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Lead onshore and offshore engineering teams. Direct deployment of career planning technology in school districts across the US. 

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
•	Managed development team for an education technology platform that allows high school students to plan for post-high school
•	Collaborate with CEO to define company budget and present to the board of directors
•	Implemented SDLC best practices

Lead global staff of 30 and provide indirect oversight of a staff of 20, distributed across 5 countries.  Direct deployment and integration of leading-edge, cutting edge, and established Microsoft Technologies for Client projects. Clients include 250 of Fortune 500 along with companies from across industries including technology, entertainment, retail, utilities, and financial services (revenues: $17M to $143B).

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
* Managed development team for emerging AI tech project ($3M budget, 17+K hours) to revolutionize customer service experience for $63B Tech Company. Partnered closely with Microsoft to deliver. 
* Drove technology modernization for Insurance Company as hands-on technology lead and architect (MS Dynamics 365, SSIS, KingswaySoft, Dataverse) resulting in faster case resolution and improved reporting/ data tracking; collaborated closely with client. 
* Achieved lowest employee turnover rate in company and increased retention by proactively listening to software engineers, prioritizing roadblock removal, and managing pay equity. 
* Collaborate with HCI global resource pool distributed across 52 countries to ensure compliance with best practices, including use of Agile methodology, DevOps, CI/CD, and assigning teams according to time zones.
* Transformed distributed, matrixed groups of all software engineers and technical architects into one unified global Software Engineering Team.
* Coached and promoted managers to effectively lead teams; increased employee engagement and improved knowledge sharing across technology teams. 
* Brought in as Executive Technology Leader to quickly build credibility and establish trusted partnerships with clients at an early stage of design and development.

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Credit Mutuel

Credit Agricole

HSBC France

BNP Paribas

TowerBrook

HSBC

Societe Generale

Concept2Silicon Systems (C2SiS) is focused on providing complete solutions for complex SoC and System designs with best in class engineering capabilities and most cost-efficient business model. Our highly capable engineering team has experience in delivering 200+ silicon and system design solutions to its' customers in the most advanced semiconductor process technology nodes up to 28nm.Our specific areas of expertise include:•   High-performance processor cores•   High-performance Graphics and multi-media cores•   SoC and sub-systems built around the processor, graphics and multi-media cores•   Derivative products with focus on area and power reduction, performance enhancements and cost reduction•   Innovative products / system design in Consumer, Telecom and Wireless domainsOur engineering solutions are classified into two categories:•  Concept2Silicon – From architecture, micro-architecture, design creation, selection and integration of       IPs, design verification, silicon implementation – Synthesis, DFT, Place and Route, Timing closure and tape-     out – package engineering, ATE testing  to path for silicon manufacturing.•  Concept2Systems – From system architecture, system prototyping, selection of technology and     components, system integration, firmware development, compliance validation and debug, product     engineering to path for system manufacturing with focus on creating differentiated product features and     minimizing the BOM cost.

Provider of construction management and property development services

LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS
* Partner and collaborate with senior leadership to influence company technology strategy to drive revenue growth and processes to develop world-class teams.
* Drove thought leadership and increased knowledge share of new technologies/ project work across teams with implementation of bi-weekly Shared Value Software Engineering Meetings.
* Develop managers into software engineering leaders by initiating 1:1 meetings to remove roadblocks and increase individual effectiveness.
* Increased project team efficiencies and improved quality by initiating project staffing strategies: limiting concurrent projects and aligning skill sets and skill levels to project needs.
* Direct and mentor managers and team leaders to actively identify future skills, current skills, and skills gaps to drive employee career development and project readiness.
* Re-invigorated a Center of Excellence that sets coding standards and best practices to be used company-wide.
* Implement and adapt interview strategy to attract and hire top talent for technology teams.

KEY TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS 
* Advised State of North Dakota and oversaw development and support of Covid tracking portal using Power Platform Portals.
* Oversaw project with Local Government Environmental Services Department to enable easy tracking of communications and inquiries; provided service module to manage complaints, streamlined permit process, and improved inter-departmental transparency.
* Partner with project directors and project teams to prevent project roadblocks and identify opportunities for continuous improvements, accelerating project efficiency and effectiveness.

Led teams of up to 6 software developers. Served as lead developer and technical architect on enterprise-level projects. Partnered with Client C-suite, management, and staff. Assigned work to developers and architected.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

* Contributed to detailed SOWs for new client projects with technology designs and costs; collaborated with Project Managers, Lead Developers, and Solution Architects.
* Led development to streamlined customer service for Luxury Cruise Line ($3B revenue; 5000+ staff) which resulted in consistently ranking as top-rated travel company in the world. Trained and led Client Developers; managed transition to Client. 
* Collaborated with Microsoft MVP to create open-source base plugin to re-use and accelerate development while improving code quality.
* Designed and developed back-end plugins, Azure functions, and web services for HCL product that enables users to generate 100s of customer portals in MS Dynamics 365 and auto-publish to Azure; collaborated with clients to incorporate direct feedback.
* As client-facing Software Engineer, solved performance and timeout issues within MS Dynamics 365 CE for Large DoD Contractor.

Provided architectural and technical guidance to internal software development teams. Led development on Dynamics CRM client projects.  

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
* Rescued, recovered, and completed CRM 4 upgrade to 2016.
* Established development methodologies to use in future projects.
* Created a common code repository to store routinely used code, including a common javascript library, multi-select optionset web resource, and plugin base class to speed up development cycle.

Partnered with clients to provide technology leadership and hands-on architecting and development. Managed team of 4 developers; ensured the application of software engineering best practices and principles. 

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

* Partnered with Client CTOs and CFOs to advise on technology strategy and best practices.
* Technology Leader brought in to quickly build credibility and trust with clients at early stages of design and development.
* Established development methodologies for BroadPoint project management system.
* Directed managers and team leaders to actively identify future skills, current skills, and skills gaps to drive employee career development and project readiness.
* Proactively collaborated project directors and project teams to prevent project roadblocks and identify opportunities for continuous improvements. 
* Worked with Sales Team as Technology SME during Pre-Sales.

Lead developer, architect, and developer for CRM and Great Plains implementations for Not-for-Profits, Unions, and Associations, along with corporations. Clients included largest union in the world, high-profile hospital system, and entertainment not-for-profits and unions. 


KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

* Built system of APIs using C# to pool data from CRM for customer web portal.
* Used C# to create CRM plugins to cascade data throughout the CRM system, implement business rules, and ensure data integrity. 
* Created credit card processing and integrated with FedEx APIs to determine shipping costs within CRM.
* Helped implement one of the largest non-profit installs of Dynamics GP which included integrations with several legacy systems.
* Created extensive modifications for Great Plains SOP and Distributions including a custom order fulfillment system that interfaced with FastPic Inventory Management system and Falconship shipping software to support organ donation management.
* Developed and maintained a large health organization's certification process that used CRM.

DBA for MS SQL Server and Lead Developer and SME in .NET technologies.

* Collaborated closely with VPs, GMs, and Controllers from Customer Service, Marketing, and Accounting to increase department workflow efficiencies through process improvements and optimization of software.

Developed and architected custom software and web app solutions for clients using MS Tech Stack and ERP. Partnered with Pre-Sales teams, Project Managers, Clients, and Support through solution delivery.

* Key Clients: supply chain management, food & beverage processing, retail POS and reporting, non-profits/associations
* Worked with 1st version of Microsoft CRM and Visual Studio .Net.
* Served as DBA for Microsoft SQL.
* Major Client Project (freight load/unload client): Served as Supply Chain SME, Product Manager, Project Manager, Software Engineer for Operations Management Software.