 I observed, coached, and facilitated effective communication and alignment among teams responsible for product development, architecture, and engineering.

I acquired a company that came with only one employee and one customer. I noticed the potential of creating web-based, virtual venue access on mobile devices, especially with the growing popularity of the iPad. I partnered with two of my lifelong friends, and we worked on improving the 6Connex product, moving it from a .net Flash platform to a more device-friendly Java HTML5 platform. We relaunched the product and focused on achieving both short-term and long-term business goals, which helped us grow the company to 65 employees and eventually a successful exit in 2019.🔸 Responsible for new product introductions, pricing, forecasting, positioning, promotion, crafting and delivering training and customer presentations, and large commercial deal involvement.🔸 Worked with other members of the product line (e.g., scopes and software) to create cross-organizational alignment to prioritize and create differentiated solutions. Partnered with engineering to define detailed product requirements and eliminate blockers.🔸 Drove the product development process from discovery through delivery, partnering with engineering and user experience to discover and build solutions to our customers problems.🔸 Worked with development teams to provide detailed guidance and prioritization during the product development process in an Agile environment. Consistently created, maintained, prioritized, and sequenced the team backlog according to business value and existing commitments. 🔸 Worked with product marketing to define positioning, plan and execute releases, and launch new features and products. Evaluated product performance metrics, usage data and market trends to continually refine the opportunity space.🔸 Owned the full product lifecycle of software and hardware solutions from new product definition through launch and growth, while handling the existing portfolio of products.

Recruited to join this Oracle customer – with a rare blessing from Oracle and a waived Ph.D. requirement – in a role overseeing enterprise software and the company’s shift from on-premises to web-based technology. Co-led a team that averaged 25 individuals.🔸 Established PeopleSoft and Oracle ERP needs via business process analysis and consultation, absorbing deep knowledge of ERP modules, database structure, and points of integration with other applications.🔸 Analyzed the existing infrastructure and performed system enhancements, writing customized programs and scripts and configuring ERP applications.🔸 Created user-friendly functionalities and interfaces, installing ERP software for seamless integration with IT systems.🔸 Performed diagnostic tests and resolved issues to optimize performance, documenting all progress updates and processes.🔸 Provided technical support and trained ERP end-users with leading-edge information on new ERP upgrades and offerings.🔸 Design, develop, and maintain Unix shell scripts to automate system administration tasks.

Over nine years, I provided on-site consulting services to numerous Oracle clients, gaining valuable technical and interpersonal skills. As a strong advocate for teamwork and collaboration, I often served as project manager and troubleshooter on engagements that lasted anywhere from a week to a year. My expertise in technology, workflow, and user experience allowed me to address various issues related to integration, upgrades, and functionality. 🔸 Documented and analyzed requirements, developing project plans and cost/resource estimates for conversions and integrations with PeopleSoft and Oracle functional expertise.🔸 Led and bolstered projects with valuable technical input, completing development tasks using PeopleSoft tools, Unix, Oracle DB, and SQL.🔸 Developed, executed, and supported effective testing plans and scripts on customizations, interfaces, and reports.🔸 Worked directly with PeopleSoft Internet Architecture, tuxedo application servers, process schedulers, and databases, providing solutions to complex issues and consistently improving platform usability for self-service customers.🔸 Managing and leading teams of Oracle consultants.🔸 Delivering presentations and training on Oracle products and technologies.🔸 Participating in Oracle product development and beta testing.