Building and managing development teams, transforming engineering teams into continuously delivering outcome through architecture runways, product and program management processes. He has led transformations from on-prem financial and customer care platforms into the cloud for billion-dollar organizations following banking regulations and compliance requirements. Application modernization and building efficiency through DevOps and SRE practices. He holds certifications in Azure, Scrum, SAFe… Show more Building and managing development teams, transforming engineering teams into continuously delivering outcome through architecture runways, product and program management processes. He has led transformations from on-prem financial and customer care platforms into the cloud for billion-dollar organizations following banking regulations and compliance requirements. Application modernization and building efficiency through DevOps and SRE practices. He holds certifications in Azure, Scrum, SAFe methodologies and looks for opportunities to improve his teams and projects through continuous improvement. Engagement manager for many PwC projects supporting core business processes towards modernizing in the cloud, including large scale order management systems employing Domain-Driven Design, across 100’s of microservices within a cloud-native environment. In addition to client engagements, leading internal projects to build offerings and services related to Continuous Delivery Maturity Models, leading the Diagnostic Engineering capability of the PwC Engineering CoE’s implementing rapid application assessments towards cloud migrations, root cause analysis, reverse engineering, performance & data assessments, and more. Show less

In this role, I spearhead and advance IT strategic visions and goals for two offices located in Minneapolis, MN and St. Louis, MO, including software development, infrastructure, security, compliance, product management, operations, ITSM, and budgetary functions. One of my main duties is to oversee eight direct reports encompassing Sr. Directors, Directors, Managers, and Architects. I also engage and partner with the business team on product and technology solutions. Moreover, I deploy SDLC… Show more In this role, I spearhead and advance IT strategic visions and goals for two offices located in Minneapolis, MN and St. Louis, MO, including software development, infrastructure, security, compliance, product management, operations, ITSM, and budgetary functions. One of my main duties is to oversee eight direct reports encompassing Sr. Directors, Directors, Managers, and Architects. I also engage and partner with the business team on product and technology solutions. Moreover, I deploy SDLC workflows and development roadmap management via Agile, Lean methodologies supported by KanBan principles. A few of my notable accomplishments are:• Designed framework to support feature test automation without disrupting feature development.• Crafted robust production operation strategies for Incident Management and other ITSM services.• Defined holistic development roadmap in line with product roadmaps for analysis of various scenarios and capacity levels• Led software development life-cycle integration with product and design management.• Drove implementation of latest data architectures and technology for distributed data mesh designs. Show less

Bringing Application Support and Operations together with Software Development (DevOps) through process and automation transformations. reducing the manual overhead and risk of routine tasks allowing experts to focus on bringing real value into the pipeline by proactive development, analytics, and monitoring.

Currently managing QA resources, processes and best practices along with Scrum Master for three projects. Initiating and holding Chair position for a new QA Committee to develop standards and processes to be used across all of InComm. Developed new automation framework for both API and FrontEnd testing to be used with JAVA, WebDriver, TestNG technology integrated with continuous build and deploy processes using Jenkins. Working towards a more continuous delivery methodology in building… Show more Currently managing QA resources, processes and best practices along with Scrum Master for three projects. Initiating and holding Chair position for a new QA Committee to develop standards and processes to be used across all of InComm. Developed new automation framework for both API and FrontEnd testing to be used with JAVA, WebDriver, TestNG technology integrated with continuous build and deploy processes using Jenkins. Working towards a more continuous delivery methodology in building automated acceptance tests using Behavior Driven Development (BDD). Also participating in product ownership and development with the assigned Product Owner to assist in building quality into our products. Introduced, configured and stood up load testing tool with successful load/performance testing of existing and new applications. Plan and implement continuous build environments which include automated execution and result gathering for acceptance, functional and integration tests. Created a new development process and workflow for JIRA to provide better management of requirement gathering and the visibility of this process. Stood up a two server Selenium GRID environment from which all front-end functional tests are executed for cross browser testing. Perform Product Risk assessments with business owners to determine high level risks based on identified hazards and their causes. This allows for risk-based testing and ensures the most concerning areas of the product are properly covered. Also identified ambiguity in requirements as well as pulls out non-functional requirements not originally gathered. Developed dynamic QA dashboards to report QC metrics telling a Test Story in Quality, Trends, and Progress. Maintained project and QA documentation using JIRA and Confluence. Integrated Test Management tool Enterprise Tester with automation and JIRA for metric reporting. Show less

