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Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

Responsible for managing high performing Agile software engineering teams responsible for mission critical, highly distributed, highly available, and high performing state of the art platforms built on the latest no-SQL and cloud technologies, utilizing Java and Microservices architecture.

Greater Denver Area

Consulting member of VC-founded team formed to explore feasibility of launching FinTech-based partnerships. Contributions include:• Determining how current technology and infrastructure of potential partner can be utilized• Shaping IT staffing requirements for both initial launch and future growth • Authoring Executive-level Summary documentation noting observations and potential solutions for Go/No Go decisions

Greater Denver Area

Recruited by the St. Louis BRM team to work remotely from the Denver office due to established relationships within key business areas of the company, combined with system and industry knowledge. Was an active member of the Clearing Conversion Agile team working on the development required to convert the Scottrade books and records over to TD Ameritrade.• Improved relationships between IT and Business by aligning IT initiatives to Business roadmaps • Increased efficiency of projects by assisting Business in prioritizing initiatives for next fiscal year and identifying those requiring IT work• Aligned Business expectations of IT by communicating upcoming initiatives to our technology teams to establish T-shirt size estimates for planning purposes• Coordinated timing of project kick-offs based on schedules between Business and IT• Continued to contribute to and monitor active roadmap-related projects throughout their lifecycles• Worked with VROs and vendors to periodically review and update contract SLAs when applicable.

(dba Computer Research, Inc. 2007-2010)Recruited by the CIO and COO to join the Back Office division in Denver (Computer Research, Inc.) as a Development Manager to enhance Back Office functionality, Bank Products and Trading capabilities for Scottrade.• Managed multiple development teams supporting proprietary Back Office system functionality• Mentored Supervisors and Developers on OMS system, Bank Sweep and Interest processing, Back Office clearing, etc. as needed• Provided Production Support to Trading Services and Bank Deposit team as ASAPs or general issues came up• Worked with Supervisors to assign resources to new efforts based on skillset and priority of projects• Attended various project meetings to assist and ensure development expectations were met and issues kept at a minimum• Conducted semi-annual reviews for direct reports• Worked with vendors when issues came up, new work requests were considered, or questions arose• Took calls in the middle of the night when Batch issues came up in functional areas supported by our development teams• Contributing member of the Back Office Architecture Committee for defining standards and direction which aligned to overall Architectural Roadmap

Recruited by the CIO and COO to join the Back Office Service Bureau for Scottrade in Denver (Computer Research, Inc.) as a Development Manager to enhance Back Office functionality, Bank Products and Trading capabilities for Scottrade as well as our other clients at the time.

The Manager/Project Manager over the Trading System position responsibilities include:- Work with the Business Analyst to document/refine user requirements- Assign various projects/tasks to the team of Software Engineers (including myself when necessary)- Track/schedule current projects- Communicate project status with IT Director and CFO- Conduct annual performance reviews- Mentor junior-level developers on various aspects of the trading system

Coding and support of Pro*C, PL/SQL server applications developed on a UNIX platform using Oracle as the primary database. Designed for high speed real-time institutional stock trading using the FIX Protocol and CMS messaging formats. Enhance and Support front-end proprietary Order Management System used by the trading desk.

•Designed, coded and tested software products in C, Korn Shell and Perl•Wrote applications utilizing embedded SQL•Provided database administration support on Sybase products•Provided system administration support on IRIX and AIX operating systems•Identified system/software problems and provided optimization solutions•Managed the installation of system upgrades

•Coded in-house application software in C/C++ on VAX/VMS platform•Modified existing C/C++/PLI code•Maintained the Subscriber and Inventory databases•Investigated and resolved production system problems•Coordinated the development of software with the other programming groups, system analysts, and customer service•Trained new employees on the Code Management System (CMS), Queuing system, Btree Building Utilities, and Batch processing