Led an agile, cross-functional team (Dev, Dev/Ops, QA) by conducting weekly one-on-ones, providing guidance on career advancement, setting growth objectives, and evaluating performance to ensure each team member was contributing at a high level and progressing in their career. Fostered a positive and engaging culture by establishing core values, setting clear expectations, facilitating team-building activities, and embracing recognition and accountability to promote an environment where team members could thrive. Built a high-performing team by establishing effective recruiting and onboarding processes to attract top talent and minimize turnover.Improved our value stream by implementing a continuous discovery model that included user feedback, experimentation, and short release cycles to deliver quality solutions that met our user's needs.Aligned the team’s efforts with the product vision and goals by creating product backlog items, prioritizing the product backlog, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to strategically solve problems for our users.Led through several transitions including an acquisition, changes in upper management, and significant shifts in our code stack by clarifying the desired outcome, creating actionable plans, and monitoring key metrics to ensure a smooth and successful transition.Tech Stack: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Java, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AWS

Optimized the team’s efforts by collaborating with stakeholders, facilitating meetings, and tracking metrics to ensure progress on key initiatives. Empowered the team by coaching them on agile practices (Scrum and Kanban), facilitating agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, etc.), and promoting continuous improvement to ensure the efficient flow of work. Improved the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by soliciting feedback, removing roadblocks, and streamlining processes to reduce time to market by 25%. Oversaw the quality assurance process by coordinating testing efforts, monitoring test coverage, and tracking testing progress to ensure quality releases.

Collaborated with the QA team to transition from manual testing to automated testing to significantly reduce testing time and improve test coverage.Built a performance test suite by authoring automated test scripts, gathering metrics, and analyzing results to validate the performance of the company’s network appliance. Authored automated functional test cases using PowerShell and WebDriver to quickly identify bugs and significantly reduce testing time.Tech Stack: PowerShell, C#, SQL Server, .NET

Led a tree trimming crew. Specialized in trimming and removing trees near high-voltage power lines.