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Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area

Rochester, NY

• Directed and prioritized the work of 4 different Agile teams located in the US and Europe.
• Responsible for the backlog, creation of epics and story definition.
• Triaged and prioritized escalations from customers and internal stakeholders.
• Working with development leads and scrum masters defined burn-downs and tracked progress.
• Communicated at monthly intervals a two-year road map based on overall company strategy.
• Input for defining the road map was collected from customers, executive leadership, the product management team, internal stakeholders and the development team.

Rochester, New York Area

• Built a team of 15 including software developers, testers and a technical writer. The team included four remote developers, three in the United Kingdom.
• Catalyst for transforming the team to a formal Agile Scrum development methodology consistently meeting delivery dates.
• Collaborated with product managers and product owner on long term strategies and the road map.
• Provided input into the budget process for projects and expenses relative to budget.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, reviews and career development of team members.
• Coached team members on Agile principles and proved general guidance on methodology.

Rochester, New York Area

• Responsible for the switch interface and protocol group.
• Managed all phases of an informal agile software development process; developed requirement documents, wrote formal quotes and designed solutions.
• Directly involved in coding and testing general solutions as well as custom software solutions which included using the following technologies SQL Server, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, VC++ and Delphi
• The interfaces included Cisco, Avaya, Siemens, Acme Packet and Microsoft Lync.

• Lead engineer on Global Crossing’s prepaid calling card platforms.
• The software technologies included C/C++, Sybase and Oracle on a Unix based SunOS
• Involved in decision making of purchasing, interfacing enhancing, and day to day operations of multiple new and existing platforms.