SOFTWARE ARCHITECT/DEVELOPER & PROGRAM MANAGER
Innovative problem solver with 10 years of experience
and expertise in corporate information technology and
commercial product design. Powerful project manager and
leader consistently driving teams to success.
Successfully adapt new and existing technologies to
ensure consistent quality improvement and ongoing
strategic development. Aggressively address challenges
and problems to maximize productivity and overall
organizational success.
Hardware/Software Configuration
Applications Development
Database Design/Administration
Productivity Improvement
Systems Engineering/Implementation
Systems Security Analysis
Technology Solutions
Hardware/Software
Development/Engineering
Technical Products
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MICROSOFT, Redmond, Washington
2004 to Present
International software giant with annual revenues
surpassing $40 billion.
Program Manager
Define customer scenarios to clarify and enhance
customer product experience/problem space, utilizing
findings to isolate and research product feature
requirements. Build and oversee operations of teams of
4-10 staff gathered to create and implement new
features. Contribute expertise to development and
implementation of security, localization, and feature
design and architecture scenarios and specifications.
Deliver compelling conference presentations on new
products/features.
* Laid groundwork for innovative new mobile product,
defining and implementing functionality and
building a working prototype only 6 weeks from
initial concept, garnering full funding for a 100-
person development team based on successful
prototype demonstration.
* Hand-selected to manage overall security and threat
reviews for product in development as a result of
outstanding leadership and contributions in initial
development team.
* Initiated template additions that led to improved
development team productivity and efficacy by
identifying and resolving roadblocks that had
previously slowed progress.
* Executed product design decisions, including
creation/design of configuration and service
management, role-based security model, mobile
device authentication and identity lifecycle, and
product authorization layer.
* Headed team that analyzed, identified, and resolved
security-related design and implementation issues,
including performing reviews of security models and
threat mitigations with all product feature teams.
KMZ ROSENMAN, Chicago, Illinois
2001-2004
Privately held legal services firm with more than 1,500
staff, and offices in the US and UK.
Systems Analyst
Identified and implemented technical solutions for
imminent business requirements, defining new technology
directions and providing status reports on current
projects.
* Launched second-ever production instance of
Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003
as identity management infrastructure in the world.
* Coordinated national migration from Lotus Notes to
Microsoft Exchange 2000.
* Pioneered combination of Apache Web Server,
Sharepoint Portal Server, Citrix NFuse, Microsoft
Exchange's OWA and ISA Server 2004 as solution for
extranet portal requirements.
BOND TECHNOLOGIES, Chicago, Illinois
1999-2001
Privately held international consulting firm with
offices in Chicago, New York, and London.
Technical Specialist
Conceptualized, planned, and delivered projects at
client sites, managing multiple teams of varying sizes
at dispersed locations and directly supervising two
consultants. Spearheaded planning/design sessions and
solution searching, revitalizing failing projects
elsewhere in the organization.
* Initiated replacement of server hardware,
implementation of clustering, and migration of
applications from mainframe to Lotus Notes.
* Utilized JSP, ASP, Lotus Notes/Domino, and Windows
NT, among others, to consistently deliver high-
performing product solutions.
* Promoted twice in less than 2 years as a result of
exceptional performance at every level.
* Successfully achieved Lotus Notes Certification.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, North Chicago, Illinois
1997-1999
International agrichemical/pharmaceutical company with
more than $22 billion in annual revenues.
Quality Assurance Lab Technician
Performed chemical assay testing of pharmaceutical
compounds, formulating spreadsheets for assay
calculations and developing Lotus Notes databases for
storage and utilization of data. Generated data reports
to track patterns of laboratory throughput efficiency
and productivity.
* Created new staff position from the ground up,
dedicated to increasing lab efficiency by
significantly reducing time and manpower spend on
manual productivity calculations, resulting in
doubling testing throughput for a given product.
* Innovated database solution for US Food and Drug
Administration Good Manufacturing Practices Part 11
compliance, creating a system adopted by teams
company-wide, testing it to ensure maximum
functionality and accuracy, and implementing it
throughout the organization.
FORMAL EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (with honors)
University of Bristol, Bristol, England
TECHNOLOGICAL PROFICIENCIES
Hardware
Microsoft servers including SANs, clusters, and RAID
technologies
Software
Lotus Notes/Domino; Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server,
Active Directory,
Identity Integration Server (MIIS), Windows (NT, 2000,
XP, 2003, Vista),
Virtual Server, and Visual Studio 2003 & 2005; Linux
(Redhat/Fedora);
Gnome; KDE; MythTV; and Apache
Languages
C#, VB.NET, VBScript, PowerShell |
