Director Program Management

• Sep 2020 - Present

Senior Manager Program Management

• Jan 2019 - Sep 2020

Technical Project Manager (Software Development)

• Jan 2011 - Jan 2019

Software Development Manager

• Apr 2004 - Apr 2010

Directed development teams consisting of 4 to 15 software engineers and quality assurance specialists. Oversaw development project activities from business requirements gathering through product release. Monitored reported defects and issues from the field for business and health risks. • Coached team leaders on recognizing and leveraging individual team member’s skills and experiences to positively contribute to projects and schedules… Show more Directed development teams consisting of 4 to 15 software engineers and quality assurance specialists. Oversaw development project activities from business requirements gathering through product release. Monitored reported defects and issues from the field for business and health risks. • Coached team leaders on recognizing and leveraging individual team member’s skills and experiences to positively contribute to projects and schedules. • Appointed by senior management to implement and re-energize a lagging project by implementing a development plan based on functional milestones. Project delay was minimized by 40%. • Managed and monitored the tasks and resources of a customer specific application project. Worked directly with customer, vendor, and software engineers to define the business requirements for developing an interface to an external system. • Obtained early FDA clearance on a new software application by ensuring all development tasks and documents were completed in accordance with FDA regulations. • Streamlined the deployment process with a time and cost saving of 50% by implementing automation tools which reduced the manual process for staff and down time for customers. • Improved the communications between the product team, system implementation team, and development by implementing requirements gathering for product deployment and early group reviews of design deployment strategy. • Implemented new system testing process which reduced documentation work by 33%.

Software Project Leader

• Oct 2001 - Apr 2004

Technical lead for four to ten software engineers. Responsible for organizing, delegating, and monitoring development project tasks to software engineers. Responsible for reporting project status on milestones and roadblocks to management. Technical liaison for customers. •Led multiple revisions simultaneously by assigning and delegating project tasks to the most qualified engineers. •Administered the source control system to ensure system was functioning… Show more Technical lead for four to ten software engineers. Responsible for organizing, delegating, and monitoring development project tasks to software engineers. Responsible for reporting project status on milestones and roadblocks to management. Technical liaison for customers. •Led multiple revisions simultaneously by assigning and delegating project tasks to the most qualified engineers. •Administered the source control system to ensure system was functioning in accordance with SOPs. •Directed a team of 3 Lead Engineers in evaluating and strengthening the department’s technical screening process for hiring potential software engineer candidates, which improved the quality of candidates continuing through the hiring process. •Researched and developed time estimates for software engineering tasks, based on product and customer requirements, which resulted in shorter implementation time and more accurate schedules. •Directed the upgrading of the source control system from a UNIX OS server to a Windows OS server.

Senior Software Engineer

• Aug 1998 - Oct 2001

Designed and developed architectural and database solutions for customer requirements. Assisted in designing and coding of functional and customer requirements. Mentored new software engineers. •Directed and performed an overall operating system upgrade for a customer system, consisting of upgrading the hardware OS for HP9000 (HP-UX) and HP 1000(RTE-A), and upgrading the database from Oracle 6 to Oracle 7. •Prepared and presented technical training on hardware… Show more Designed and developed architectural and database solutions for customer requirements. Assisted in designing and coding of functional and customer requirements. Mentored new software engineers. •Directed and performed an overall operating system upgrade for a customer system, consisting of upgrading the hardware OS for HP9000 (HP-UX) and HP 1000(RTE-A), and upgrading the database from Oracle 6 to Oracle 7. •Prepared and presented technical training on hardware, architecture, database, and common support issues to customer IT staff.