Professional Profile
- Leadership – Decisive leader with a track record of successfully leading technical teams. Extensive training and experience in leadership and teaming principles. Able to merge diversity into strength.
- Management – Accomplished hands-on manager and strategic planner. Proponent of industry best practices. Realistic project manager with history delivering as promised. Experienced with Agile (Certified Scrum Master).
- Engineering – Experienced with entire product, project and software engineering life cycles. Strong background in process and methodology from Agile to Mil.Standard & SW-CMM/ISO9001 certified.
- Communication – Seasoned & effective communication, presentation, and facilitation skills. Able to develop relationships with clients, colleagues and staff at any level. Motivated and skilled writer.
Experience
Mayo Foundation (Rochester, MN) 3/2008 – Present
Contractor (CTG) to Senior Analyst/Programmer (FTE)
- Duties: Project management, software engineering, clinical systems support.
- Accomplishments:
* Consistently delivered projects as promised (production ready on time).
* Landmark product quality and customer satisfaction.
* Mentored acting lead that contributed promotion to Lead A/P.
* Engineered document scanning and barcode writing/reading software.
Vital Images, Inc. (Full Time Employee) 11/2006 to 3/2008
Manager, Server Solutions – left to avoid international travel
- Duties: Management/leadership; strategic planner; project management; culture/team builder.
- Accomplishments:
* Developed processes/policies for efficient operations, repeatable engineering, and innovation.
* Developed strategic plan resulting in increased productivity and greater customer satisfaction.
* Strengthened relationship w/ Japanese partner & delivered as promised for landmark product.
* Facilitated monthly team building for my team of 8 and annually for engineering dept. of 70.
* Created workgroups for SWE best practices, knowledge mgt, & advancing technology.
* Successfully lead team in Agile Development practices (Scrum) using unique skills.
* Initiated and lead cross-functional relationships w/ marketing, sales, and support.
* Team was recognized as the company’s most productive.
Tiger Team, Inc. (Self-Employed/Independent Consultant) 5/1997 to 11/2006
Project Mgr, Lead, Sr. Software Engineer – left for full time opportunity
- Notable Clients: Novus Services (financial), BAE Systems (defense), Medtronic, Guidant (now Boston Scientific), Ingersoll-Rand, August Technology (now Rudolph Technologies), Lockheed-Martin (ATM), Mayo Clinic, Deluxe Corporation, United Healthcare Corp., Chicago Cutlery.
- Critical Domains:
* FDA class II (CAD/imaging) & III medical devices (neurostimulator implant, pacemaker).
* Robotics (defense, silicon wafer inspection/edge detection).
* Air Traffic Mgt. (3D geom. space/imaging).
* Operating System (OS/2 for PowerPC).
* Clinical and patient care systems.
FTE Consultant (Florida & Minnesota) 8/1993 to 5/1997
Project Mgr, Lead, Sr. Software Engineer, Programmer/Analyst
- Employers: United Healthcare, Keane, Inc.
- Clients: Hausarztmodell Germany (patient-focused chronic illness management), IBM.
Self Employed (Texas, Florida, Minnesota) 4/1990 to 7/1993
Project Mgr, Lead, Software Engineer, Network Engineer
- Notable Clients: Department Of Defense, M.D. Anderson Hospital, SA Scientific, Terra Communications, Graybill Electronics, Inc., Cash Register Sales & Service, Michael Mead & Associates, General Housewares Corporation/Chicago Cutlery, Systems Design & Development.
United States Air Force Reserves (Non-commissioned officer) 2005 - Present
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