Highlights

• Strong core values, work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit
• Proven track record leading development teams validated by the success of Core Informatics (startup)
• Deep knowledge of Agile values, principles and frameworks, Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• 20+ years in software engineering – cloud architecture, microservices, RESTful API, SAAS, PAAS, webservices, responsive web apps, user experience (UX)

Work Experience

Solution Architect Ancera - Branford, CT - 2022-Current Development of platform capabilities and cloud native applications used to create solutions for the Food Production Industry. Freelance 2021-2022 Development of a platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to derive insights. Design of abstract content data model with graphql based api. Development of component based web application optimized for speed and mobile devices.

Senior Manager, Product Management, Digital Science Thermo Fisher Scientific – Branford, CT – 2018 to 2019 Manager of newly formed Product Owner team. Collaborated in the implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (Safe). Mentored and coached Product Owners through Agile values and principles. Guided team to develop best practices for generating high quality User Stories. Participated in Agile Release Train activities. Led Product Owner synchronization discussions to ensure alignment of Program Increment goals. Served as Product Owner of multiple Scrum teams. Collaborated with Product Manager on Program Backlog strategy. Motivated teams by encouraging entrepreneurial spirit and communicating the positive impact of their work. Developed User Stories and prioritized backlog to maximize value creation from each Sprint. Initiatives included enhancements to data model, building RESTful API (CRUD and Query), building UI component library and UX design system for global branding of web properties.

Technical Product Owner Core Informatics – Branford, CT – 2015 to 2018 Served as Technical Product Owner for several Agile teams. Collaborated with Product Management, Information Technology and Architecture colleagues to understand both vision and technical capabilities. Articulated goals and negotiated minimum viable product (MVP) with team. Created supporting technical documents to translate and communicate complex requirements into well-defined User Stories with acceptance criteria. Maintained and prioritized backlog. Partnered with product managers and stakeholders to manage release goals and interdependencies. Maintained transparency at all levels to ensure alignment on strategy within the team and the organization. Initiatives included developing microservice ci/cd pipeline, creating core internal microservice and OData RESTful API service for external data access.

Director, Software Engineering Core Informatics – Branford, CT – 2012 to 2015 Developed product plans and technical designs for several initiatives. Created plan for breaking apart large monolithic web application into vertical functional domain services. Architected framework for RESTful API and Query service. Designed several enhancements to database and service API to improve stability and performance. Evolved SDLC to incorporate Agile frameworks Kanban and Scrum. Configured process workflows in JIRA and Confluence to ensure traceability. Authored SOP of new process.

Software Engineer Core Informatics – Branford, CT – 2007 to 2012 First employee hired at startup. Architect of Platform for Science (SaaS,PaaS). Worked with project teams to design, develop, and deploy laboratory management systems (LIMS, SDMS and ELN). Gathered requirements from end users and created functional specification documents. Supported and maintained existing client installations.

Software Engineer Neurogen Corporation – Branford, CT – 2005 to 2007 Designed, developed and maintained data management web applications. Used process mapping to determine bottlenecks in processes and provided solutions to increase efficiency. Communicated with scientists to quickly diagnose and resolve application related issues. Provided custom solutions enabling scientists to easily capture and view data.

Research Scientist Bristol-Myers Squibb – Wallingford, CT – 1999 to 2005 Instrumental in establishing a discovery Pharmaceutics presence at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Acted as the liaison between drug discovery and drug development to ensure information learned in clinical development was fed back into discovery. Applied Lean Thinking concepts and value stream mapping to develop new process for assessing drug candidates in animal studies.

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science University of New Haven – New Haven, CT – 2004 to 2005

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT – 1993 to 1998 Bachelor’s degree in Biophysics University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT – 1993 to 1998

Skills