Tara Maxwell Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

El Segundo, Ca, Us

• Reviewed and provided feedback of technical plans for high-impact KIs and OKRs ensure they are consistent with the larger organization goals and strategies• Held regular check-ins with managers and offshore management to understand and unblock any issues with skillset gaps and vendors• Held Engineering Managers, Staff Engineers and QA Leads accountable to standards and performance, including performance management if necessary• Identified and proposed relevant technical strategies and projects to senior leadership during budgeting and strategic planning• Worked with Engineering Managers and QA Leads to monitor and adjust team structures, resourcing and processes for optimal performance• Kept projects on track by establishing and enforcing timeline objectives and managing stakeholder expectations• Technologies: React.js, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Robot, Builder.io, Storybook, GraphQL

Boston, Ma, Us

• Oversaw multiple agile teams of software developers, quality assurance team members and system analysts.• Drove ongoing employee growth through career planning, team training and employee mentorship.• Practice Manager establishing direction and guidelines for all of FC Digital Technology (150+ members) for Mobile Development, Monitoring & Logging, Onboarding, Skill Set Evaluations & Training, Learning & Innovation Days, and Development & Integration Tooling• Helped shape business technologies strategies based on knowledge of technical capabilities.• Provided freedom and safety so individuals and teams were free to innovate, experiment, and even fail on occasion

Durham, North Carolina, Us

As VP of Production, I was the integrator of the production discipline teams of Design, Project Management and Development. Responsible for aligning the team on shared departmental strategic goals and priorities cascading from the company’s VTO, and leading the execution of those strategies by directing team operations and resources accordingly. I directly managed the Director of Project Management, Director of Engineering & Director of UX/Design in addition to four Principal Software Engineers. Guided collaboration between the Production Team and Sales to help streamline processes and deliver quality projects within budget, on time and within scopeWhen in the Director of Engineering role, I played a hands-on role as a Senior UI Developer and Team Lead in addition to management and leadership responsibilities. Managed a team of 20 Software and QA Engineers, including professional development planning, regular one-on-ones, performance improvement plans, reviews, and compensation adjustments Responsible for building a culture of learning and continuous improvement and establishing a technical vision on several client project teams. As Embedded Team Lead, I oversaw the development teams who worked onsite at a few different client locations. I also worked onsite at Fidelity Charitable on an embedded team as a Senior Frontend Developer and Team Lead.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Developing and implementing user interfaces for the next generation of mobile websites and hybrid installable apps.Cross browser Web and Mobile app development with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (Including AngularJS)

Waltham, Ma, Us

Developing the next generation user experience for a suite of web based applications used by millions of users.Implementing production user interface elements. Investigating and evaluating new concepts and user interface technologies.Building reusable user interface controls.Working on implementation of user interfaces for new features by creating UI assets including graphics, CSS (2 and 3), HTML (including 5), and JavaScript/AJAX.

Lead UI/UX design for new responsive design Web application at ASR Pro – totally rewritten application using Angular JS and jQuery on the front-end (MVC) and .NET MVC on backend. Responsible for all UI design and development. Using HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Angular JS, Twitter Bootstrap and jQuery DataTables

Key responsibilities include setting the user experience and front-end design/development standards and working with their program managers and the development team to improve their user presentations.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Front End Web UI developer who played a key role in Junxure's all-new web product. The work included architecture, design and development of the application user interface in a Microsoft .NET environment.

• In charge of all four provider websites and SelfCare applications • Optimized database queries and diagnosed issues with several different call-center, self-care, and service provider applications. • Mentored junior level programmers. • Assisted with development of programming and database standards. • Helped rewrite the main call-center application to be more user-friendly and less server intensive. • Lead site development and design of several customer-facing self-care sites• Project manager and lead developer of Ecommerce lead generation initiative w/Marketing department•

Raleigh, Nc, Us

- Helped to structure project vision both creatively and technically with a strong emphasis on results. - Responsible for ensuring that project deliverables met client and project objectives/goals and met/exceeded expectations. - Created and managed project plans, scope of work documents, technology specifications, and wireframes. - Assisted with and produced site and/or banner advertising design and development mainly using PHP, WordPress, jQuery, CSS2 and 3, and Flash

