CTO

• Nov 2018 - Present

Solution Architect

• Mar 2010 - Present

Project Manager

• Feb 2009 - Mar 2010

Responsibilities: • Direct and manage project development from beginning to end. • Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders. • Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents. • Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. • Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis. • Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals. • Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company. • Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle. • Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders. • Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel. • Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team. • Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path. • Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools. • Track project milestones and deliverables. • Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations. • Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas. • Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans. • Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle. • Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work. • Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project. Show less

Team Lead, Dept Manager

• 1999 - 2006

- Coach and help develop team members - Facilitate problem solving and collaboration - Encourage creativity, risk-taking, and constant improvement - Recognize and celebrate team and team member accomplishments and exceptional performance - Coordinate with internal and external customers as necessary - Familiarize the team with the customer needs, specifications, design targets, the development process, design standards, techniques and tools to support task performance - Assure that the team addresses all relevant issues within the specifications and various standards - Provide necessary business information - Help keep the team focused and on track - Establish meeting times, places and agendas - Coordinate meetings with the product committee, board of directors and functional management to discuss project impediments, needed resources or issues/delays in completing features - Provide status reporting of team activities against the program plan or schedule - Keep the product committee informed of feature accomplishment, issues and status - Serve as a focal point to communicate and resolve interface and integration issues with other teams - Escalate issues which cannot be resolved by the team - Provide guidance to the team based on management direction Show less