Neil Sambol

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Founder | Fractional CTO @ Area 51 Software, LLC
Roswell, GA, US
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About Neil Sambol

Efficiency drives me. Whether it is automating a manual solution, thus saving time and improving quality; or improving existing technology pipelines by streamlining people, technological processes or communication pathways.Recently, I have become a fan of the Node/React/Redux stack thus enabling the use of scarce front-end and back-end resources where best needed. I find this immensely valuable in smaller shops preventing wait times until other projects are completed. It also improves engineering job satisfaction as developers are able to complete a project or component from beginning to end without handoff. When I look to hire people, I prefer those who love what they do; engineers who will work over the weekend or late into the evening -- without being asked. Some call this "passion." These are the people who go above and beyond to learn new technologies and figure out new ways of doing things. These are the motivated people who think outside of the box and will take your organization to the next level. I am one of these people.I currently have 1 patent in legal proceedings.*****25+ YEARS IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING:. Full SDLC: AWS Cloud, Google Cloud, SaaS, native and hybrid mobile, web, and desktop. Large $2B projects to very small ones . Identify and close requirement gaps. Compliance including GDPR, PCI, SAS 70, SOC 2, HIPAA, Sarbanes–Oxley. Spcialization in startups where one can really make a difference15+ YEARS IN SOFTWARE LEADERSHIP as CTO, VP, Executive Director, Senior Director, Director:. Managed onshore/offshore/nearshore and distributed dev and QA teams. Successful vendor management and integration across multiple projects, multiple domains. Creation / tuning of software process: Agile Scrum, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall. Metrics-driven development for repeatable, sustainable projects and rational deliverable milestones. Create and nurture a critical positive trust relationship between product, QA, Dev, and Management. Have hired 100+ developers over the last 15 years with exceptionally low attrition. Increase automation of manual processes: unit tests, TDD, QA functional testing, DevOps pipeline. Mentorship of team and grooming of future leadersCERTIFICATIONS:. Certified ScrumMaster (CSM - Mike Cohn, Fall 2013). Certified Product Owner (CSPO - Mike Cohn, Spring 2015). Trained Agile coach / Agile Facilitator (Lyssa Adkins, Fall 2014)Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. In particular, communicating technical ideas to non-technical people.

