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Brian Quaresma is a dynamic and detail-oriented Chief Information Officer with over 15 years of experience in software engineering, focused on design, development, quality engineering, integration, and systems architecture. He has extensive experience managing global engineering and quality organizations responsible for installation, configuration management, systems engineering, and quality assurance. Brian is skilled in providing effective leadership in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments and has outstanding presentation and communication skills with superior technical knowledge utilized to solve complex issues. Brian has excelled at turning individuals into teams that work efficiently and exceed all expectations. He has the ability to manage many projects at once while working within strict deadlines and maintaining professionalism. Brian has been promoted to positions of increasing authority and responsibility because of his strong leadership skills, teamwork, customer service, and overall performance. Brian has a broad experience in software and hardware solutions, including networking, databases, installation, configuration, design, and maintenance of complex systems. He has more than 10 years of customer service in direct support, pre- and post-sales support roles to internal and external customers. Brian is experienced in managing diverse people and projects within multiple countries, obtaining optimal results through teamwork. As the Chief Information Officer at Veteran Benefits Guide, Brian leads the Technology Organization, including IT Operations, Security, Product Management, and Software Development. He built an IT team to support business operations and growth and is a key stakeholder in setting corporate growth strategy and goals. Brian increased operational efficiencies over 100% through workflow automation and digitization and created policies and procedures for IT and Development organizations. Brian has also held leadership positions at Walker Digital Table Systems, where he was responsible for Cradle to Grave Engineering efforts in the US and India as the Vice President of Software Engineering. He introduced Agile development methodology, increasing velocity across the organization. As the Director of Quality Engineering, he was responsible for company-wide Quality Engineering efforts, managed teams in CT and NV to provide top-quality software releases, opened offshore office in Gurgaon India, and designed and implemented an end-to-end software testing process. Brian reduced regression times from 10 days to 2 days while increasing coverage 15% and was the architect of automation solutions to replace manual testing efforts. He was also a product design stakeholder to drive innovative RFID solutions in table gaming. Brian's tech stack includes QA, Product Manager, Integration, Software Engineer, Test, Product Designer, and Senior Software Engineer. With 18.63 years of relevant experience, Brian is a