During this time, I directed two high-profile projects in JAVA, Mark Logic, Oracle, and JavaScript for the management of Church events and publishable content. I was accountable to execute Scrum methodologies for optimum QA and QC. Moreover, I performed black and white-box testing manual and automated regression test coverage. I also retained quality transparency through extensive test plans, risk-based testing from product risk analysis, and weekly metric reports. A few key… Show more During this time, I directed two high-profile projects in JAVA, Mark Logic, Oracle, and JavaScript for the management of Church events and publishable content. I was accountable to execute Scrum methodologies for optimum QA and QC. Moreover, I performed black and white-box testing manual and automated regression test coverage. I also retained quality transparency through extensive test plans, risk-based testing from product risk analysis, and weekly metric reports. A few key accomplishments are mentioned below:• Formulated and delivered a highly functioning automation framework, which automated +80% of product regression tests.• Minimized test planning down from unused and undervalued documentation into a highly Agile approach through Session-based testing. Show less

Provide freelance testing services to variety of clients for web and mobile applications. Write test cases, execute predefined test cases, log detailed test results for client review and approval. Exploratory testing across multiple platforms. Jump into a client's testing cycle at a moments notice and find as many bugs as possible. Communicate with client on suggested improvements and ideas.

In this capacity, I ensured maximum quality control for order processing backend systems, involving conversions of PL/SQL scripts to JAVA web services for performing order vendor sourcing and splitting logic. One of my main duties was to conduct manual white/black-box testing and automated test cases via JAVA. I also drafted team test plans as per project requirements, while engaging between multiple QA teams for integration and load testing. A few of my notable accomplishments… Show more In this capacity, I ensured maximum quality control for order processing backend systems, involving conversions of PL/SQL scripts to JAVA web services for performing order vendor sourcing and splitting logic. One of my main duties was to conduct manual white/black-box testing and automated test cases via JAVA. I also drafted team test plans as per project requirements, while engaging between multiple QA teams for integration and load testing. A few of my notable accomplishments are:• Introduced robust practices for test planning and execution management.• Developed methodologies to successfully conduct and complete white-box testing across database logic and schemas. Show less

Managed design, content, and SEO efforts for the local chapter of IIA's website. Also provided technical support to its members where needed.

Design, develop, and manage 10 websites for various clients including 3 eCommerce sites. Provide SEO and SEM services. Create graphic designs and develop backend of websites using MySQL and PHP. Provide PC and home networking support including installation and support of custom video surveillance systems.

I was appointed as an automation expert and architect via Selenium within PHP and JAVA environments. I also devised, oversaw, and executed test plans, suites, and cases for manual and automated software testing of web-based and database-driven micro-loan financial management application processes for payday and auto loans. Furthermore, I validated new websites for publisher and affiliate network landing pages and data integration to capture leads and processing within the backend system for… Show more I was appointed as an automation expert and architect via Selenium within PHP and JAVA environments. I also devised, oversaw, and executed test plans, suites, and cases for manual and automated software testing of web-based and database-driven micro-loan financial management application processes for payday and auto loans. Furthermore, I validated new websites for publisher and affiliate network landing pages and data integration to capture leads and processing within the backend system for selling/buying to lenders. A few of my notable accomplishments are:• Initiated the company's first test automation efforts and strategies in line with a software platform and CI for regression.• Researched, presented, deployed, and maintained a new test documentation application called TestLink.• Crafted a new automation framework to contain data-driven, test model, and keyword strategies across all platforms.• Gained positive peer reviews, which resulted in awarding Employee of the Month twice within six months. Show less

Client relations from managing and facilitating training programs on the software sold. Project management of new installs. Performed ad-hoc quality assurance testing during development, after install, and prior to client release. Developed and performed a loss prevention service using SmartConnect’s software for clients identifying fraud, theft and operational weakness. Developed and programmed in PHP and MySQL various internal tools to assist the sales team.

Reported directly to Vice President of Casino Surveillance. Develop, organize and maintain internal investigations and audits of all corporate departments for adherence to policies, procedures, and controls. Managed 5 property's special operations activity with one additional employee. Reviewed retail and gaming exception reports for potential fraud, theft and shrinkage. Reported findings and recommendations to management. Received Investigator of the Year 2004, 2005 and Quarter (3rd, 2004).