Brian Jones Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Us

Dedicated and seasoned Engineering Director with over 20 years of progressive leadership in software delivery. Orchestrated and directed geographically dispersed teams across diverse cultural backgrounds, harnessing collective strengths and expertise to deliver complex engineering projects on time and within budget. Known for leveraging technical expertise and business acumen to align technology initiatives with organizational goals, resulting in impactful and scalable solutions.Manage and oversee a $10M portfolio in eCommerce and Store technology.I support a team of awesome engineering managers with the following scope:* Leading a globally distributed software team, spanning offshore, nearshore, and onshore engineers, in the development of the Customer Mobile application, driving an annual demand generation of over $200 million.* Leading the development of the Employee Mobile iOS application, equipping REI store employees with in-store tools for seamless product lookup, curbside assistance, and a suite of additional features to enhance operational efficiency.* Lead engineering team supporting the Point of Sale software which is deployed across all 180 stores, handling 60% of the company's incoming demand, ensuring seamless operations and reliability at scale.* Lead several engineering teams responsible for the payments, checkout and post purchase applications, servicing both the digital and retail platforms.

Seattle, Us

Responsible for development on the REI Retail app and Employee In-Store app.

Enumclaw, Wa, Us

Provide architectural and strategic direction as well as engineering and development for the Mutual of Enumclaw mobile applications. The mobile app features: Roadside Assistance, Payments, Policy and Account information, ID Cards, Self-Service features, Repair Shop locator, Feedback, Customer Service support, and numbers other functions.Rewrote the legacy iOS app into SWIFT, adding a multitude of new features as well as integration with AWS.Responsibilities include:Complete ownership of Mobile Apps including:Engineering & Development of both iOS & Android appsDevelopment, engineering and integration with AWS services: API Gateway, Lambda, Route53, S3Production Support

Designed and developed a mortgage calculator for a real estate agent group, HomeBySix.com. The application derives an estimated mortgage payment and a cost comparison between renting vs buying a home. • Tech Stack: iOS SWIFT 2• Utilizing: MapKit, Core data, Xcode 7.2.1, GIT

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Reporting to the Senior VP of Mobile Technology, managed 4 teams of 50 engineers. Oversaw development of functions & features for mobile applications servicing 15M+ active users, including Android/Windows/iPad native apps, mobile web and content management system, along with break-fix (remediation of production app defects). • Designed, developed & delivered mobile internal app store used for QA & business validation of mobile apps prior to launch, resulting in the empowering the mobile team with 100% control over delivery and the ability to provide 24/7 support.• Tech Stack: Android, iOS, HTML5, CSS3.* Methodologies/Processes: Agile, Waterfall.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Reporting to the Senior Executive VP, managed six diverse technology teams supporting engineering & delivery of corporate online banking, servicing 400K+ active users on 3 application platforms, with daily transaction volume of $25B+. Teams supervised included environment and application engineering, infrastructure, as well as configuration, content and release management. Established & grew multiple offshore teams including India, Singapore and Mexico. Release management provided for 30+ applications with 200+ weekly applications/infrastructure changes.• Program manager and technical manager for infrastructure projects including design & installation of 300+ servers across multiple platforms, bringing total platform to over 900 servers. • Led configuration management’s 2,700+ builds and 3,000+ deploys annually, providing project leadership and collaborating with the team on system design, resulting in a 98% success rate. • Program managed CMS’s localization project for localization of the CashPro platform into 8 languages, laying the groundwork for market entrance into new countries. • Program Manager for all release and implementation related activates for 30+ applications.• Recognized with Bank of America Award of Excellence (2008).• Tech Stack: WebSphere, WebLogic, Interwoven, Maven, ANT, Teamsite.• Methodologies/Processes: Agile, Waterfall.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Reporting to the Senior Executive VP, oversaw development team for the world’s largest online banking web site, serving 26M+ active users. Supervised 22 direct reports and overall team of 186 developers & business analysts in planning, requirements analysis, process modeling, design, architecture, development and QA. Served as primary engineer on bill payment site, and developed user entitlement engine utilized by small business users. Coordinated contracting partner activities. Established & managed offshore development team. •Technical program manager for Online Banking project portfolio with upwards of 80 concurrent projects.•Traveled to India to analyze & upgrade engagement model, collaborating with vendors, contracting partners & internal teams to identify critical process gaps and implement solutions, resulting in a 25% performance & efficiency. •Served as lead engineer on-site integration project, leveraging single sign-on architecture utilizing SAML authentication via SiteMinder, resulting in a streamlined user experience, aggregating account information into one easy-to-access site.• Patent: 8260692 – Online safety deposit box inventory system.• Tech Stack: JAVA, JSP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ANT, Korn/Bash scripting, SOAP, Informix.• Methodologies/Processes: Waterfall.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Reporting to the Senior Executive Manager for Project Delivery, managed $6M enterprise-wide website/user authentication standardization project featuring 60 apps requiring modifications & process enhancements. Supervised cross-functional, global team of 200+ project managers, developers, business analysts, release managers, and other stakeholders. Managed implementation roll-out, ensuring backward compatibility and integration of new technology.• Managed seamless conversion of regional authentication process from regional systems into national application, resulting in enhanced user account security and customer satisfaction nationwide.• Recognized with Bank of America Award of Excellence (2005).• Tech Stack: JAVA, JSP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ANT, Korn/Bash scripting, SOAP, Informix. • Methodologies/Processes: Iterative, Waterfall.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, served on a four-member development team building the Northwest’s first online banking system, creating the foundational architecture enabling site integration capabilities. • Tech Stack: Java, JSP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ANT, WebSphere, Linux, TACL, Tandem.• Methodologies/Processes: Iterative, Waterfall.

Mba, Information Technology

Ba, Industrial Organizational & Business Administration