Motivated, goal-focused Software Engineering Leader & Developer with more than 20 years of progressive experience in producing software including standalone applications and enterprise solutions across the product lifecycle. Offer business development guidance at all levels across departments to align with small and large organizational models. Oversee dynamic product engineering and development teams to ensure smooth, compliant operations. Devise global software delivery strategies, offering scalability and flexibility to optimize productivity, control costs and ensure quality. Leverage multiple and mixed software development lifecycle (SDLC) approaches. Adept in transitioning software development efforts towards Agile delivery, using coaching and leadership to establish dynamic, optimal individual and collaborative, cross-functional team execution. Now seeking a Director of Software Development role that will allow for ongoing professional advancement.

Full Lifecycle Delivery Methodologies | Team Coaching & Scaling | Software Architecture | Resource Acquisition

Business Operations Leadership | Development Team Management | Product Management | Quality Assurance

Program/Project Management | Team & Leadership Coaching | Agile | Support Release | Portfolio Management

DevOps & Release Management | Documentation Management | Software Design & Development | Budgeting

Program Manager | Engineering Administration | Production Support | Resource Planning & Management

Languages, Technologies and Platforms: Java, JavaScript, JSP, JSF, C++, Python, Facelets, XML, HTML, VB, VB.Net, C#, Fortran, DBIV, Pascal; WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, Jetty, DB2; Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle; Windows, Linux/Unix

Architecture Patterns and Frameworks: n-tier, SoA, microservices, Client-server, Microsoft COM/COM+, Microsoft .Net, application generation framework (meta-data driven); JEE - Hibernate, JPA, Spring, JMS; .Net

Development: Microsoft Visual Studio .Net, Eclipse, WebSphere Studio Application Developer, Visual Basic 6, Rational ClearCase, CVS, Git, Eclipse, EMF, SWT, Jface, Adobe Framemaker, Robohelp, Rational Rose, Rational Robot, Rational Functional Tester, Selenium, Junit, Ant, Jenkins, Maven, Nexus, Test Complete, QA Complete, Collaborator, Soap UI Pro

Management and Collaboration: Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, Rally (CA Agile), Microsoft Office products, Rational ClearQuest, Rational Requisite Pro

         Offered senior business and organization leadership in producing and maintaining PowerSuite insurance software, a Worker s Compensation offering and Stream Suite, an all-lines property and casualty insurance product


         Led multi-disciplinary engineering groups during the planning and executing of software projects 


         Finalized staff administration decisions to meet the evolving needs of the Engineering and Professional Services departments; included managing teams of 50+ and annual budgets from $2M to $6M 


         Created an environment conducive to team growth and advancement, often liaising with senior and executive leaders to finalize important business, organization and product decisions

         Assessed processes and tools that contributed to continuous improvement measures

         Completed development of an enterprise insurance product suite built on an SOA platform; supported the rapid integration of new product components, as well as allowed for graceful client extension and customization 


         Delivered the suite to market and into production to reach a wide customer base

         Converted the PowerSuite product user interface from Flash technology to HTML5; also transitioned implementation methodology of PowerSuite product delivery to take on an Agile approach

         Determined how to best transition from a distributed to centralized product delivery model

         Launched the use of DevOps concepts to automate processes and products, allowing for continuous integration

         Headed a full-scale vendor selection initiative, done in order to successfully scale software delivery

         Led a three-team, 30-person outsourced onboarding staff to scale-up software delivery, increased by ~75%

         Used Agile coaching to create a culture of delivery ownership, intra-team accountability and continuous improvement with Managers, Technical Leads and delivery team members; made efficiency gains toward a reliable team velocity model

         Directed cross-functional research and development in producing Tranzax, a Business Process Management software application platform; led teams comprised of Managers, Software Engineers, Testers, DBAs and SCM Administrators

         Produced Tranzax in a market-ready manner that aligned with scheduled software release dates per scope and quality agreements; also planned on-demand releases to align with urgent client needs

         Oversaw core operations such as budgeting, and staff administration, as well as software functions such as requirements management, design, architecture and technology analyses

         Drove improvements to the development and tools assessment processes

         Led iterative assessments of project and functional progress to overcome a loss of institutional process knowledge in developing software design and requirements; gave a sense of focus to team members

         Tackled the task of dissolving an established team by recruiting top-tier Engineers and implementing an updated Agile development methodology

         Proved successful in introducing the Agile Scrum approach for software development, which involved the analysis and 
acquisition of supportive process tools; realized value quickly:

o   Increased the Development Team s ability to focus on delivering valuable high-quality features

o   Boosted accountability and levels of development transparency within the Software Engineering team, both internally and across the business

o   Involved team members in key decisions to strengthen their sense of unity, motivation and morale; also served to keep the team both accountable and committed

o   Boosted customer service levels by successfully launching second-level/tertiary on-call support system

o   Crafted and set forth the use of software release strategies and related tooling

Systems Analyst, Electrical Designer, Programmer, VECO/Rapley Engineering Services, 1990-1998

Programmer, Dick Williams & Co./Real Estate Training Center, 1984-1987

Bachelor of Applied Science, Automated Manufacturing Technology, ITT Technical Institute

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Certified Product Owner (CSPO)