Neil Sambol's Current Company Details
Area 51 Software, LLC

Area 51 Software, Llc

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Founder | Fractional CTO
Roswell, GA, US
Website:
area51.software
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Neil Sambol Work Experience Details
  • Area 51 Software, Llc
    Founder | Fractional Cto
    Area 51 Software, Llc
    Roswell, Ga, Us
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  • Medhaul
    Chief Technology Officer
    Medhaul Sep 2022 - Present
    Memphis, Us
    At MedHaul, we believe that everyone deserves safe, reliable, and efficient transportation to care, regardless of special, or unique, need.Our technology helps healthcare providers find, and book, rides for patients with special needs; such as wheelchair, stretcher, and/or door-through-door transport.Our solution specifically targets vulnerable communities, as we are passionate about bringing innovation to, and building in communities that are often overlooked.
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  • Medhaul
    Head Of Engineering
    Medhaul Sep 2021 - Present
    Memphis, Us
    Function as the architect, team lead, product owner, and technical stakeholder of Non-Emergency-Medical Transportation (NEMT) scheduling software. Guide development team to best technical decisions and, in conjunction with the product stakeholders, make sure the UX is understandable and functions seamlessly and intuitively. Translate product features into technical stories which are inserted into Jira and make sure they are executed according to business proprieties.Conducted proof of concept experiments for integrations with vendors in Swift, Python and NodeJS
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  • Vroom
    Senior Software Development Manager
    Vroom Apr 2021 - Sep 2021
    Houston, Tx, Us
    Technical Lead / Team Lead of small accounting team undergoing Sarbanes Oxley compliance adjustments under the guidance of Deliotte consultants.Team created and owned Golang services that processed transactions coming from legacy accounting systems and were inserted into the newer Koupa system. The entire system was event-driven using Apache Kafka on AWS. Strict monitoring and rules-based compliance using DataDog for data consistency, inerrancy, and access.Also was the hiring manager and mentor for a small team of junior engineers unrelated to my other team except that they also worked for Vroom.
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  • Otg Management
    Director Of Software Engineering
    Otg Management Jan 2020 - Apr 2021
    New York, New York, Us
    Oversee full-stack engineering team as we modernize and shift our technologies from native iOS, PHP, Perl, Java, Ruby, Scala to responsive web with ReactJS, React Native, Python, and Node with Typescript.Pioneered the shift to Node/React stack on AWS to maximize productivity of small technical team who can now move between front and back end development as needed.Day to day activities include: 1:1s with team, meetings with vendors, architectural discussions, product discussions, and architectural deliverables.Responsibilities include: Consultant for continuous improvement of our Agile Scrum Process, our CI/CD pipeline, directly managing the engineering teams and teams of consultants, onshore and offshore, architectural PoCs, and for unifying our codebase to fewer technologies but consistent implementation such that engineers can move easily from one project to another.Always trying to do more with less as we migrate our on premises data centers to the cloud (AWS).Recent hands-on projects include building a micro-service template using Typescript, Node and WebPack to automatically plug into our AWS, DynamoDB, Aurora, CloudWatch infrastructure with centralized logging, auditing, DB connectivity, Docker with K8S integration, health-check endpoints, and automated unit testing using Mocha and Chai.Using Domain Driven Design (DDD) to help identify places where it makes the most sense to separate services. Using the "Inverse Conway Maneuver" to efficiently focus team structure around domain-bounded services that make sense.
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  • Smiledirectclub
    Director Of Software Engineering
    Smiledirectclub Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
    Nashville, Tn, Us
    Responsible for 5 teams:- Two .NET Core 2 micro-services teams (AWS, Docker, Amazon ECS, Terraform)- Python / Django services team- Big Data (ETL with Snowflake)- Mobile (Android - Kotlin, iOS - Swift)Significantly involved in DevOps transformation and migration to micro-services architecture from Python monolith taking our scalability, quality, performance, and ability to rapid-deploy to the cloud to the next level.Approximately 25 engineers in my org.
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  • Callmax, An Mri Software Company
    Vp Of Engineering
    Callmax, An Mri Software Company Jan 2016 - Nov 2018
    Responsible for SaaS product development at CallMaX, an MRI Company, LLC.Oversee development teams working on:. Telecom IVR with Dialogic. Twilio integration. Web . Web Services. DB Services with SQL Server. Android native app. iOS native app. Integration with the MRI suite of products. Agile rituals and coachingParticipate in development as needed and as time allows.Hiring manager responsible for teams for 2+ years with 1 resignation.
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  • Amplify Learning (News Corp)
    Executive Director, Software Development
    Amplify Learning (News Corp) Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
    Brooklyn, Ny, Us
    . Responsible for 7 Alpharetta-based development teams and Agile process coach/consultant/mentor across Amplify locations (33 developers). Responsible for QA teams in Alpharetta and Durham (19 QA engineers). Responsible for team alignment, coordinating and training, hiring, and retention. Responsible with Product Owners for coordination with Product teams. Promoted two times each with greater responsibility. Director -> Senior Director -> Executive Director
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  • Amplify Learning (News Corp)
    Senior Director, Engineering (Mobile Applications)
    Amplify Learning (News Corp) May 2012 - Dec 2015
    Brooklyn, Ny, Us
