Experience

McArthur Public Library

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technology Coordinator/Reference Librarian

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Working to ensure McArthur Library patrons and staff have the best technology available to meet their needs. Serving the public in their search for information, reading, listening, and research needs. Working to ensure McArthur Library patrons and staff have the best technology available to meet their needs. Serving the public in their search for information, reading, listening, and research needs.



LearningWorks

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • Jan 2019 - Nov 2021

  Serve as member of Advisory Board for LearningWorks AfterSchool Program - Provide input on program plans - Review progress towards goals - Collaborate with other board members and LWAS staff to ensure program success Serve as member of Advisory Board for LearningWorks AfterSchool Program - Provide input on program plans - Review progress towards goals - Collaborate with other board members and LWAS staff to ensure program success



Educate Maine

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• STEM Education Consultant

  • Jul 2021 - Oct 2021

  - Serve as facilitation support for Girls Who Code summer camp - Provide technical consultation to Educate Maine staff - Identify funding sources and write Grant documents - Assist with strategic planning - Serve as facilitation support for Girls Who Code summer camp - Provide technical consultation to Educate Maine staff - Identify funding sources and write Grant documents - Assist with strategic planning



Educate Maine

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program and Policy Intern

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  Working with Program Director to connect Mainers to IT and computing careers. Focus on underrepresented populations in STEM careers. • Create strategy map and mockup of dashboard for advancing teacher training in CS in 2021 • Assist in design and implementation of Girls Who Code Summer Camp to be held in August 2021 • Write grants to support Project>Login activities • Create an ArcGIS story map showing STEM readiness for Maine's high schools (see link below) • Review Project>Login 2021 Goals, with an eye towards ensuring SMART characteristics • Provide review of State of Maine DOE Computer Science plan • Provide updates for CS4Maine website - statistics on lack of diversity in field, and expected job growth • Provide testimony in support of Maine LD-127: "To Establish a Pilot Program to Provide Grants for Professional Development in Computer Science Instruction" • Evaluate the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) to determine viability of the CRM system for the organization. • Recruit funding from tech sector for Computer Science Summer Institute for CS Educators and Girls Who Code camp • Recruit tech partner to demonstrate on-line CAD learning tool at Computer Science Summer Institute for CS Educators • Participate in a Project>Login podcast interview as the subject of the interview, discussing my experiences in my tech career Show less



PTC

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Director, ThingWorx Kepware R&D

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2020

  Serve a team of 65 individuals across 10 scrum teams consisting of Development, Quality Assurance, Scrum Master, and Customer Response staff in PTC's Portland Maine office. • Provide motivational opportunities to staff through mastery, autonomy, and purpose. • Coach Contributors, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Leadership staff. • Use in-depth knowledge of Agile and Scrum to improve value delivery and satisfaction of teams. • Foster a culture of openness and trust through continuous practice of servant leadership. Show less

• Product Owner

  • Mar 2016 - Sep 2019

  Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team. • Ensure Product Roadmap is achieved through definition and prioritization of requirements implemented in the product backlog. • Serve as a point of focus and communication between Product Management, Development Teams, Development Management, and Kepware Executives. • Represent the voice of the customer from the perspective of the Development teams.



East End Community School

• Portland, Maine, United States

• STEM Volunteer

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

  Serve as volunteer in Rise and Shine program at East End Community school. Assist with Scratch program instruction for 3rd-5th graders, using Code.org curriculum. Serve as volunteer in Rise and Shine program at East End Community school. Assist with Scratch program instruction for 3rd-5th graders, using Code.org curriculum.



Saint Brigid School

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator Of Volunteers

  • Feb 2018 - Feb 2018

  Project to build Raspberry Pi computers with 3’rd grade classes, then teach them Scratch Programming • Raised funds for equipment purchase via Facebook • Recruited team of 8 volunteers to design and implement the program • Worked with Saint Brigid staff and administration to ensure policies followed • Delivered program over two days on-site at Saint Brigid for all 3’rd grade classes • Equipment donated to Saint Brigid for on-going learning Project to build Raspberry Pi computers with 3’rd grade classes, then teach them Scratch Programming • Raised funds for equipment purchase via Facebook • Recruited team of 8 volunteers to design and implement the program • Worked with Saint Brigid staff and administration to ensure policies followed • Delivered program over two days on-site at Saint Brigid for all 3’rd grade classes • Equipment donated to Saint Brigid for on-going learning



ShipRight

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Manager/CIO

  • May 2013 - Mar 2016

  Worked as a hands-on manager and leader to apply technology to increasing the profitability of logistics and shipping firm. • Implemented Kanban greatly increasing the transparency of work in progress and work completed, as well as the prioritization of work to be done by the team. • Served as Scrum Master for IT team Worked as a hands-on manager and leader to apply technology to increasing the profitability of logistics and shipping firm. • Implemented Kanban greatly increasing the transparency of work in progress and work completed, as well as the prioritization of work to be done by the team. • Served as Scrum Master for IT team



Vertafore

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Software Development

  • Feb 2009 - Apr 2013

  Managed an annual budget of $3.5M and a team of 40 delivering software solutions on-time and to budget. • Instituted a new methodology for fostering innovation: “FedEx Days”. Teams self-form, come up with ideas, design and implement for 24 hours, deliver results the next day (hence the “FedEx” reference), review results, and vote to determine winner. This approach spurred new product initiatives, decreased new feature time to market, and increased office morale and innovation.• Led a team of 40 development staff, across disciplines. High morale and low turnover, with exceptional output from the teams resulting in meeting or beating feature delivery dates with a high level of quality, as measured by performance and quality metrics (features delivered over time, escaped defect rate). Show less

• Software Development Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Feb 2009

  Responsible for managing developers in our Portland Maine office. Mentored staff, provided training and guidance on Scrum roles, including changes to the role of management in an Agile environment. • Lead a grass roots effort that resulted in transitioning to Agile methodology. Spear-headed Agile implementation and roll-out, resulting in the delivery of better software, faster.• Served as Scrum Master for two products. Used best practices to deliver value to the team in that role, in particular as related to retrospectives and inspect and adapt principles.• Served as Product Owner for two products. Worked with teams to groom the backlog as part of each sprint, resulting in very efficient sprint planning meetings. Worked effectively with stakeholders to identify high value features, and prioritize for implementation appropriately Show less

• Software Engineer

  • Sep 2002 - Sep 2007

  Worked within teams to design, develop, and support software solutions in the carrier P&C space. Designed object persistence layer and web services in support of billing solution. Lead teams and worked on-site with clients to ensure that software solutions met or exceeded all requirements and expectations. Lead grassroots Agile adoption that took hold company wide.



Ecora Software

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • May 2000 - Sep 2002



Candle Corporation

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • May 1998 - May 2000



Cayenne Software

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Technical Consultant

  • Jan 1995 - May 1998

• Member of Technical Staff

  • Jan 1995 - May 1998



Boston Technology Corporation

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Member of Technical Staff

  • Oct 1992 - Jan 1995



Cambex

• Computer Hardware
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jul 1991 - Oct 1992



Wang Laboratories

• Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 1986 - Jul 1991



MIT Haystack Observatory

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Correlator Operator

  • 1982 - 1986