Dave Kinsman
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BaseMap Inc
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP of Engineering
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Jul 2017 - Present
• Played a key role in getting BaseMap from concept to one of the top selling hunting and outdoors apps in the market today. • Architected and built out BaseMap’s highly scalable and performant backend service API utilizing .NET Core, AWS and, multiple back-end database and object storage platforms as well as integrations with several third-party data providers. • Designed and created a customizable and scalable mapping platform for BaseMap’s mobile and web applications. • Responsible for creating and managing all aspects of BaseMap’s technology teams including: - GIS engineers for ingesting and manipulating GIS information from hundreds of sources. - Dev Ops team responsible for continuous integration and AWS infrastructure as well as Tier 2 customer service support. - Cross-functional and cross-platform development teams in multiple countries. - QA for manual and automated testing - Reporting and analytics Show less
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EagleView
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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SVP of Engineering
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Feb 2012 - May 2017
• Key player in growing EagleView from a struggling startup into a company that sold in 2015 for over $500MM. • Created a scalable eCommerce in ASP.Net and C# and global workflow solution using Windows Workflow and C# that is now delivering an average of 20K daily transactions and which is capable of bursting to over 50K daily transactions.• Built out EagleView’s Engineering department from a team of one to today’s multi-disciplined and cross functional teams consisting of over fifty resources.• Managed EagleView’s IT team as well as a $30MM IT budget.• Implemented Scrum and Kanban methodologies to consistently deliver software projects on time and on scope. • Grew EagleView’s data center from a closet to a hosted private/public hybrid virtual cloud.• Implemented an SRS and SharePoint BI Reporting solution for automated and self-serve business reporting.• Created a test automation team for continuous integration and code quality.• Managed network and server architecture that supported back office operations as well as QA activities across multiple remote locations in the Philippines.• Adept at communicating to customers, C-Level executives, peers, and presenting to large groups. Show less
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Director of Development
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Oct 2008 - Feb 2012
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Development Lead
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Sep 2001 - Oct 2008
• Technical Project Manager on integration of large, complex, SOA-based commercial online banking system into Wamu’s network. Responsibilities included management of on and off-shore teams making modifications to the software needed to interface with over a dozen internal Wamu systems, oversight of the infrastructure build out, migration of customer data and management of production deployment. This system allowed Wamu to establish a proprietary online presence with commercial customers and enables them to transition away from their current vendor-hosted solution which costs millions of dollars on an annual basis. • Technical Architect on Wamu’s Commercial Appraisal System which consisted of; a vendor based system for production of appraisal forms, a second vendor based product for capturing appraisal requests and a system I designed and lead development over which captured the resulting appraisal data in a proprietary database for market analysis. • Lead development of a new GL elevation system for Wamu which enabled online and real-time reconciliation and approvals of GL accounts enterprise wide. The system was the first .NET application implemented at Wamu using the 1.0 .NET beta. • Designed and wrote a system to extend the life of Wamu’s GL codes which allowed them to postpone a costly upgrade until they were in a better position to manage the complexity of the effort. Show less
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Safeco Insurance
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United States
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Architect
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Jan 2001 - Sep 2001
• Technical architect responsible for design of DPEC, a browser-based interface for all business partner access to Safeco’s e-commerce network. This system enabled single sign on and used Active Directory to manage accounts and permissions for all systems used to sell and service Safeco’s products. • Technical architect responsible for design of DPEC, a browser-based interface for all business partner access to Safeco’s e-commerce network. This system enabled single sign on and used Active Directory to manage accounts and permissions for all systems used to sell and service Safeco’s products.
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SapientRazorfish
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Software Developer
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Sep 2000 - Jan 2001
• Senior developer on flagship software product sold as a service to manage web-based advertising campaigns. • Senior developer on flagship software product sold as a service to manage web-based advertising campaigns.
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Safeco Insurance
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United States
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Systems Analyst
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Apr 1991 - Sep 2000
•Technical Project Manager on Front-Tier, a $2m collaborative client-server development effort, which combined in-house and vendor-written software to automate processing of 14 lines of Commercial insurance and billing of over $50 million in premium. Responsible for overall technical design and development team as well as managing resolution of technical issues including integration and implementation of new technologies into Safeco’s corporate network environment •Technical lead of large Commercial Underwriting platform (CUBE) using Visual Basic, C, & MQSeries, responsible for technical design, implementation, distribution and end-user training •Designed, wrote and implemented software distribution system which saved Safeco over $50,000 in annual software distribution costs •Designed and wrote Lifting Task Analysis program (LIFTCALC) which analyzes lifting tasks for workers to prevent injuries which was the first program to be trademarked and sold for use outside of Safeco Show less
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Hebert Research, Inc.
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Market Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Manager
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Jan 1988 - Apr 1991
• Created custom statistical analysis reports with SPSS and Pascal • Maintained, enhanced and supported an in-house billing system • Supervised data processing, data collection and accounting departments • Created custom statistical analysis reports with SPSS and Pascal • Maintained, enhanced and supported an in-house billing system • Supervised data processing, data collection and accounting departments
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Education
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Western Washington University
BS, Computer Science and Physics -
North Seattle Community College
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