    2nd PROJECT - Was responsible for 3 projects: English Language Arts, Science, Games:. 11-developer cross-platform (iOS, Android) mobile application team in NYC focusing upon science applications: educational simulations, reference applications, and other educational tools.. 3-developer English Language Arts development team – HTML5/JS based. This project uses Lean UX methodology.. 3-engineer Games development team – Unity and native development for prototyping and shared lib creation for integrating vendor-developed games with Amplify-developed infrastructure. 1st PROJECT – Led two Android development teams for tablet-based educational software and platform services - (May, 2012 – December, 2012):. 12-developer Android core services in NYC using Java and the Android SDK. 5 developer team in Atlanta.. Coordinated vendor and internal integration development work in NYC, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Toronto, London, and Bulgaria and successfully delivered to product to market.. The release (10/2012) was on time and extremely successful in the schools in which it was deployed: Pleasant Hill, California; Baltimore, MD; Luella, GA; and East Haven, CT.HIRING AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT:. Create, hire, and oversee four development teams in NYC (current project); also two previous teams, one in Atlanta and one in NYC (1st project).. Responsible for all personnel matters, everything from salary negotiation and closing the candidate, to conducting “360 reviews”, employee development, and promoting from within. AGILE COACH:. Though not part of my title, I am the de facto Agile Coach for both Atlanta and NYC offices.. I have trained vendors in Agile and have prepared training materials.. I have rolled Scrum out, successfully, to all of my teams.. Working with our technical writer to document our internal Agile processes. VENDOR MANAGEMENT:. Responsible for technical vetting of vendors and writing SOWs.. Review and approve vendor invoices.
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  • Tmx Finance
    Manager, Software Development
    Tmx Finance Mar 2010 - May 2012
    Savannah, Georgia, Us
    DEVELOPMENT MANAGER & SCRUM MASTER - Equity Auto Loan, Sustaining Engineering & Cash Management Teams:. Managed 3 project teams (listed below) – 18 direct reports (developers) and 7 indirect reports (QA).. Equity Auto Loan - dramatically increased product quality with over 10 on-time releases during a 20 month period. At the same time, product usage increased from 40 to 125 stores during this period. This project is a C# Windows Forms project.. Atlas loan management platform. Built a high-performance team of 9 developers in a 9 month period. Team was given the “Cash Management” project – the #1 priority project in the company. Team successfully delivered on-time product 9/2011.. Atlas production sustaining engineering team. Built a junior-level development team of 4 engineers to deliver hot-fixes and maintenance releases for the “Atlas” loan product. . Supported and guided the roll-out of Agile Scrum software development process.. Built two teams (above), also hiring engineers for four other development teams.. Provided mentoring and improvements regarding software development practices.. Used capacity spreadsheet to facilitate on-time delivery of commitments.
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  • Hp
    Software Development Manager (Level 2)
    Hp Jul 2007 - Feb 2010
    Houston, Texas, Us
    DEVELOPMENT MANAGER & SCRUMMASTER: QAInspect, DevInspect .NET & Java, WebInspect:. Was given increasing level of responsibility over 2 years, starting as manager of QAInspect team (3 team members), then also DevInspect .NET team (4 team members), then also DevInspect Java team (4 team members). Finally, I was given the flagship product, WebInspect (8 team members).. My four teams put out six releases while I was the manager. All were on time except for one, which was one month late due to technical problems.. Worked with the head of QA to develop software development process methodology (founded on Scrum but using staged gate checkpoints to insure quality as products headed toward release).. Facilitated the adoption of Agile Scrum by the organization and customized Quality Center workflow to match the Scrum development process.. One of my products, QAInspect, was the pilot conversion to the custom Quality Center Scrum. We handled all of the complexities encountered in the conversion.. Conducted scrums, sprint planning sessions, sprint retrospectives.. While I was manager, I had zero attrition for all of my teams.
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  • Witness Systems
    Senior Software Engineer
    Witness Systems Jul 2005 - Jul 2007
    Us
    IP TELEPHONY CALL RECORDER DEVELOPMENT TEAM:. Developed and maintained IP recorder using MS Visual Studio 2003 with C++.. Conducted JAD sessions to estimate level of effort required for next generation of product.. Supervised offshore team in Bangalore regarding project requirements, code, and document reviews.. Worked with vendors (Cisco and RSA) to develop security applications for the Witness recorder including decryption of Cisco encrypted RTP audio (AES128) and integration with RSA key server to enable Witness-encrypted audio (AES256) as persisted on disk.. Worked with RSA to verify that Recorder was compliant with Payment Card Industry (PCI) practices.. Facilitated Cisco IVT certification of Recorder product at 3rd party lab.
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  • Choicepoint
    Senior Software Engineer
    Choicepoint Apr 2004 - Jul 2005
    New York City, Ny, Us
    Workplace Solutions INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES TEAM:. Developed and maintained employee background check (ScreenNow™) web front-ends for about 20 web sites, including www.screennow.com and www.hotjobs.screennow.com using HTML and JavaScript.. Designed and implemented middleware applications to support background check site including CGI scripts in Perl and C++ as well as reporting applications that generate HTML-based real-time and email reports.. Created SHERIFF fraud detection and reporting application that mined our database searching for suspicious activity and matched pre-defined heuristics. It automatically emails reports containing this information to management for appropriate action. . Worked to migrate Informus billing system to ChoicePoint CUSTOMATIC billing system.. Developed web-based batch order process, allowing customers to submit one request for multiple reports.
