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Sewickley, Pa, Us

• Managing an engineering department of 12 engineers.• Oversee a product portfolio consisting of cloud (Azure), mobile (iOS/Android) and desktop (Windows/MacOS).• Achieved a dramatic 1,300% increase in yearly releases with establishment of CI/CD practices.• Increased bug detection to 75%+ in the earliest step of the development process by employing new engineering KPIs and implementing optimizations.• Transitioned engineering focus from constant firefighting to risk-mitigation and quality assurance.• Aligned engineering with product management by partnering on the creation of a segment strategy.• Delivering predictable infrastructure cost estimates by establishing and distributing quarterly infrastructure cost reports for all Azure resources.• Obtaining critical engineering skillsets through the implementation of individual professional development plans for the engineers.

• Improving Agile adherence across teams by conducting 1:1s with team members to identify opportunities and make incremental improvements.• Transitioned 10 globally distributed, multi-disciplinary teams to Kanban or Scrum through coaching and instruction on the Agile Mindset. • Developed curriculum for and facilitated 20+ group trainings to assist in the company-wide adoption of Agile.• Reduced project solution considerations from 10 to 2 through the implementation and facilitation of Product Discovery exercises across departments. • Achieved an 80% retention rate on development teams by demonstrating the value of the Agile Mindset at the senior leadership level. • Provided a forum for cross-functional collaboration by implementing discipline chapter meetings (approximately 2x/month) and trained chapter leaders to facilitate meetings independently. • Co-presented 2 trainings at the company’s annual development conference (‘Develop Beyond 2020’).

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Transitioned the department to Scrum as the first ‘dedicated’ Scrum Master and champion of the Agile mindset.• Oversaw 20% of the team achieving Scrum Master certification.• Increased transparency and cross-department collaboration through the establishment and partnership with a team of Core Stakeholders.• Reduced down-time and removed friction through observation, team and individual coaching, and facilitation of open discussions.• Kept projects on track by monitoring progress, preparing status reports, resolving issues, coordinating tasks, and maintaining project goals.• Increased team visibility by publicizing the team's progress and successes to product owners and stakeholders.• Oversaw the migration from Jira to DevOps.

• Lead engineer on the editing application that was core to the company’s flagship online product offering. • Oversaw the re-engineering of the application’s transition from desktop to online.• Managed the migration from an antiquated data center to Azure Cloud Platform and owned the build steps for the application.• Provided around-the-clock support of the application’s tech stack (asp.net, C#, Actionscript, JavaScript).• Resolved issues in the field through collaboration with customers and technical support.

• Collaborated with Brand Managers, Project Managers, Creative Directors, and Designers to support the existing Flex applications and develop/implement new products to augment the user’s experience while visiting and interacting with the company’s 6 major properties.• Worked with Designers and Back-end Developers using PHP and Actionscript to create the UI and templates for the company’s mobile web sites and assisted in architecting the APIs.• Promoted the adoption of iOS development with the goal of creating mobile applications to complement the company’s online presence.• Enhanced the company websites by designing and developing browser plugins.

• Reduced the agency’s dependence on external contractors by building a development team of 4 developers.• Achieved the client’s objectives in establishing/furthering their product’s online presence through collaboration with the client representatives, Project Managers, Creative Directors, and Designers, and developing effective large-scale content managed websites.• Built the agency’s ‘first generation’ Content Management System (CMS) from the ground up using MySQL db, SQL, PHP, HTML thereby eliminating the agency’s need to use 3rd party solutions.• Managed the adaptation of the agency’s proprietary Content Management System (CMS) application for use with Flash/Flash websites. • Collaborated with Marketing and Business Development on Requests For Proposals (RFPs).

Education record

Hsa, Human Services