Raleigh, Nc, Us

- Managing and leading the development of a large-scale network of news and community websites. Successfully launching the initial 20 regional sites on MyNC.com within a 4-month time period using a new Content Management System and developing added functionality and social networking features to accommodate the sites’ unique specifications. Managing resources, both people and time, for designing and developing all of the MyNC sites and over 30 blogs. Leading and managing the migration of these 30+ blogs (http://myncblogs.com) which were using over 20 Wordpress Templates into a standardized, but customizable template with ad tags and site tracking. Managing and assisting with the development of a custom Video Management System hosted on Amazon EC2 used to store metadata and video files for all the network of sites and blogs. Leading and assisting with the development of a custom video player including XML playlist parsing, comments on the timeline, pre-roll ads, and many other advanced features. Developing and enhancing mobile web presence, iPhone and Blackberry apps – http://m.MyNC.com. Leading and assisting with the development and design of the new NBC17 site (migrating from older CMS) – http://nbc17.MyNC.com (under development)

Managed the transition of 17 newly acquired, large-scale newspaper websites into McClatchy’s publishing system. Managed the successful migration of each of these sites into their new systems (both hardware and software), including the management of several 3rd party integration projects, the largest being the rollout and integration of VMix video and user-generated content. Led and helped implement the 3rd party mobile solution for all properties. Managed resources, both people and time, for getting all of these sites migrated in only 6 months. Each site involved 12-40 3rd party integrations, multiple application migrations, and parsing their newspaper feeds into the new systems, including shared content from other sites and state news feeds.

- Redesigned their Intranet Web presence including a complete overhaul of all of their design elements and reorganization of their content. Managed this large redesign project as well as the redesign and development project of designing a new online application for admission into the program from start to finish. Administered and implemented a content management system for all of the department leads using Macromedia Contribute and Dreamweaver templates. Designed and developed external applications for their Internet at http://www.vifprogram.com .Developed training videos for the web (in Flash format) for various technologies such as how to import and export video in Flash, and how to set up a meeting correctly in Outlook.

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Johnson City, Tn, Us

- Researched and taught digital media courses including Intro to Web Design, Intermediate Web Design, Advanced Web Design and Development, Web Animation I, Digital Portfolio/Self-Identity, Principles of Interaction, Digital Imaging, Desktop Publishing, Digital Media Systems, Engineering Drawing, and Technology & Society. Student work which won awards: http://digm.etsu.edu/web/portdetail.php?id=71 - Consulting work for local companies including web design, development, search engine promotion, marketing, and print design. - Managed and worked on various service projects for the community including the Blue Plum Arts and Crafts Festival, and the first Annual Blue Plum Animation Festival. Served as the Festival Chairperson managing a student website redesign and content for http://www.blueplum.org and http://www.blueplumanimation.org, a t-shirt design contest, as well as managed the project of showcasing the animation entries through a multimedia presentation setup throughout the downtown area. A couple professors and I published a paper after the festival describing the process we went through to successfully launch this first annual festival, and two of the students along with another professor and I participated in an Entrepreneurship contest in which the team won 1st place.- Web server administration on MS 2002 server, FTP administration, MySQL and all server app administration- Project Management, Presentation Skills, Dreamweaver, Captivate, HTML, DHTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, ColdFusion, Access, Visio, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, Swift3D, InDesign, Illustrator, IIS Server Administration, NT/2000/2002 server administration, Viewpoint, Atmospheres, ZoomView, 3D Studio Max; http://digm.etsu.edu

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

- Managed, designed, and implemented eLab's online research projects and experiments along with enhancing the current eLab website. Marketed and promoted website and improved search engine rankings. Achieved #2 ranking in Google for targeted keywords- Supervised and managed 2 full-time and 4 part-time employees.- ColdFusion, PHP, MS SQL Server, DHTML, Javascript, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Lightwave 3D, Maya, Viewpoint, SAS, MS Office including Project, Google Analytics and Marketing, Project Management, ROI Analysis, Project Management, MS Project

- Managed and maintained the Nortel Networks ITAS Website (Technical Services Website for 2 product lines) – consisted of 1000+ pages, several applications, 4000+ registered user database- http://www.nortelnetworks.com/itas (no longer active)- The site saved over $1.5 million / year from software and documentation downloads- Managed several contractors and employees and all internet and server-related projects.- HTML, PERL, Java, Java Servlets, SQL, Oracle, Web graphics, Sun Solaris Admin., Unix, NT Server, Symposium Call Center Server Administration, MS Office including Access and Project- Evaluated and solved all software and hardware problems/conflicts on call center technician’s computers (2000, NT, 98, 95)- Won pride award for good work and ethics, 2 bonuses based on performance reviews

- Managed and implemented all Internet-related projects - Designed and developed Internet applications for clients; hardware and software support -

Nashville, Tn, Us

Developed and designed multimedia training CD-ROMs using Authorware, created graphics with Photoshop, developed/designed commercial websites, created 3D assets for multimedia and Web.

Ms, Technology, Design Graphics

Bs, Computer Science