Executive Summary

I am a spirited IT Executive with over a decade of work in strategy, operations, and team leadership. I’ve accomplished IT initiatives like infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity implementation, and EDW development. I am skilled in Agile methodologies, cross-functional team leadership, and software development. I use these skills to mentor and build high performing DevOps and TechOps teams. I prove my passion for quality through my PMP certification and ISO 9001:2015 experience. These tools provide me a solid foundation that benefits any c-suite.

Experience

Director of Information Technology

September 2020 - 2021
XIA LLC
  • Managed DevOps teams working with C#, C++, C, Python, REST web APIs, and embedded systems
  • Managed TechOps team to plan and execute IT modernization projects
  • Implemented cybersecurity initiatives, which improved employee cybersecurity knowledge
  • Developed and executed product management roadmaps and managed customer expectations
  • Designed and implementing a company-wide automated quality control infrastructure
  • Managing projects and cross-functional team to develop modular product platform

Solutions Architect

September 2020 - 2021
XIA LLC
  • Designed and implemented a quality management system to obtain ISO 9001:2015 certification
  • Expanded EDW scope to include hardware production data using Python ETL pipelines
  • Led hiring process that expanded the development team by 33%
  • Led website redesign efforts, which improved website session duration by 275%
  • Identified and mitigated critical IT infrastructure risks to prevent business disruptions

Software Engineering Manager

September 2020 - 2021
XIA LLC
  • Planned and executed a successful migration between project management tools
  • Led DevOps team to decompose, prioritize, and execute projects within an Agile framework
  • Delivered major API rewrite in C++ that increased system efficiency by 30%
  • Designed and implementing EDW and associated Python ETL processes for company-wide reporting
  • Redesigned main website infrastructure to improve page load speeds by 30%

Data Science Architect

October 2018 - September 2020
Jewelry Television
  • Led team in planning and executing data science pipelines
  • Mentored and taught team members on data, QA, and development practices
  • Worked with executives to develop data use cases and strategy
  • Developed scalable data solutions using AWS
  • Used PySpark to aggregate, sanitize, and analyze web data
  • Worked with Chief Technology Architect to implement big data platform

Project Manager

November 2016 - November 2018
Tusk Software
  • Managed an 8 member international development team to deliver products in over 5 verticals
  • Mentored team in Agile best practices to ensure software delivery
  • Optimized release schedules through data analysis
  • Increased conversion rates by 1% analyzing Google Analytics data

Data Scientist

July 2015 - March 2017
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  • Wrote, designed, and maintained data acquisition and analysis software in C++ and Python
  • Managed a world-wide collaboration of 50+ members
  • Led data science team of 8 developing data analysis and acquisition software
  • Increased project execution efficiency by 5% by teaching agile skills
  • Increased experiment setup efficiency by 50% using Kanban methodologies

Certifications

Project Management Professional

December 2015 - December 2024
Project Management Institute