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Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

• Oversaw integration of Team Foundation Server build process with corporate deployment process resulting in consistent builds, less training and better control of release deployment.• Increased testing efficiency for new releases of software configuration management (SCM) tools and processes by defining and documenting baseline requirements and expected test results.• Supervised project to migrate or retire application source from obsolete version control tool to a modern one resulting in source for 600+ applications moved and 800+ retired and archived.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

• Supervised team of 5 System Engineers and 3 Contractors located in multiple locations, resulting in administration of 60+ software configurations and application life-cycle management (ALM) and other tools supporting application development.• Helped architect new life-cycle and implement new automated build and deploy processes, migrating from an z/OS mainframe platform to Micro Focus mainframe emulation servers running on AIX.• Analyzed and implemented improvements for build and deploy process, enhancing performance from 10 – 20 minute wait to less than a minute.• Trained US and India-based application developers, production control personnel and other IT teams, mentoring staff on tools and processes.

• Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME), administering multiple SCM / ALM tools and processes on various platforms (Windows, UNIX/Linux, z/OS).• Trained and mentored developers and offshore teammates on scripts for tool administration, improving processes and efficiencies.• Met SOX and other regulatory requirements by providing reporting for audits of version management tools.