Seth Bates Email & Phone Number

Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States

• Managed delivery and project execution for Microsoft managed partner’s consulting practice, consisting of 16 onshore technical staff, an offshore development group and multiple technology partners; accounting for over $4MM in annual delivered consulting revenue• Directly managed Exchange and SharePoint 2013 to Office 365 migration of integrated Health System including OneDrive and Teams rollout to over 16000 end-users; included executive leadership, training and user communications• Directly managed SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 upgrade, migration and data split of Manufacturing client intranet, internet and document management systems entailing approximately 2000 sites, 15TB and 6000 end-users; included user communications and architecture• Interface directly with all seniority levels of direct clients, developers to executives; act as trusted technical advisor to senior decision makers with regard to technology, scope, schedule, and budget• Interview candidates for employment and coordinated hiring decision process; act as hiring manager, and primary decision maker; coordinate new hire onboarding process• Work directly with Practice Director to determine and execute on strategy, status, and metrics

Wilton, Connecticut, United States

• Hands-on director of the company’s technology department consisting of 12 onsite technical staff, offshore partners and technology vendors• Actively led architecture and development of .NET and SQL-based internal and external software solutions while balancing management responsibilities• Reduced department costs by ~20% within 6 months through improved prioritization and resource allocation while continuing to deliver projects on schedule and budget• Interviewed candidates for employment and coordinated hiring decision process; acted as hiring manager, and primary decision maker, for all technology staff resourcing• Presented department strategy, status, and metrics to CEO and managing directors• Served as go-to resource for saving troubled projects and accounts, working directly with business

Wilton, Ct

• Architected and led development of PCR’s flagship product: Palette Platform, a multi-tenant SharePoint-based Software as a Service platform for delivering financial investment information to private banks, investment advisors and their clients• Designed and developed interactive dashboards, analytics, and reports using C#, SQL, SSRS and ASP.NET• Integrated PCR’s financial data with third-party vendors using XML, SSIS and web services to enhance the platform experience• Enforced strict bank security compliance using Claims-based Authentication, Active Directory, ADFS and SQL cross-database ownership chaining• Managed relationship with overseas software development partners including resource allocation, cost negotiations, quality standards and delivery process

White Plains, Ny

Director of Solution Delivery for Microsoft Gold Partner Solution Provider specializing in SharePoint-based business solutions.• Responsible for the company’s solution delivery practice with a focus on processes, resourcing, skill development and quality• Direct report to the CEO, with oversight of more than 10 onsite delivery staff and multiple delivery partners

White Plains, Ny

Senior Software Architect for Microsoft Gold Partner Solution Provider

• SharePoint 2010 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Business Collaboration Platform. Apress, 2010.• Technical Editor: SharePoint 2007 Development Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach. Apress, 2008.• SharePoint 2007 User’s Guide: Learning Microsoft’s Collaboration and Productivity Platform. Apress, 2007.• SharePoint 2003 User’s Guide. Apress, 2005.• “SharePoint Web Part Development”. Dr. Dobbs Journal April 2005: 74-77.• Technical Editor: Advanced SharePoint Services Solutions. Apress, 2004.• Technical Editor: Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2003 Solutions. Apress, 2004.

Valhalla, Ny

Software Developer, Systems Analyst and Solution Architect at Microsoft Solution Provider