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FlexGenDirector of Engineering
Sep. 2022Durham, North Carolina• Collaborated with product owners, test engineers, and the development team on product development and release processes. Leveraged expertise and best practices to define and document testing standards and processes, ensuring alignment and quality across all stages of the development lifecycle.
• Utilized automation to significantly reduce a client's upgrade time from 2.5 weeks with over 15 personnel (including software engineers, support, project managers, and on-site engineers) to 1.5 days with only 2 team members (a support engineer and on site personnel), even for a facility that was 10 times larger in size
• Directed an initiative focused on driving a cultural change and transformation within the organization to TDD, BDD, and Shift-Left. • Transitioned the team from no automation to full automation, significantly streamlining workflow while aiding deployment frequency and Lead Time for Change. • Provided internal security and cybersecurity support, including servers out on different customer sites, ensuring proper firewalls were in place to maintain adequate security. • Utilized automation to significantly reduce a client's upgrade time from 2.5 weeks with over 15 personnel (including software engineers, support, project managers, and on-site engineers) to 1.5 days with only 2 team members (a support engineer and on site personnel), even for a facility that was 10 times larger in size
Northwestern MutualSenior Director of Software Engineering
Oct. 2016 - Sep. 2022Greater New York City Area• Recruited to build and lead a cross-functional test engineering team supporting over 150 field applications used by 20,000+ field sales resources. Managed a $20M budget while providing critical feedback and guidance through weekly one-on-one meetings with direct reports
• Embedded staff into scrum teams to build out software, testing, strategies, risk, and more, and established a solid functioning team that expanded from 3 to 200+ in less than 5 years. • Managed a broad scope and directed a small team of 5 that expanded to 225 over 5 years, gaining significant experience in people management, leadership, coaching and mentoring, and delegating tasks. • Identified the lack of automation and focused on creating automated processes and changing mindsets, leveraging the waterfall process to build into the team to become a part of the culture and, within 1.5 years, secured streamlined workflows.
• Integral in leading the technology transformation from a centralized Testing team to a decentralized model, increasing domain knowledge retention and reducing hands-off. • Facilitated the development of a comprehensive framework for automated testing (Unit and Functional).
• Directly responsible for leading efforts to secure a 93% defect removal efficiency.
• Transitioned production monitoring to home and field network offices, providing enhancements to the service restoration times.
LearnVestDirector Test Engineering
Oct. 2016 - Oct. 2018New York, New York
CommonBond.coLead Automation Engineer
Dec. 2015 - Sep. 2016Oversaw managing a team of 5 resources, focusing on building an automation framework and CI/CD pipeline. • Launched an innovative concept that helped product development and testers work collaboratively across the SDLC.
• Leveraged expertise to provide strategic direction in building a new branching code and release management strategy. • Ensured process for refinancing student loans was in place, establishing a scrum team, and implementing testing to deliver the necessary processes.
HedgeServLead Test Automation Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
May. 2006 - Dec. 2015New York City Metropolitan Area• Hired as a senior developer and, over time, took on additional responsibilities to become Lead Test Automation Engineer at a startup that grew from 20 employees to 1.2K by 2015.
• Oversaw team of 7 testers and 10 dotted line reports in assessing applications and reviewing testing to identify opportunities for automation and working closely with software and support teams to debut and determine root cause for critical product issues.
• Designed and developed an automated testing tool for functional specification to help test Java back-end functionality.
• Focused on learning the product way of thinking, ensuring the entire DevOps process is established correctly, and facilitating automated tests in the cloud, securing a controlled virtualized environment in the cloud that allowed 30K tests to run in an hour. • Developed and cultivated cross-functional relationships, communicating regularly with C-suite leaders and various departments throughout the organization to ensure a seamless performance. • Ensured enforcement of Test-Driven Development (TDD), focusing on identifying bugs early in the iteration and securing resolution.
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