Software Engineer Manager

CHRISTOPHER CRELLIN

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SUMMARY

Companies succeed or fail based on the quality of the decisions and actions of their management team. I believe that

my experience and education have given me valuable insight and a unique perspective on impacting a company’s

direction and profitability.

A unique combination of technical experience, strong communication skills and business training allow me to

maximize the value of a technical product on the business plan. I thrive on exercising leadership in a team-oriented

environment and am especially interested in bringing the delivery of innovative solutions to market that best meet

customer needs.

SKILLS

Market segmentation, gap analysis, pricing strategy, product road mapping

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Primary and secondary market research

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Managerial assessment and development, negotiation, conflict resolution

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Process design and mapping

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Financial analysis

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Java, C/C++, SQL

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J2EE, application security, client/server design, web development

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Waterfall, Agile Development Process

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Weblogic, Oracle, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Progress

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Linux, HP, AIX, Windows

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MS Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

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EDUCATION

BABSON COLLEGE, F.W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Wellesley, MA

Master of Business Administration, September 2009.

BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, Lewisburg, PA

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts in History, May 2000.

EXPERIENCE

RSA, THE SECURITY DIVISION OF EMC, Bedford, MA 2004-Present

Senior Software Engineer (promoted from Level II)

• Independently designed, prototyped and implemented new features in Java for RSA’s Authentication Manager, RSA

Authentication Agent, and RSA SecurID Appliance 3.0. These new features were cited by RSA customers as being

the critical element in their decision to purchase RSA Authentication Manager.

• Worked with Product Management to identify customer requirements and subsequently wrote technical

specifications including software architecture and software requirements documents.

• SME on technical issues to cross-functional teams.

• Developed and presented training courses for RSA customer support and sales.

• Developed mentoring recommendations for the EMC ESMS improvement effort.

• Utilized both Agile and Waterfall software development processes.

RSA SECURITY, INC. Bedford, MA 2001-2004

Software Engineer Level II (promoted from Level I)

• Designed and prototyped new software features in C/C++ for the RSA ACE Server, widely considered the

company’s most successful product ever.

• Technical lead for performance testing of software. Ensured the product met customer expectations for

performance.

RSA SECURITY, INC, Bedford, MA 2000-2001

Identified and resolved software defects in C/C++ for RSA ACE Server 5.x.

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• Assisted in development and review of new software features

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS

Developed primary and secondary market research, which resulted in detailed pricing and product roadmap

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recommendations for a small hi-tech firm as part of an independent Babson MBA project.

Team leader of multiple MBA project teams at Babson College. Resulted in consistently high-quality results

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throughout the program.

Designed and implemented the Concurrent Brainstorming process for enhanced innovation at RSA. The process

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was a competitive team event using a Darwinistic approach to develop multiple solutions to business and technical

problems. (RSA Initiative Award 2008)

Initiative Award in 2004 and 2008

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Impact Award in 2009.

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