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20 years of technology experience in a variety of roles ranging from software development to large-scale technology and business leadership; managing PMO, pre-sales support, product strategy, product development, software quality assurance, and release management teams. Together, these groups provide a suite of applications and services delivering high-stakes examinations every two seconds through a distributed network of over 25,000 test centers world-wide.

Leadership and management responsibility for product strategy, product development, and software quality assurance.

Directed efforts of all VUE software teams by providing insight and inspiration through organization goals, product direction, architectural principles, and project objectives. Introduced agile/scrum practices including sprints, retrospectives, and bi-weekly demos resulting in positive stakeholder feedback.

Led the team responsible for the registration and scheduling applications. Improved release process by instituting weekly builds, the concept of small features developed iteratively, and frequent communication and collaboration between technology departments.

Improved time-to-market through adoption of RIA applications consuming services. Developed career path for architects resulting in higher morale and quality through code ownership.

Led the team responsible for research and development supporting business development. Primary driver of process improvement activities including the software development life cycle modeled after Feature Driven Development, Fagan inspections, PSP, design by contract, and automated unit testing.

Progressed through junior and senior development roles specializing in Java.