Director Of Development
Boston, Ma, Us
Built and maintained close working relationships with key business leaders to provide a technical point-of-view on business problems, to translate business needs into technology direction, and to ensure applications met the needs of the user community.Led a team of 21 responsible for designing, developing, and implementing the financial services desktop platform used by 5000 phone and branch center representatives across the country. Platform includes Microsoft©-based client, web servers, databases, and middle-tier/back end connectivity and serves as the integration platform for 140+ in-house and third-party applications. Utilized software development best practices and processes including agile and waterfall. Ensured platform availability including monitoring 24x7 and developing performance monitoring systems and processes.Led department IT risk planning, including developing and implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans for applications and ensuring application compliance with corporate technology roadmap.Built and managed domestic and international programming teams, developed and guided individual contributors and managers through career development planning, goal setting, and performance evaluations.