VP/DIRECTOR,

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

DATA GOVERNANCE

Builds teams from scratch or transforms them into IT service providers. Gets IT working and communicating and then gets them working and communicating with the company. Accomplished through enterprise governance – policies, processes and communicating. Uses Agile concepts to support continuous delivery. Creates relationships and eliminates barriers and conflicts. Consequently, projects are completed, SLAs are maintained, and expectations are met. Consistent record of getting work done. Positive attitude, builds morale, speaks to business and IT.

Summary

Established enterprise governance bodies – data, document mgmt. and software delivery

Developed and published iPhone app

Coordinated delivery using off-shore development resources

Created data services (Governance, Integration, Reporting)

Moved development from legacy systems to current technology

Establishes working relationships with business owners

Member of Senior Leadership Team for enterprise strategy and planning

Adjunct instructor for Brigham Young University - Idaho (Mobile App Development)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Colonial Savings Data ‘Czar’ 2013 – Present

Recruited by Colonial to bring their data platform into the 21st century. Created data services team – Business Intelligence, Integration, Governance, Analysis, and Support. Day One environment: was VSAM and COBOL. Today – SQL Server 2014, SSIS for all integration, SSRS and Tableau for Business Intelligence.

Business: Banking, Mortgage Origination and Servicing, and Insurance

Defined and established data road map – physical environment, software stack and skill sets.

Led data integration effort replacing legacy mortgage servicing system with Fiserv LoanServ. (VSAM–SQL Server)

Established policies and procedures for a Data Governance group within the corporation and the initial plans for enterprise data.

Technologies: MS SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, Tableau

Homeward Residential/Ocwen VP Corporate and Strategic Services 2011 – 2013

Delivered IT services to support HR, Document Imaging, Contracts and web apps. Established relationships with all department heads and their direct reports to coordinate business initiatives with IT capabilities.

Business: Mortgage Servicing

Coordinated offshore/offsite work in India the Philippines and west coast with in-house teams.

Developed Cost Benefit Analysis with business owners to get Finance Committee OK.

Repaired weak relationships between IT and business. Improved communication and established procedures to streamline how work is requested reported, and delivered.

Established policies for support of applications around the clock. Used developers in 4 time-zones and 3 continents.

Technologies: PeopleSoft (HR, Financials), IBM FileNet, Oracle, SQL Server, Oracle Fusion

First Command Financial Services VP Software Engineering 2001 – 2011

Instituted a discipline of getting things done. Using a combination of existing resources, strategic hiring, some pruning and constant training moved the department from a ‘90s legacy based environment to one using current technology.

Business: Financial Services

Established and chaired Enterprise Governance bodies for data, document management and technical change control. Set policies, procedures and enforcement processes.

Delivered advisor commissioning system: 400 payees on 2.3M transactions / month

Actively monitored enterprise licenses: reducing license costs by 15%

Established 24x7 monitoring and response teams for critical system processes

Co-developed first company iPhone app.

Delivered financial services portals for clients and advisors.

Intern development – Our interns won every Senior Project of the Year competition for 6 yrs.

Technologies: Java, C#, Objective C, RPG, iPhone, Web, Client/Server, DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server, WebLogic, AS400, Informatica, Cognos

Homebid.com Director of Software Engineering 1999 - 2001

Hired complete development team and created the environment to build the first product for our startup. We delivered on time as promised. Retained team in a very competitive job market.

Business: Real Estate

Established manpower levels, defined training and set development standards.

Evaluated user feedback and re-architected site for growth, flexibility and customizability.

Technologies: Java, WebLogic, Oracle

Akili Systems Group Java Architect 1998 – 1999

Co-developed Java development practice. Defined the Java development environment, trained current employees in Java and designed and developed initial flagship Java project.

American Airlines/SABRE Team Lead and Architect 1988 - 1998

Architected and built travel agency accounting system used in US and internationally.

Built tool to port 1M lines of code from C to Java.

Created a language and compiler to eliminate hand coding of reports. Saved $1.8M. Achieved 1000% of targeted goal.

Recognized 3 times for outstanding contributions for leadership in software development.

Technologies: C, OS/2, Java, Apache, Sybase

LTV and Eaton Kenway Team Lead and Architect 1982 - 1988

Architected and built industrial material handling systems for SteelCase, IBM, GM, Oil and Gas and Telecom companies.

Education: MBA (with honors) 2006 University of Texas Arlington, TX

B.S. Computer Science 1979 BYU Provo, UT

B.A. Physics, Math 1978 BYU Provo, UT

Other Accomplishments:

Solo developed and published iPhone app ‘$avings Planner’ for Gateway Financial Advisers (they own the app and have not reupped the registration fees). On my iPhone to demonstrate.

Mensa

Read and speak Dutch

Boy Scouts – Eagle Scout, Assistant District Commissioner

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