SUMMARY

• Software Development Manager with 13 years of experience managing the complete software development lifecycle including strategy, roadmap, design, development, test and product launch phases
• Proven experience building and maintaining teams that value individual contributions with an emphasis on coaching and mentoring
• Extensive experience managing Agile/Scrum development using JIRA and Rally
• Experienced in presenting ideas, designs and progress to executive level representatives
• Extensive, hands - on technical experience in Python, PHP, C#, RESTful APIs, SQL, Ruby, C++, JavaScript, and various operating systems
• US Government Security Clearance
• BS Computer Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 3.38/4.0 GPA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Development and Systems Integration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with key internal and external stakeholders to identify critical gaps in technology and acted as Scrum Master in implementation of the work
• Created staffing plan, organized team, and recruited top-performing engineers
• Fostered an environment of open communication through daily team standups and monthly one-on-ones
• Designed and developed website for managing client data in ASP.NET using .NET MVC and SQL backend
• Architected and implemented RESTful API in C#

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Software Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed team of 12 engineers in the implementation of work backlog and development process solutions
• Recruited and hired contractors and internal resources to ensure success of high-risk program
• Provided metrics-based evaluation criteria and coaching plan for team members
• Designed processes to streamline software development lifecycle and presented solutions to remote, cross­functional teams to gain full project team support
• Ensured software quality by establishing code review as a mandatory step in the development process and participated in code reviews

Technical Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Teamed with engineers from across the organization to create product design in less than 7 days that lead to highly competitive contract award
• Led team of developers in Agile development process to maximize product usability and robustness by ensuring in corporation of user feedback regularly through wireframing and product demonstrations
• Personally architected design and implemented code in Ruby and JavaScript using Ruby on Rails framework
• Enacted strategies to overcome communication challenges between onsite team and user base and task planning challenges within the development team
• Traveled to client site to present product design and user interface simulations as part of each sprint Test Manager/System Engineer
• Managed Agile test effort and provided system engineering expertise to geographically distributed team on a challenging, classified SOA project developed in PHP and Python. Created and implemented "return to green plan" which not only saved current contract from default, but resulted in additional multi-million dollar contract.
• Built team environment across geographically distributed engineers by maintaining consistent, weekly communication with all teams and regularly requesting design input and feedback from all contributors
• Transitioned testing effort from a waterfall model to an Agile model that was in tune with development milestones and acted as Scrum Master to ensure quality throughout development lifecycle
• Collaborated with customer stakeholders to personally author a comprehensive requirements document
• Presented program plans and progress to government managers and key government stake holders

Subcontractor Manager/Web Applications Developer

Responsibilities:

• Managed remote subcontractor team to ensure software quality and milestones were being achieved on time and within budget
• Interfaced between cross-functional teams to ensure design was properly understood and changes were adequately agreed upon among the entire product team
• Implemented key components of SDK and RESTful API using PHP, JavaScript, and SQL to allow third-party developers to integrate interactive user interfaces into website
• Mentored team of first-time web developers

Technical Product Manager/Software Architect

Responsibilities:

• Personally architected and implemented key features of web-based monitoring display utilizing Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, C++, and MySQL
• Managed team of 3 engineers in Agile development process
• Facilitated code reviews as part of each release to ensure code quality and robustness
• Led bi-weekly teleconferences with government representatives to discuss progress and address requests for changes in order to provide quick responses to evolving needs
• Presented designs and progress at quarterly government status meetings
• Interfaced between embedded development team and web applications team to ensure both embedded and web application software were optimized for communications over high latency link

Software Architect/Lead Developer

Responsibilities:

• Utilized Python and the Django framework to create user-centered website, reducing page load times compared to legacy website by 50%
• Designed schema and implemented SQL database
• Completed project in 3 months

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed evolving staffing plans as schedule shifted to address program changes
• Designed and implemented solutions to bridge stovepipe issues between business analysts, development, and test teams
• Created and managed schedule for test team that ensured timely feedback to the development team
• Presented status of testing effort to key customer stakeholders and executive-level Northrop Grumman representatives

Embedded Applications Lead Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented object-oriented C++ software design that maximized software modularity and end user flexibility
• Interfaced with GUI engineers to design external interface and create Interface Control Document
• Presented designs and progress at quarterly government status meetings
• Demonstrated final product to clients on location at a US Air Force base

Embedded Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Trained US Special Forces for 3 weeks to use system onsite in remote Arizona desert
• Designed and implemented embedded driver in C using Picture-Transfer-Protocol over RS232 for proprietary camera in 3 months
• Designed and developed C# .NET application for testing cameras in production