Sean Head Email & Phone Number

Beaverton, Or

Plano, Tx

• Led teams responsible for the development and support of critical billing and funding applications for the backend processing department of a large credit card processor. Billing applications calculated, assessed and collected all fees due from merchants; funding applications were responsible for the daily settlement of funds to merchants.• Collaborated with DBA’s, ETL developers, and BI management to ensure that database schema changes were compatible across all upstream and downstream systems.• Supported Operations department. Developed new trending reports to enhance monitoring of applications and allow quick identification/resolution of possible issues.• Worked with infrastructure teams to provision and configure hardware required to support applications.

Plano, Tx

• Designed and implemented new system to automate deployment of application updates.• Reviewed all code/database changes produced by department’s five development teams for adherence to best practices. Created database deployment scripts for all releases.• Coordinated release schedules with technical staff, business stakeholders and operations management.• Devised simplified branching/merging strategy to improve alignment with release plan.• Implemented techniques to allow on-demand provisioning of QA environments.• Administered enterprise Team Foundation Server.

Plano, Tx

• Led local and offshore development teams in major refactoring of the applications responsible for settling funds to merchants. Modifications led to vast improvement in the performance, stability and accuracy of the applications.• Designed and led implementation of code changes necessary to support new IRS 6050W regulations.• Assumed control of emergency ETL initiative to migrate several billion rows of transaction data from third-party-owned mainframe system to local data warehouse. Devised optimized approach that slashed projected migration/transformation time from nine months to four days.• Built massive Visual Studio Database Project to bring entire database schema under version control.

Plano, Tx

• Implemented new encryption technologies to bring department into compliance with PCI DSS requirements.• Developed custom SSRS and SSIS add-ins to allow Data Integration and Business Intelligence departments to leverage new encryption framework.

Frisco, Tx

• Managed application development projects for a consulting company specializing in Microsoft technologies. • Oversaw client projects from inception to delivery. Performed analysis, prepared proposals and estimates. Assembled teams of business analysts, project managers, developers, designers as necessary to fulfill client requirements. Designed and implemented high-level software architecture.• Cooperated with Microsoft to develop and deliver presentations on new products to an audience of business decision makers. Led engagements in the Microsoft Technology Center.• Mentored clients on adoption of agile development methodologies. • Worked with Microsoft and clients to troubleshoot and resolve critical operational issues.• Served clients in a range of industries including fitness, construction, aviation, logistics, finance, security, and gaming. Supervised 15 senior consultants.

Dallas, Tx

• Responsible for technical operations for midsized interactive design firm.• Supervised staff of eight local programmers and fifteen offshore consultants in development of web applications for clients. Applications ranged from simple content-managed web presence sites to full-blown E-Commerce implementations.• Worked with salespeople, design staff, and developers to define requirements for customer applications. Established project timelines and determined most efficient technical approaches.