Work History by Discipline
Experience
Macmillan Higher Education
Technical Project Manager // 2018–Current
- Manage team of software developers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to migrate and upgrade their e-learning platform
- Direct root cause analysis of pre- and post-production issues
- Wireframe prototypes and proposed features
- Develop API swagger documentation for mobile development team
- Built multiple content sites for e-learning platform
Clear Launch
Director of Software Engineering // 2015–2018
- Architect and Implement consumer and business facing software
- Implement SDLC practices
- Design and develop software utilizing a myriad of technologies
- Gather business and technical requirements from executive leaders
- Document and present implementation plans and architecture to key decision makers
- Create and present cost and revenue projection analysis
- Technology Platforms: .NET, WebAPI, ASP.MVC, Node, Angular, Express, NoSQL, ElasticSearch
Clintara
Head of Information Technology // 2014–2015
- Architect and Implement new Clinical Trial Analysis Program to facilitate clinical trial risk analysis
- Implement SDLC practice
- Responsible for IT staff skill enhancement
- Gather business and technical requirements from executive leaders
- Document and present implementation plans and architecture to key decision makers
- Create and present cost and revenue projection analysis
- Technology platforms: .NET, WebAPI, Angular
Alert Solutions
Software Development Manager // 2013–2014
- Implement Agile and SDLC processes
- Lead software team of 7
- Responsible for tech screens for new hires and final hiring decisions
- Responsible for software developer training and improvement including: OOD, Unit Testing, Mocking, Continuous Integration, Version Control, and coding best practice
- Designed and built new product lines including a high-throughput PaaS deployable scheduling service
- Technology Platforms: .NET, MVC
Incapsulate
Technical Delivery Manager // Principal Developer 2011-2013
- Software development team modernization for Arbella Insurance.
- Designed and developed commercial auto policy quoting system for Arbella Insurance
- Implemented new Long-term care insurance products for the desktop and web
- Created and managed complete SDLC for the team
- 92% On-time delivery success rate
- 94% Unit test coverage
- Technology Platforms: .NET, WebAPI, MVC, WPF, desktop and web, Java
Investment Technology Group
Manager of Software Engineering // 2009-2011
- Responsible for Agile project management and all day-to-day managerial duties for the ITG Compliance product team
- Managed all aspects of product lifecycle, from feature definition through customer support
- Responsible for delegation of all client issues to team members
- Responsible for all task management and personnel management for developers and QA staff
- Planned iterations with product management and led planning meetings
- Maintained automated testing process utilizing CruiseControl, NUnit and Fitnesse
- Worked closely with QA/PMs to ensure releases were fully tested
- Worked closely with Documentation Team to ensure software documentation was current
- Performed as principal developer continuing my previous duties
Principal Software Developer 2006–2009
- Implemented many new features for the ITG Compliance product.
- Resolved many issues including performance, thread-safety, database cursors, SQL server reporting, caching solutions
- Worked with PMs to implement many new features
- Designed and built an API for the Compliance engine
- Technology Platforms: .NET, WinForms, ASP.NET
Company Contracts
- Wellington Management
- Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
- EMC Microsoft Practice
- AgencyPort
- Novartis
- Presidium Learning
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals
- FrontRunnerMD
Skills
Primary Technologies
- Dotnet Core
- .NET platform technologies (versions 1.1 to current)
- Windows UWP App Store development
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
- Node / JavaScript
- Git
- HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
- Object Oriented Design and Design Patterns
- Performance Tuning
- SQL Server Reporting
- SQL Server (versions 2000 to current)
- NoSQL technologies
- XML – XSLT – XSD – XPath
- Multi-threaded programming
- ElasticSearch
Other Technologies
- Perl
- PHP
- Java
- Linux
Special Interests
- Microcontroller and Embedded Programming
- Performing musician – guitar and vocals
Presentations
- Full stack unit testing for JavaScript
- Big Data Part: Overview
- Twitter Bootstrap Bootcamp
- Continuous Integration: Step by Step
- Software Delivery Metric That Matter
- Unit Testing and Tools
- Git and GitHub for .NET Developers
- Automated build and testing in agile processes
- Agile management 101
- Automated build and testing for ITG Compliance
- NET
- Log4Net CapeCod.NET Users Group
- NHibernate for Intermediate Developers
Publications
- Ruthless Meetings – 2013
- The Cost of Meeting Lurkers – 2012
- Gadgeteer – 2012 to 2013
- Don’t know your velocity? You’re not Agile. You’re Fragile! – 2013
- Developers and Technical Minefields – 2012
- The folding and structural integrity of the first LIN-12 module of human Notch1 are calcium-dependent. Biochemistry. 1999 Apr 13;38(15):4736-42.
Certifications
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for .NET (MCSD.NET)
- Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET (MCAD.NET)
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
- Certified Linux Administrator
Education
Harvard Medical School
Post-Graduate Studies – Genetics // 1996 – 1998
Studied Biochemistry and Genetics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Concentrated on the application of computer science in solving biological problems.
Whitehead Institute/MIT and Stanford
Technical Research Specialist II 1996–1998
Boston University
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology // 1992 – 1996
Graduated with a concentration on Physical Biochemistry. Strongly focused on the interface between computer science and life sciences.