Ross Burns Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Led several software projects from requirements to release in the Server and Infrastructure Systems Group.• Defined software development processes (SDLC) for producing high-quality products.• Created project schedules, sprints, and lead Agile scrum teams for development of software projects.• Tracked external software / hardware deliverables from external teams.• Provided executive-level project status reports in Jira, PowerPoint, Confluence, and other tools.• Designed and developed Windows- and Linux-based agents for the monitoring and management of Dell enterprise hardware in a Hyperconverged (HCI) environment (VxRail, Nutanix).• Used DMTF-based protocols and methods for systems management, including WS-Man/Redfish/REST.• Mentored junior Engineers on various projects, including design and coding practices.• Intel- and AMD-based server system configuration management.• Created / maintained software agents running in various environments (VSphere / Windows / Linux).

Cedar Park, Tx, Us

• Founded consulting firm, applying 20+ years in software development to design and develop enterprise software products that excite clients and customers.• Apply leadership skills to help teams develop the best solutions possible, given project time constraints.• Help define and mature software processes to efficiently deliver secure, scalable, and relevant features.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Developed unit tests for UI components.• Enhanced developer documentation around AWS-based setups.• Collaborated on back-end microservices architecture improvements and investigated security vulnerabilities.• Advised on software development process improvements.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Technical oversight of more than ten enterprise software applications within the Dell OpenManage brand, offered to Dell business customers to monitor, maintain, provision, and deploy their hardware from a central point within the datacenter; these applications generated billions of dollars in direct and indirect revenue, with thousands of customers globally.• Worked with marketing to clarify and prioritize product features and placement on product roadmaps.• Wrote and reviewed behavioral / functional specifications for software features and products.• Collaborated with development and test teams to assure adherence to approved behavioral specifications, design, and the scalability / performance / security of developed software. • Created, reviewed, and approved product and feature software architecture and designs.• Worked with a wide range of internal and external software / firmware teams to define and track SDK / interface dependencies and their delivery.• Helped define software design and development practices and processes for Software Quality Assurance.• Interfaced with product support, test, QA, and development teams to analyze and solve customer issues and unique feature requests.• Engaged external penetration testing companies to analyze product / code security, as well as threat model analysis.• Performed competitive analysis of competing products’ features and behaviors to improve owned products and meet customers’ needs.• Member of patent committee. Authored many patents and mentored other developers on filing patents.• Performed application profiling via tools such as JProfiler / BoundsChecker to identify application bottlenecks and coding errors.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Designed and developed Windows- and Linux-based systems / network management applications for Dell enterprise hardware. Led many software product releases from requirements to release phase in the Enterprise Systems Group. Applications were scalable, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, developed for the enterprise under the Dell OpenManage brand.• Performed release planning based on prioritized features and defects and managed onshore / offshore resources.• Mentored junior developers on company software processes, technologies used, and feature development. • Top-down coordination of feature development using behavioral specs and designs.• Delivered products on time through accurate planning, contingency plans, and continuous mentoring.• Reported team progress to higher level management, using tools (e.g. MS Project, Jira) as needed.• Facilitated inter- and intra-team discussion to develop features and dependencies.• Used network- and web-based protocols and libraries (SNMP, WMI, WS-Man, IPMI, HTTPS, and REST) as a basis for remote management.• For database-based applications, created normalized database schemas for storing large datasets.• Performed dynamic and static code analysis and profiling for the backend services.• Performed threat modeling of designs.• Worked with outside vendors and other development groups to provide and consume SDKs and features, including REST- and code-based integration APIs.• Improved scalability of existing products through redesign and restructure of existing code, along with introducing multi-threading techniques and contextual locking.• Defined tests for developed features.• Used both Waterfall- and Agile-based development practices.