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Martinez, Ca, Us

Berkeley, Ca

Lead the development of a new platform that authors and publishes location-aware content for mobile clients. Coordinated a team of managers, onshore/offshore software developer and user experience designers. Authored and communicated product roadmap and vision consistent with company goals. Directed user requirements specifications, domain model and business rules specifications authoring. Responsible for the IT strategy, IT infrastructure along and Profit and Loss.The new platform was migrated to a MEAN stack, RESTful API and responsive web, Android and iOS clients; platform was initially prototyped on a PHP-based framework. The platform is hosted and maintained on Azure. - Delivered the initial release of platform 15 percent under budget and 1 month ahead of schedule.

Richmond, Ca

Responsible for the development and maintenance of a new Grants Information System (GIS) for the U.S. DOT to manage all federal grants awarded and related projects. Devised migration and integration strategies with financial systems and third party software services. Incorporated business intelligence analysis tools as a strategy to solve complex reporting requirements. Lead the architecture for the SaaS infrastructure in a private cloud and authored the Service Level Agreement. Developed technology roadmap and integration strategies for adoption to other federal departments agencies.The system was built on ASP.NET using C#, SQL Server database, reporting & analysis services and integration services. The system also leveraged WCF to create to create a web services API.- Successfully delivered a grants information system to U.S. DOT at a cost $40 million less and one-quarter the time of a competing solution used by another department in the U.S. government.

San Francisco Bay Area

Assigned to guide integration efforts between software systems acquired across the organization. Coordinated integration strategy between different development groups; and performed briefings and presentations. Established and demonstrated the use of UML notation as a standard for describing software architecture and designs. Authored use case specifications to model user interaction and integration between systems. Developed designs to integrate the project cost controls software suite and a variety of document management systems. Managed and participated in the development of three different document management system integration implementations for business process automation and collaboration. The systems used a mix of software stacks, technologies and programming languages. The systems were deployed using J2EE and .NET using Oracle and SQL Server databases with web, smart and rich clients and written in C#, JavaScript and Visual Basic.- Successfully applied architectural design and integration patterns to solve integration between J2EE and .NET platforms.

Oakland, Ca

Provided product vision and development oversight for all software products. Coordinated between project stakeholders in management, product marketing, support, consulting, and development. Established and documented software engineering best practices including an iterative/incremental development process (Agile Methods). Hired and mentored staff in requirements analysis, object-oriented analysis, object-oriented design, design patterns application, database design and testing. Directed and managed the development lifecycle of a cost and document management software suite. Managed SaaS infrastructure and IT operations: data center operations, network operations, maintenance, and security. Performed business analyses required to design a service-oriented architecture and automate business processes. Designed and implemented a web services system architecture layer. Designed and developed state-machine based framework for business process automation. Designed a proprietary workflow enabled smart client framework that use Microsoft Word® and Outlook® as a front-ends for automating business processes and collaborating with vendors.The system was built on a .NET and distributed COM+ based framework using SQL Server as database and written in C#, Visual Basic. The front-end for the system ranged from web clients to smart clients and rich desktop clients. - Leveraged early adoption of iterative development planning and tactics (Agile methods) to shorten time to market by 50 percent.- Pioneered smart client product development to complement our product line and extend the reach of our products through our customer’s suppliers.

Oakland, Ca

Built and managed software engineering, system integration and support teams. Planned and managed projects and personnel including professional development, hiring, performance appraisals, reporting, estimating, scheduling, design and code review. Developed product roadmaps and conducted product presentations. Lead partner program meetings on implementation and integration strategies.Designed and implemented APIs for integrating accounting, scheduling with cost and document management modules in the flagship product. Designed and managed IT infrastructure solution roll-outs.System was built using Visual FoxPro for the thick client interface and distributed COM components against a SQL server database.- Lead the architecture and migration to a 3-tier distributed component-based system from a 2-tier client/server system.- Planned and managed delivery of nation-wide network system integration and software rollout across 39 states in 3 months.