Tim Grant Email & Phone Number

Simpsonville, SC, US

Zurich, ZH, CH

Continued support of existing Configurator and Passport applications, and took on a lead role in the development of the next-generation industrial product configurator, "Motor Builder".* Coordinated with other architects, vendors, and business leads to define requirements,* Documented requirements applicable to my portion of the software suite, to be.

* Took a lead role in the design and development of Dodge Passport, a product selection tool scheduled for completion of the first phase in Q4, 2016. Worked with lead analysts and the development team to transform business requirements into a comprehensive design document that was used throughout the remainder of the project. Learned.NET MVC, Angular, and.

Responsible for a team of six developers: 3 C# /.NET specialists and 3 SAP LO-VC product modelers. As team lead I had a working role as well, assisting team members with difficult problems and also tool-smithing to provide automated solutions to daily problems.

• Technical Lead for the Product Configurator team, responsible for the technical consistency of the Industrial Product Configurator in the SAP environment.
• Developed a utility to extract configurator logic from Selectica and present it in Microsoft Access such that the configurator team members did not require significant Selectica knowledge to interpret the information.
• Learned SAP Variant Configuration, Configit Runtime, and ASP.NET and C# with sufficient proficiency to provide technical leadership to the modelers and developers primarily responsible for the new product configurator.
• Designed architecture and assisted in the implementation of a new product configurator for Baldor’s Conveyor Pulley product, integrating SAP VC, Configit, ASP.NET, C# Windows Forms, and a web service front-end for an.
• Took responsibility for various development and modeling tasks as required to help the team meet expected goals when contributing team members were unavailable.

• Responsible for maintenance and new development in a web-based Industrial Product Configurator using Apache, Tomcat, Java and Selectica Configurator. Also responsible for administration of five Configurator servers.
• Quickly learned the programming and deployment environment to become a self-sufficient team member within 6 months of my hire date.
• Planned and coordinated a platform upgrade, including updates to Red Hat Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Java and Selectica Configurator, involving 5 separate teams and 5 servers. The project was completed on time by the.
• Automated and documented Configurator server administration tasks, part data loads for our storefront on PTplace, and generation of eCommerce team financial performance report data.
• Completed requirements for one Java and one J2EE certification.
• Led the Selectica team effort to support the migration of the Reliance product sales from our in-house order management system to SAP. Provided education to ABAP developers on how to launch the Configurator, and.

• Responsible for the maintenance and configuration of a 100-server R&D lab, supporting an Engineering and QA team of 55 individuals. Managed two direct reports in the R&D Lab team.
• Created an automated build request system to replace a 100% manual process, enabling product builds entirely at the convenience of the development team.
• Created ASP pages allowing development and test servers to report their configuration, eliminating guesswork related to determination of what is being tested.
• Worked with Engineering and Product Management to develop and document product build, deployment and release processes, resulting in documentation of 100% of the core processes.
• Acted as a Quality Coordinator, working with others to develop, document and implement development and QA policies, significantly contributing to the group’s preparedness for its first ISO 9001 audit.
• Recognized for being available during off hours to enable the team to meet aggressive development schedules.

• Responsible for maintenance of source code archives and for building, packaging and releasing the software product.
• Worked closely with management and Quality Assurance to ensure product integrity throughout the development process.
• Re-designed product installation programs resulting in a set of streamlined programs with re-usable components.
• Automated the product build process, resulting in time savings and a reduction in occurrence of process-related errors.

• Responsible for development and maintenance of various components of an Insurance Policy Management System.
• Re-designed the policy cancellation and reinstatement component to use a single library of code, resulting in a more consistent, reliable and maintainable system.

Houston, TX, US

Responsible for a network of over 400 Macintosh computers, several dozen Unix systems, and one VAX. Responsible for systems administration of the Unix systems and VAX.* Developed a notification system to monitor critical systems availability and send an alphanumeric page to selected individuals when a system became unavailable, thereby significantly.

Responsible for development and support of a component maintenance system for use in nuclear power plants.* Support tasks included sales demos, coordination of custom feature requests with customers, help desk, on-site training, and on-site operation of the software during maintenance outages.

Responsible for student records.* Developed a database application to manage student curriculum selections and billing for tuition, room & board.* Worked with the staff accountant to move the college’s paper-based accounting system to a computer-based system, resulting in availability of accounting reports immediately after all accounting data was entered.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Ground School instructor and instructor pilot, responsible for one to three students at a time in the operation of the UH-1 Huey helicopter. Also responsible for course development and classroom instruction in both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aerodynamics.* Worked with engineers at Sikorsky and Bell in the analysis of the aerodynamics pertaining to.