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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Valhalla, NY

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