Senior Director of Engineering - Infrastructure

• Aug 2022 - Present

Director of Software Engineering

• Feb 2019 - Aug 2022

Leader of a 30-person distributed organization with responsibility for project management, architecture, software delivery, and DevOps engineering on March Madness, Bleacher Report, NBA, and NCAA digital properties. • Overhauled the processes and culture of the B/R DevOps team that supports 35+ million mobile and web visits per month addressing staffing, security, vendor management, and long-term roadmaps. • Constructed a Project Management team for Bleacher Report from scratch, introducing project management, capacity, prioritization, and predictable delivery to the engineering organization. • Directed a software development team providing live scoring data, social aggregation, and video integration for over 182K games in 255 countries across applications of 2 billion files per year. • Took over all live scoring for NBA.com digital properties, driving continuous improvement, work intake, and agile methodology. • Recruited and guided a 10-person cross-functional team to improve new hire onboarding. Show less

Senior Manager of Software Engineering

• Feb 2016 - Feb 2019

•Promoted after taking over Structured Data sports properties NCAA.com and March Madness Live. • Drove migration from on-premises servers to AWS in 18 months, building a high availability, scalable system, and a world-class cloud DevOps culture. • Built the Structured Data DevOps monitoring system and dashboards using Cloudwatch metrics, helping maintain 100% uptime and operational excellence supporting March Madness. • Slashed cloud costs by 50% through analysis and automation, saving the company $250K annually. • Awarded a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage as a part of the March Madness team for the 2017 tournament. Show less

Manager of Software Engineering

• Sep 2013 - Feb 2016

Charged with leading all Structured Data live scoring data efforts for sports digital properties PGA.com and Bleacher Report. • Directed all feature development for Structured Data March Madness projects, which peaked at 1.6 million concurrent users and brought in 9-figure annual revenue. • Identified major performance issues on NCAA.com. Planned and executed root cause analysis leading to remediation projects resulting in a 90% decrease in defects from 2014 - 2019. • Led the design and development of a data simulator tool, which decreased data request setups, 3rd party vendor involvement, and configuration time by over 80%. • Integrated four Java development teams into one efficient, cross-trained team able to develop complex and scalable data products while influencing best practices. Show less

Applications Development Manager

• Oct 2012 - Sep 2013

Led a co-located team of 12 direct reports developing complex data interfaces for Fortune 500 clients in Progress and Oracle environments.• Collaborated closely with the enterprise PMO, estimated, planned, and managed an average of over 60 applications in concurrent development. • Designed an accelerated training program for newly graduated employees that quickly develops new programmers into organization-ready productive team members. Created daily learning tasks to build on current skills, cross train, and introduce new concepts. • Guided a team charged with 600,000 annual PII data file transfers to and from all clients. Show less

IT Software Development Supervisor

• Aug 2008 - Sep 2012

Programmer / Analyst

• Apr 2007 - Aug 2008

Developed financial, HR, and claim data interface applications for Fortune 500 clients, supporting the company’s $500 million annual revenue.• Awarded 2008 Visionary Performer which recognizes colleagues demonstrating exceptional personal commitment to the company’s core values, vision and mission, given to less than .1% of Sedgwick’s 6,000 colleagues.

Programmer / Analyst

• Jun 2004 - Apr 2007

Developed and maintained MFG-PRO ERP software applications using Progress 4GL programming language, focusing on financial reporting, order processing and invoicing. • Designed and engineered a self-service financial reporting tool that details all aspects of an individual order including customer information, markups, and profit margins. Used in production for 12 years. • Created a paperless purchasing system which generated reorder reports that showed items needed for procurement, displayed material usage trends and other inventory information. • Implemented a cost history microservice used in many financial reporting programs resulting in consistency and accuracy. Show less

Inside Sales / Purchasing / Quality Assurance

• May 1996 - Jun 2004