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Cranberry Township, PA, US

United States

• Technology media and online publisher (formerly named The New Stack), owned by Insight Partners, a leading private equity firm (www.insightpartners.com).
• Defining the architecture for the backend systems of Insight Media Group’s (IMG) network, including customer data and identity management platforms.
• Built a team consisting of full-time employees and consultants responsible for developing the company’s platforms.
• Integrated native ad units into IMG’s network with Google Ad Manager, resulting in millions of impressions monthly.
• Managed and contributed to the implementation of a new clickstream data warehouse using Google Looker, GCP BigQuery, Fivetran, and DBT. Data sources include Google Analytics, Salesforce, social media, and WordPress.
• Delivered the redesign of thenewstack.io, with 12,000 URLs and over 1M page views monthly. Optimized the page speed using Cloudflare’s CDN and Google's Pagespeed Insights.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Grindstone Capital is a management consulting firm that enables e-commerce and technology start-ups to reach their full potential. I was Director of Operations for one of their portfolio companies, a global ad network.
• Directed a team of 45 people including Engineering, DevOps, Sales and HR teams. I was responsible for growing and running the day-to-day operations of a global ad network.
• Managed the development of the company's tech platforms across mobile apps (Google Flutter), websites, cloud infrastructure (AWS), Salesforce Lightning, Analytics (DOMO), and Zendesk Support.
• Managed the company budget ($70+ million annually), monthly expenditures, and improved the overall profitability of the firm.
• Managed the integration of the company’s technical platforms with a new acquisition in Europe.

Montreal, Canada Area

• As an Operations Manager for Grindstone Capital, I introduced operational efficiencies and technological improvements across a group of portfolio companies.
• Strengthened the profitability of Grindstone’s portfolio companies through operations improvement, agile coaching, and lean start-up methodologies.
• Responsible for implementing KPI’s, Analytics dashboards (DOMO), an internal knowledgebase (Zendesk Guide), and new backend systems (AWS) to ensure efficient operations.
• Directly managed a cross-functional team of professionals consisting of Finance, Operations, Sales & Marketing, Business Intelligence, Legal, HR, and Technology.

Montreal, Canada Area

• Rocket Leap Technologies, a Grindstone Capital portfolio company, was an entertainment software start-up that developed an app and website for delivering streaming media content.
• Lead the Agile transformation of Rocket Leap Technologies, coached 50+ people and 8 teams through the transition from traditional software development to Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Start-up methodologies.
• Managed a team of direct reports including Product Owners, Agile coaches, and engineering managers.
• Provided class room training and hands-on coaching to technical and product teams.
• Introduced user stories, continuous integration & development, Scrum sprints & ceremonies, and metrics through Jira for technical teams.

Montreal, Canada Area

• Internet infrastructure provider that offers cloud computing, server hosting, and data centers worldwide.
• Introduced user stories, product roadmaps, and continuous integration to drive the agility of the software development team.
• Developed projects for Openstack cloud software and Ubersmith cloud management, including contributions to Openstack’s open source development community.
• Launched new Bare Metal server platform using Openstack’s Ironic service and introduced Docker for container-based image management.
• Developed business cases and requirements for software projects using Jira and Confluence.

Yale University, New Haven, CT

• Private Ivy League research university.
• Conducted training on Agile methodologies and managed multiple Ellucian Banner software projects.
• Developed business cases and requirements for academic software projects using Ellucian Banner technology and Drupal Content Management. Managed Banner upgrade projects successfully.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gasses with associated safety products.
• Introduced Agile practices to.NET and Java product development teams. Delivered projects using the Scrum methodology to an R&D group. Created and delivered custom training to drive Agile transformation.
• Hired and trained a team of six developers and testers to deliver advanced functionality for the web and Windows platforms.

Stamford, CT

• Marketing company and magazine distributor offering subscriptions through programs and partnerships.
• Introduced Agile practices to Java development teams. Delivered projects using the Scrum methodology.
• Transitioned the eCommerce group (20+ people) from waterfall development to Scrum and Kanban. Coached colleagues in new project management and development practices. Created and delivered custom training to drive Agile.
• Introduced user stories, product and technology roadmaps, continuous integration, Rally, and MongoDB to improve the agility of the web development team.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Environmental services company providing waste and recycling solutions for sustainability.
• Managed software projects for a homegrown Microsoft.NET ERP in an Agile development environment.
• Delivered software projects across a broad spectrum of ERP functionality including billing, workflow, eBusiness, and reporting. Managing redesign of corporate website and implementation of a new content management.
• Managed a team of six software developers responsible for projects, enhancements, and application support.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Financial services company offering leases and loans.
• Provided project management and business analysis services to Capital Markets team. Collaborated with business stakeholders to define requirements, manage projects to schedule, and maintain budgets.

Stamford, CT

• Software and computer hardware company providing solutions for mailing and eCommerce.
• Refocused an SAP HR team to deliver application services on time and on budget. Supervised a team of 8, including onshore and offshore technical resources.
• Managed a $1 million, international project focused on the deployment of an IT performance dashboard (Compuware Vantage). Lead a team of over 20 people, including internal and contracted resources.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Biotechnology company developing products for the scientific and medical research industries.
• Managed eCommerce initiatives for a web development team. Developed technology strategy for replatform of primary eCommerce channel, migrating from homegrown Java application to IBM Websphere Portal and Interwoven.
• Developed content management solutions for Marketing/Communications department. Used Vignette Content Management and Java/J2EE tools to extract and cleanse data for web and print presentation.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Developed financial software as part of a co-op program during senior year of college.

Master'S Degree, Information Technology, 3.9 Gpa

Bs, Management Information Systems, 4.0