Project Manager Developer
Resume:
MONICA D. BARBACK, PH.D.
**************@*****.***
CAREER OBJECTIVE: Position of influence in IT where I can use my leadership skills, creativity, and
technical expertise to create high quality products that meet business objectives, while maximizing business
efficiency.
SUMMARY
• Energetic and charismatic leader and communicator with proven track record for incorporating
customer-centric approach into technology development and management. Takes pride in creating high-
quality, enterprise-ready products, on-time, and within budget.
• Architected core-business solutions for both large companies (e.g. Intuit, Ariba) as well as small
startups (e.g. TrueCommerce, Trial IQ).
• Improved application performance orders of magnitude through technical improvements
• Used process efficiencies to speed up development time and eliminate waste.
• Used creativity and technical knowledge to conceive of game-changing solutions (e.g. State Interview
for Intuit, hardware solution for software company QponDirect)
• Managed projects in both Agile environments as well as using more structured Waterfall-like processes.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TRIAL IQ LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 9/08 to 4/10
Founder, CEO
[Company closing]
Trial IQ provides cutting edge software and expert data services for managing clinical trials, whose
mission is to facilitate clinical trial technology adoption through unparalleled flexibility and
convenience. Responsible for all aspects of company business, and development. Managed a small
team of 3 paid offshore developers. In addition, 1 part time business development manager, and 2
unpaid development resources also contribute to the team. Member of CDISC standards body and sat
on Protocol Representation Group. (Dev Env: Silverlight, including online/offline functionality,
C#.Net, WCF, and Rally.)
• Quickly acquired 3 paying customers within one year of business incorporation
• 5 local employees proactively contacted me and asked if they could work for me for free because they
believed in my ability to be successful
QPONDIRECT LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 2007- 8/31/08
VP, Information Technology
Setup and managed development team, network infrastructure, processes, and standards for private
startup company that developed an end-to-end electronic couponing solution. Team was mixed
onshore/offshore and ranged from 8-12 members. Responsible for development budget for 1 year and
4 year plan. Contributed to overall strategy. (Dev Env: J2EE, Apache, JBOSS, iBatis Mobile, and
Web-based technologies.)
• Exceeded company’s technology goal through release of, under-budget Alpha-1 and Alpha-2 releases
• Key conceptual innovator and driver of space-differentiating hardware solution
• Created fun environment through release celebrations, relaxed environment, and weekly team
lunches.
• Promoted and implementing usability tests
• Wrote a provisional patent for submission.
TRUEBASELINE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 2006-2007
Lead Architect
Manage architecture, design, and technical integrity of code for private start-up company that markets
products to large telecommunications companies. Define technical architecture, manage architects and
maintain technical vision across the products. Lead frequent team meetings and facilitate discussion of
ideas, using collaborative approach to define architecture. (Dev Env: C#.Net, Active BPEL Workflow,
and J2EE)
• Almost eliminated developer down-time by developing architectures quickly and
• Took over grossly off-schedule project and drove it to completion.
• Received company award for outstanding contributions to project.
• Introduced business analyst role into company. Trained and help develop employee into that role
• Decreased testing time orders of magnitude through implementation of workflow architecture as
well as creating an architecture-specific testing methodology.
CIBER, Senior Project Manager/Senior Architect • 2006
TELETRACKING, Incorporated, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
As an employee of CIBER, an international system integration consultancy company, was contracted out to
Teletracking, developer of tracking software for hospitals. Maintained a consistent architecture, performing
architectural design evaluations and ensuring overall architectural integrity between project segments.
Reviewed all designs, documented overall processes, participated in all vendor evaluations, and developed
prototypes for shared parts of code. Collaborated with .Net project director to create schedules for $1M+
project. Managed work of 9 developers including features being performed offshore by team from India. (Dev
Env: C#.Net, Web-based system)
• Controlled project costs through implementing code-generation techniques.
• Saved company money and improved quality by convincing management to move development
from offshore India team back onshore. Communication and issues with India team were
compromising code quality and lengthening project timelines.
• Optimized processes for CIBER by initiating and managing bi-weekly build processes, insuring
smooth, on-time, high quality releases to the customer, and centralizing key information, e.g. a
“How To” document.
TRUECOMMERCE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 2004-2006
Lead Architect
Managed migration to new codebase that could better handle increased volume for privately-held
company that provides EDI solution for small and mid-tier companies. Managed 4 developers and 1
QA resource and researched and recommended all 3rd party products, interacting with viable vendors.
(Dev Env: Internal client/server, WebMethods workflow engine, C#, Delphi)
• Saved each developer .5hr/day by automating manual tests, when the team thought it was
impossible.
• Re-architected legacy code, in a system still being used today. Non-core business functionality was purchased
(i.e. WebMethods), while functionality core to the companies IP was rewritten.
• Improved overall business processes, through implementing the Capability Maturity Model standards for
tracking and writing document templates.
• Maximized staff productivity and expertise by recommending and implementing new employee training for
technical staff. The company soon afterwards implemented a company-wide training.
FREEMARKETS (now Ariba), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 1999-2004
Lead Architect
Led efforts for client/server online B2B bidding product company. Directed design and development,
implmented standards and processes. Managed 3 technical leads and team budgets. Facilitated
architectural integrity across all sub-teams through team meetings, standards documents, and reviews. Vetted 3 rd party
products for integration into the ES product and managed code performance and security. (Dev Env: C#..Net, VB,
ASP.Net, COM+)
• Enhanced product performance by leading and managing company-wide effort, increasing
component speed by 25-50% and product’s overall speed by 25%.
• Improved installation productivity by 50%, through implementing new processes and improving
relations between development and operations.
• Maximized company’s profitability and reputation by driving successful launch of ES that was on-
time and of high quality. Received company award for outstanding project contribution.
• Optimized performance of QuickSource online bidding product 10-fold by through transactional
optimizations.
• Lead architect for largest .Net project in the US at the time.
INTUIT, San Diego California • 1994-1999
Technical Lead/Sr. Developer
Intuit makes financial software such as Quicken and TurboTax. Initially, responsible for coding and
leading the TurboTax Personal project. Then, helped to start the QuickenMortgage product (now
QuickenLoans). (Dev Environment: C++, COM, ASP)
• Developed technical portion of business plan for QuickenMortgage a new Intuit venture.
QuickenMortgage was the first fully online application for Intuit. The first release was completed
on-time and within budget.
• Proposed feature of State Interview for TurboTax Personal and followed-through with the technical
implementation. This feature received reviewer accolades, e.g. Wall Street Journal.
• Wrote the first automated download program for TurboTax, including code compression, Perl CGI
scripting, and version management. Trained implementation team on execution.
Career Note: Also have worked as Technical Consultant, including with Meakem Becker, Venture
Capitalists
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, 1995 (3.8 GPA)
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, 1986, (magna cum laude, 3.6 GPA)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCIES
Silverlight • C#.Net • C++ • C • ASP.Net • ASP • J2EE • Visual Basic • Delphi • Lisp • Prolog
webMethods Workflow • ActiveBPEL Workflow • Ascentn Workflow
HTML • CSS • JavaScript • XSLT • Ajax • Atlas • LDAP • Exchange Server • IIS
Visual Studio • Rally • Spring Framework • Glassfish • JBoss • Apache • Tomcat • IBatis • Hibernate
Service Oriented Architectures • Message Driven Architecture • Mobile • SaaS • Web Services
PCI Compliance • 21 CFR Part 11
COM/COM+ • Threading • Transactions • XML • EDI • HL7
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