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  • Witness Systems
    Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead
    Witness Systems Nov 2002 - Apr 2004
    Us
    TEAM LEAD, INTEGRATION ENGINEERING – 7 engineers on team:. Worked on both tactical and strategic problems, from defect triage to providing long-term vision.. Instituted team-level automated build process to more easily validate code before passing on to other teams.. Implemented design and code review procedures; conducted design and code reviews regularly.. Streamlined dev break/fix cycle, cutting defect turn-around from 3 days to less than ½ day.. As member of the CCB (Change Control Board), reviewed and approved enhancements to team products.. Sponsored a new architecture providing a method for “recording” call flows at customer sites in XML. These flows were brought back to development and provided the basis for integrations with new switches and CTI middleware servers. The XML was then “played back” and verified by querying server internal state to make sure it was as expected. In this way and in conjunction with the automated build process, our team performed regularly scheduled automated regression tests before our product ever reached QA. This significantly reduced product defects and improved overall product quality and customer experience while liberating the team from expensive CTI switch hardware requirements.eQuality Balance PHONE CALL RECORDING SOFTWARE PRODUCT:. Designed and developed enterprise-level, real-time error detection, reporting, and recovery. . Documented recording subsystem from high-level business use cases down to low-level sequence diagrams.. Participated in numerous formal design reviews and informal white-board sessions. . Actively worked with QA to validate the software suite and to document and repair defects.
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  • Voice Innovations
    Web Developer (Consultant, Part Time)
    Voice Innovations Jun 2002 - Jun 2003
    . Worked with the CEO (this was a startup company) to develop the web application in classic ASP.. Gathered requirements, implemented prototype, and refined design. Released finished product. . Resolved defects; verified and updated documentation.. This company is a viable entity today, and the code I wrote 10+ years ago is still in production. http://www.callmax.us/scripts/home.asp
  • Equifax
    Software Engineer (Consultant)
    Equifax Jun 2002 - Oct 2002
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    Connexus™ SEARCH MATCH (BIG DATA) PRODUCT:. Developed a business rules engine to determine march a residence history with a person's name.. Encryption tool to protect the logins and passwords of customer systems.. SAS-70 accounting standard conformance for increased customer security. . Automated priority-based job queuing so that jobs ran at priority level, instead of FIFO. . Menu-driven restart-ability for failed jobs.. Software tools in Perl to assist QA in automating testing and reporting.
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  • Hughes Network Systems
    Senior Software Engineer (Consultant)
    Hughes Network Systems Mar 2001 - Jun 2002
    Germantown, Md, Us
    SATELLITE MESSAGE ENCODING SOFTWARE:. Developed a CORBA-like interface specification language and compiler using lex and yacc. The satellite interface specifications were embedded within design documents which were then compiled using software I developed turning them into C++ classes so the docs never became out of sync with the code.. Worked with other senior engineers to define Hughes Network Management Protocol (HNMP) specification used to control satellite terminals from the Network Operations Control Center.. Created a lint (error-checking) utility to report errors in interface specification documents.. Developed Korn shell scripts to automatically verify, compile, and check-in into ClearCase. . Designed and implemented Perl scripts to generate HTML-based reports for senior management.
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  • Melita International
    Staff Software Engineer (Aka Eshare Communications)
    Melita International May 1999 - Feb 2001
    Us
    TEAM LEAD, NetAgent™ PRODUCT – 5 Developers on team:. As team lead, conducted code and design reviews, vetted prospective engineering talent.. Designed and built prototype of web collaboration application in Java.. Enhanced CGI code (C++) used for HTML generation of configuration.. Delivered release 4.0 to market on time and of high quality. TEAM LEAD, Conversations™ PREDICTIVE DIALER PRODUCT – 4 Developers on team:. As team lead, conducted code and design reviews.. Coordinated and streamlined all product builds, smoke-tests, and handoff to QA.. Designed and implemented registry configuration tool and other new product features.
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  • Syntellect
    Senior Software Engineer
    Syntellect Jul 1997 - May 1999
    Phoenix, Az, Us
    ENTERPRISE-LEVEL MEDICAL RECORD DICTATION SYSTEM:. Worked directly with customer to develop requirements for product.. Vendor evaluation of Natural Language products (Nuance and Speechworks) for inclusion.. Developed utility to remove silence from dictated files. . Resolved product showstopper within 24 hours. Saved product from cancellation.. Delivered pilot product on time for use in 5 hospitals for 1st production use.HOME TICKET PAY-PER-VIEW ORDERING SOFTWARE:. Developed enhancements and fixed defects.
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Neil Sambol Skills

Agile Methodologies Scrum Software Development Integration Xml Web Applications C# Sdlc Testing Perl Mobile Applications .net Requirements Analysis Javascript Management Web Services C++ Vendor Management Visual Studio Security Java Linux Web Development Agile Project Management Software Project Management Waterfall Asp.net Cloud Computing Enterprise Architecture Unix Process Improvement Application Security Soa Strategic Planning Architecture Test Automation Design Patterns Mobile Devices C Android Strategic Thinking Computer Security Web Application Security Agile Mobile Technology Process Development Managerial Experience Unix Shell Scripting Process Simulation Extreme Programming

Neil Sambol Education Details

  • Yale University
    Yale University
    Religion
  • Agile Coaching Institute
    Agile Coaching Institute
    Agile Scrum
  • Iona University
    Iona University
    Philosophy

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