Ceo
Hess Interactive
Built a consulting business. Created a culture of empathy, humility, accountability, and excellence. Grew the business for 5 years, selling it to a rapidly growing client in 2014.Hired, grew, and replaced employees. Built multi-site and remote teams. Led and mentored non-technical employees: visual designers, user researchers, QA testers, project managers. Set standards for technical excellence, adopting test-driven development practices and agile Scrum and Kanban practices. Sold engagements to startups and medium-sized enterprises in software, telecom, non-profit, and medical industries. Led product development engagements, directing the design and development of desirable products. Managed data center, hardware, and cloud vendors for clients. Negotiated contracts. Enforced SLAs. Technologies: Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, AngularJS, VisiLogic PLC, HBase, Mysql, Ansible, Hadoop, Yarn, Cloudera Impala, ElasticSearch, Zookeeper, Jetty, AWS, Lucene, Raspberry Pi, Embedded Software.Methods: Scrum, UX Research, Design Sprint, Business Model Forecasting, Product Management, IoT.