CTO / VP of Engineering Roles candidate in Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

Summary

With 22 years of experience in software engineering, I have a strong track record of delivering successful software innovation. My focus is on engineering management, with skills that allow me to build and organize teams, make processes more effective, improve team member job satisfaction, and align engineering activity to desired product outcomes within a target budget.

Notable Experiences:
Led an engineering team for a network security management software product, resulting in a transformation of cost-to-output efficiency and better positioning to deliver significant new or enhanced products.
Led software engineering for software systems used by U.S state and federal government customers
Led product development, customer delivery, and technical support for critical custom ordering software used by big box home goods retailers.

Skills Summary:
With an MBA and B.S in computer science, I bring a unique blend of business acumen, technical expertise, strategic thinking, financial analysis, team leadership and servant leadership experience to effectively manage strategic investments.
Significant experience with lean / agile methodology principles and practices
Experience navigating cloud migrations and devops automation

My skills include hands-on oversight for cloud migrations, software development, devops automations including CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, security scanning, and functional software testing.

I am passionate about working in engineering management roles, particularly at companies that prioritize a strong culture and continuously strive to improve their software development processes. I believe that by focusing on creating effective teams, utilizing lean/agile methodologies, and implementing automation, teams can achieve a high-performance level in cost-efficient ways.

Expectations

I am passionate about working in engineering management roles, particularly at companies that prioritize a strong culture and continuously strive to improve their software development processes. I believe that by focusing on creating effective teams, utilizing lean/agile methodologies, and implementing automation, teams can achieve a high-performance level in cost-efficient ways.