Rob Smith Email & Phone Number

Bozeman, MT, US

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Responsible for all aspects of technology at Gym Rocket.Built and maintained integrations, implementations, features, enhancements, defects.Worked with integration partners and individual engineering contributors to move the product roadmap forward.

Bozeman, MT, US

• Faced with two independent product teams with distinct workflows and poor communication, I identified the lack of a cohesive and consistent software development lifecycle as a key challenge to effective collaboration.
• Led initiatives to elevate technical capabilities and grow talent within the company.
• Managed customer interactions on security posture, SDLC audits, and feasibility assessments.
• Oversaw a $5M annual budget.
• Created and delivered presentations for the board and company on tech vision, structure, strategy, and KPI performance.
• Grew the Engineering team from 8 to 30 engineers across web, QA, Technical Support and data disciplines.

United States, US

• Introduced new methodologies for handling integrations, improved communication and collaboration between teams, and implemented AWS tooling and automated scripting.
• Set up an architecture team and established processes for managing client feedback and prioritizing product development.
• Spearheaded collaborative relationship with integration platform to automate more facets of the technology needs of the business.
• Tech Stack: C#,.NET Framework,.NET Core, AngularJS, MS Office and SharePoint programmability, AWS

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Drove Engineering team productivity and scaled legacy platforms, overseeing the SDLC for 20 software engineers across 7 teams. Managed a $3.2M Engineering Capex budget, consistently reducing per-feature delivery costs.
• Restructured 6 engineering teams by identifying team leads and aligning the structure to Product pillars, resulting in increased velocity across all teams.
• Increased overall team velocity 3X and decreased cost per feature delivered by 2X.
• Implemented comprehensive scrum/agile methodology, reinstituting team demos, team retrospectives, and regular velocity tracking.
• Designed and implemented a defect reduction initiative that decreased legacy system defects by 10X.
• Spearheaded the company's successful project to establish the first ever integration with Airbnb's API.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Promoted to lead DevOps/Production Support teams supporting 2 legacy platforms and coming up to speed on a new, modern platform.
• Oversaw IT Infrastructure and Desktop Support Managed a $2M capital budget.
• Established DevOps culture and standards, implementing automated UI/API testing, on-call support rotations (PagerDuty), and test-driven development, achieving CI/CD across all platforms.
• Designed and implemented a ticketing system across multiple departments for workflow and resource management.
• Tech Stack: C#,.NET Framework,.NET Core, NodeJS, SQL Server, MongoDB, AngularJS, AWS, Jenkins, Run scope, Ghost Inspector

• Hired to augment existing staff with additional experience and expertise. Lead multiple Engineering projects from design to implementation to rollout, testing and adoption. Some of these included:
• PCI compliance project aimed at bringing the company into PCI compliance without spending huge amounts of money. Solution that was built is still in use today and has passed multiple PCI audits.
• OTA Supply Gateways (Travel Industry standards) design and implementation – responsible for design and implementation of multiple OTA supply gateways still in use today.
• Thought leader, responsible for introduction of multiple new technologies and patterns adopted and still in use today: o Fluent migrations for database migrations o Provider pattern use in many cases (multiple credit.
• Selenium web driver for internal web UIs and automated tools
• Runscope for API testing

New York, NY, US

Promoted internally to support and grow a rapidly growing engineering organization, including front-end teams, back-end teams, mobile teams across iPhone, Android and Blackberry platforms, Quality Assurance and Production Support. Teams included contractors, mobile developers, on-shore and off-shore teams as well as interns. Company thought leader.

New York, NY, US

• Led and delivered key company initiatives while significantly expanding the software team’s capabilities. Achievements include:
• Designed and delivered the first API for online food ordering.
• Directed implementation of mobile apps for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android.
• Introduced automated testing frameworks, boosting efficiency and code deployment satisfaction.
• Established a university internship program, delivering successful projects cost-effectively and securing high-quality hires.
• Built and managed offshore development teams to support engineering operations.

US

Washington, DC, US

Avionics Technician and work center supervisor. Responsible for the maintenance backlog and leadership of a team of Marines keeping planes flying up and down the west coast.

Education record

Computer Science