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Chicago, Il, Us

Oversees technology solutions for a rapidly expanding digital payment solutions company-- translating business needs into technology solutions, recruiting and managing a skilled team, scaling technically and operationally, and bolstering the company’s operations through enhanced technological capabilities. ● Leads a team of architecture and software development professionals— recruiting top talent, assessing performance, offering constructive feedback, and providing guidance and mentorship. ● Leads the design, development, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance of the company’s technology including orchestrating the migration of all applications to Azure as well as launching platform-as-a-service (PaaS), microservices, and serverless solutions. ● Develops annual and long-term technology strategic plans—building technology roadmaps, establishing architecture, creating resources for team members, and evaluating tools for business alignment and integration. ● Define and implement company technology policies and procedures—leveraging deep working knowledge of technology best practices, industry standards, and architecture patterns. ● Implement technology upgrades and enhancements that improve the company’s performance. ● Responsible for vendor engagement—cultivating strategic partnerships with cutting-edge technology service providers that enhance the company’s technology capabilities and offerings. ● Collaborates with cross-functional teams including product development, DevOps, quality assurance, Scrum Masters, security, and project managers on company product performance and improvement.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

● Led software development and production support teams—managing team of professionals and fostering a collaborative and high-performing team. ● Established process improvements that increased the technology functionality and performance including the integration of automated deployment. ● Developed the company’s strategy to migrate legacy applications to Amazon Web Services—scoping out the technical requirements and roadmap for migration.

New York, Ny, Us

● Collaborated with stakeholders across business units to identify requirements and develop solutions that improved business performance and resolved technical issues. ● Established technology roadmaps and standardization platforms for the architecture team—building tools for engineers and managers, streamlining processes, and improving the ability to implement technology solutions across departments. ● Mentored and onboarded new hires, training on company procedures and best practices.

Westchester, Il, Us

● Managed global software development teams of engineers—training on company standards, prioritizing work orders, reviewing code and products, assessing performance, offering constructive feedback, and providing guidance and mentorship. ● Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders including business development, quality assurance, and product--serving as the technical leader and expert on design, engineering requirements, and resource allocation. ● Established and integrated Agile processes and systems to increase decision-making, productivity, and performance across teams.