Nicholas Adams Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Ontario, Ca

Evaluate and implement scalable technology solutions, and engineering teams/organizations development processes. Lead, support, and guide local and geographically remote teams for all aspects of product development from concept to release, including rapid creation of proof of concepts for RFPs and road mapping of existing products. Manage, support, and guide a team of 150 people over four countries: Canada, USA, India, and Colombia.• Managed the integration of acquired companies into the engineering organization and participated in the acquisition valuation process.• Directed all operations associated with product development, infrastructure, DevOps, and R&D/engineering to build, maintain and improve 4 industry-leading solutions generating over 80M ARR.• Involved in problem/project management and breaking down complex problems/projects into smaller digestible milestones/goals.• Maintained the company's strategic picture by setting development priorities based on company goals, accessing risks and roadblocks, informing stakeholders, and shifting those development priorities.

Led all operations linked with product development, IT infrastructure, and software engineering. Assessed inefficiencies within various business and development processes and implemented effective solutions across multiple teams. Established sustainable solutions, development efficiencies, customer-focused features, and data security parameters by developing and driving motivational and challenging team goals. Optimized organizational leadership's effectiveness by recruiting, orienting, selecting, training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining team members.• Involved in all major database, software, and systems architecture for 2 industry-leading enterprise SaaS offerings for real estate industry generating 20M ARR.• Acquired some of the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) groups in North America (~$1M/key account) and many major vendors/providers in the industry while working closely with stakeholders, CEO, VP of Business Development, and VP of Sales.• Assisted in RFP responses for customer and consulting group bids, and helped drive recurring services revenue to bring in new customers and clients, for a 200% business growth during time in the role.• Developed technology investment roadmaps and plans for future development of SaaS and enterprise platforms and teams using Kanban and Scrum Agile SDLC methodologies.