Experience Overview

25+ years hands-on technology experience

15+ years as Director and C-level technical manager experience building from the ground up startups through small to mid-size businesses (SMB), & multinational enterprises

15+ years project management across multiple philosophies, methodologies, frameworks, & best practices: classic Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean, PMI’s PMBOK, Rapid Application Development (RAD), Franklin Covey Project Management, Six Sigma, etc.

15+ years in therapeutic recreation, recreational therapy, healthcare, professional role-playing gaming, bio and neurotechnologies.

15+ years physical and information security.

10+ years working with enterprise size environments with 10k+ employees & millions of users.

10+ years hiring and managing up to 35 direct reports, daily supervising development teams of up to 27 daily standup meeting members, and managed departments of more than 200 staff.

15+ years managing budgets, including annual department budgets over $20M+ USD, at companies with over $20B+ USD annual revenue.

15+ years managing regulatory and compliance solution and information security

15+ years successfully driving technology change initiatives in an organization

15+ years hiring exceptional technology staff with ability to coach, manage and grow staff

15+ years development and infrastructure architect

15+ years in Information Technology roles such as development, infrastructure architecture, technical client sales, IT security

10+ years publishing, multimedia, live streaming, real-time video conferencing platforms development.

10+ years hands-on coding Python, Java and similar object-oriented programming languages

10+ years running development and/or testing for large complex projects with multiple dependencies.

10+ years creating testing strategies and engineering best practices related to software development, test engineering, integration testing, performance testing, both manual and automated testing

10+ years Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Oracle, Sun, Odoo, ERPNext, & others

10+ years automotive industry technician, instructor, multiple ASE certifications in specialties in electrical, electronic, computer systems, emissions, engines, and performance

10+ years neurotech R&D and integration experience with EEG, EMG, BCI, xR, etc.

7+ years building DevSecOps, Agile, and continuous integration/continues CI/CD development

6+ years machine learning

5+ years development, execution, and maintenance of automated test scripts, managing test environments, databases, test data setup/management for development teams

3+ years automated speech recognition (ASR), artificial intelligence (AI)

Thrive in fast-paced environments across multiple time zones and locations

Skilled at tactfully communicating sensitive information

Ability to forge relationships and become a trusted advisor with personnel of various levels and responsibilities, from business partners to technology partners, to software engineers

Proven record of delivering technology solutions within agreed upon time frames

Ability to inspire and influence teams effectively and partner in delivering technology-enabled business solutions that exceed business expectations

Understanding and implementation of CI/CD/Dev Ops practices, lean methodologies

Experienced working with resources in different geographical locations and offshore vendors

Handle difficult personnel situations directly, using appropriate discretion, following HR and legal guidelines, with respect for the individual.

Evoke creative and innovative thinking from team members while helping them to bring their ideas and career plans to fruition, assess training needs and selecting training tools for team members