Software Development Management
Over a decade of software development management experience. In-house teams, In-house remote teams (multiple time zones), offshore, offshore landed, in-office contractors, remote contractors, etc. I've managed it all. I've grown teams from 2 developers to over a dozen. I specialize in team management, optimization and high performance. I keep teams on track and on focus.
I'm an authority on development restructuring, technology standardization, large scale migrations, outsourcing and change and transformation management. I'm a proponent of growing team members and mentoring developers, project managers, product owners, business stakeholders and Drupalers.
Management Leadership
Advocate for Leadership by Example, which stresses the importance of staying involved in all facets whether that's leading, talking, listening, working, observing, etc. When you lead by example, you set the standard and define the expectations of what's possible.
Practically speaking, I create order out of chaos. I am comfortable with ambiguity and take pride in finding elegant solutions to the unforeseen. I forge a path where others have given up. I'm at home with conflict, difficult personalities, overwhelming workloads and other challenging work environments.
I've played a key role in multiple successful product launches, which also entailed scaling platforms and solutions across different enterprise groups or environments. Experienced in a wide range of projects with various cross functional groups, which include process improvement (Waterfall to Agile, Scrum, Kanban), customer experience improvements (UI/UX), technology modernizations, Tier 1 support, development capacity planning and projection, efficiency improvements, sustainable operating cost reductions, transformation projects with global teams and moving teams to a more data driven mindset.
Experience
Accomplished in developing, contracting and consulting on large scale web platforms, application and websites. Proficient with open source and enterprise content management systems. Experienced in a variety of different industries Manufacturing, Media, Non-profits, Entertainment, Health/Wellness, Security, Education, Health Care and with corporate and non-corporate clients. Open source enthusiast and Drupal contributor.
Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Management with a concentration in Computer Information Systems.
Decorated Military Sergeant, served for six years in the United States Army. Graduate of the Primary Leadership Development Course. Served in Iraq as a Squad and Team leader. Purple heart and Combat Action Badge recipient.