Résumé (Curriculum Vitae)

Axway is a French-based global producer of enterprise-class B2B software products and solutions with several horizontal and vertical product lines. During my tenure, I have had multiple roles on several different software projects, often simultaneously.

• Architected several different software solutions and projects including ones used by the FDA, CDC and pharmaceutical industries as well as more general purpose, high transaction applications.
• Provided leadership, mentoring and code reviews for team members in two or more countries simultaneously.
• Responsible for architecting and implementing all requirements using a wide range of technologies including XHTML, AJAX, Actionscript, Flex, and Java.
• Managed quality, release dates and Scrum iterations for multiple projects.
• Focused on high-performance improvements to new and existing software products, either designing for performance in mind, or increasing (sometimes as much as 800%) performance of existing applications.
• Increased usability of several browser-based applications.

Questar is a producer of non-theatrical video productions with distribution channels in retail, direct to consumer via their online store-front, and digital download and streaming services. New Dimension Media, Questar’s sister company, is a video production company whose customers are media and technology directors in the K-12 education market. Their flagship product, CCC! Video On Demand, provides teachers access to thousands of titles through a web-based interface.

• Advised content team and implemented solutions for new markets which include download-to-own, streaming, and mobile applications.
• Architected DRM and DRM-free streaming and download solutions for both the consumer and educational markets.
• Created new e-commerce store-fronts for both Questar and NDM which provide download services in addition to hard copy sales.
• Consistently working with marketing and content teams to optimize performance of consumer-facing websites using various SEO techniques.
• Created new business model for the version 2.0 product. The new model was a hybrid product/subscription in which customers would buy the server appliance and subscribe to the content.
• Provided leadership to both internal and external software development teams. This included programmers, system and database administrators, interface designers and testers.
• Analyzed customer and former customer feedback in order to create business requirements and feature sets for new/improved products.
• Architected and assisted in the development of the version 2.0 product which is a webbased, video on demand platform designed using Java, Struts, Hibernate, MySQL, JBoss, Linux, and utilized AJAX technologies with back-end, internal processes written in Perl.
• Led and participated in the creation of focus groups which analyzed new product designs and modified those products in order to increase usability.
• Created video encoding processes and workflows that streamlined digitization and maximized output.
• Responsible for all project management, timelines, status reporting, repository management, change management and bug/issue management.
• Consistently analyzed market trends in order to recommend new product designs or revisions and presented possible solutions, benefits, marketing opportunities and costs to senior management.
• CCC! Video on Demand was recognized as one of the best educational products of 2008 by District Administrator magazine and endorsed by several teaching colleges throughout the country.
• CCC! Video on Demand was awarded "Best in Tech 2008-2009" by Scholastic Administrator at the National Educational Computing Conference in Washington D.C.

OMS National provides malpractice insurance to dentists and oral and maxillofacial surgeons. To better serve their customers, they wanted a secure portal in which insured’s could submit claims, continue their education, and communicate with other professionals, all securely over the Internet.

• Performed business systems analysis and proposed solutions that fit requirements.
• Architected portal and all portal applications.
• Lead a five person team of internal developers, database and UNIX admins, and interface designers from inception to delivery. Reported project status directly to the CIO.
• Portal included live and archived streaming video, claims reporting, real-time and moderated chat for guest speakers, complete back-end for insurance agents; all of which was written in mod_perl on Apache on Linux with MySQL, and OpenLDAP.
• Responsible for the creation of the industry’s first completely automated system where prospects would apply for insurance, receive approvals, and pay for their premiums without input from underwriters.
• Consistently monitored the portal and its applications for performance and security.
• Worked with marketing team to create ways to increase awareness through the use of primitive SEO techniques for two customer-facing websites.
• Provided hosting services and e-commerce solutions for several state associates which were sponsored by OMSNIC.

CWE² was a systems integrator specializing in data networking. As a result of customer demand, I created a web development department which designed both customer-facing websites, corporate intranets and web-based applications. CWE² was later acquired by NetLojix of Santa Barbara, California.

• Created and managed the web development team which included programmers, database administrators, and graphic and interface designers.
• Responsible for all hiring and budgeting decisions.
• Met with clients to determine business/system requirements and provided sales staff with scope of projects including proposals, deliverables and timelines.
• Performed most of the project management responsibilities and and was immediate liaison for clients.
• Managed the internal intranet and all other information systems including email, remote access, and Internet connectivity.
• Created and implemented IT policies that promoted best practices for coding techniques, security and manageability.
• Architected and implemented numerous websites and a large number of web-based applications for high-profile clients including major airlines, insurance companies, and investment firms.
• Architected B-to-B and B-to-C commerce solutions for several Fortune 500 companies.