PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


LEADERSHIP

Built productive, happy development teams from the ground up. Consistently manages people in a positive manner by promoting trust and accountability. Lead successful development efforts for many large clients with a wide range of technologies and objectives. Independently manages client relationships. Helps executive-level personnel determine business requirements for software applications. Effectively works with business and technical staff to develop accurate technical solutions and effectively resolve issues. Frequently evaluates the business and technical needs of large clients.


COMMUNICATION

Dedicated to maintaining friendly, clear, and transparent working environments. Consistently asked to mentor junior level developers and consultants regarding development methodology and technology. Creates, presents, and introduces technical systems architecture overviews to developers; lead training classes and seminars for technical personnel. Enjoys sharing and explaining technical concepts to non-technical individuals. Effectively writes detailed technical and business information within formal documents as needed. Demonstrates innovative technologies at trade shows and to high-tech and industry executives.


SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Dedicated to the Agile/Scrum development methodology. Designed and implemented highly scalable solutions to solve business problems for a variety of clients. Consistently applies methodology and scientific method to solve problems. Highly experienced in dealing with legacy “nightmare” systems. Consistently forward-looking when developing solutions. Relies on basic technology principals and an inherent understanding of how technology works to solve problems rather than relying on technology-specific solutions.



EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Director, Engineering
Ecast, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
2006-Present

Sr. Software Engineer
Esurance, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
2001-2006

Development Manager/Architect
Music Buddha, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
1999-2001

Technical Manager
BSG/Impact Innovations Group /CBSI
Dallas, TX, San Francisco, CA
1996-2000

Systems Engineer (SED)
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
Phoenix, AZ Boulder, CO
1994-1996


EDUCATION

BBA, Management Information Systems, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Professional Development

Certified ScrumMaster, RallyDev
Principals of Effective Facilitation
Principals of Management
SED, Systems Engineering Development Program

Best Practices, Process, and Management 

Agile/Scrum
Continuous Integration and Testing
Test Driven Development
Business Process Definition/Design


TECHNICAL SUMMARY 

Languages/Technologies

C, C# .NET, ASP.NET, Adobe Flex 2/Flash, Java, Ruby, ASP, HTML, CSS 2.0, JavaScript, Vb Script, XSD, XML, XSLT, Web Services, ADO.NET, SOAP, WSDL, XSD, UML, Visual Basic 6.0, COM+, MSMQ, Transact-SQL, PL/SQL, SQLXML, PHP



Databases

SQL Server 2000, MS Access, Oracle



Web/Application Servers

IIS 5.0, IIS 6.0, Apache/Tomcat



Tools

Visual Studio .NET, MS Visual SourceSafe, NUnit, FlexUnit, Perforce, Clearcase, Subversion, CruiseControl, Fitnesse, Watir, Visio, Eclipse, Ant, nAnt



Environments

Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP, Unix, Linux



Enterprise Development

Microsoft Enterprise Library for .Net, Enterprise Development Reference Architecture (EDRA) for .Net, Microsoft Application Blocks for .Net, Cairngorm MVC, Forte, Vantive