Manager Project
Resume:
Kurt McBride
Cedar Park, TX. 78613
*************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES:
To continue utilizing and enhancing my skills and experience as a seasoned 13+ year
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engineering professional.
To obtain an influential leadership position in a product development organization.
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To achieve 2nd line management responsibility.
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SKILLS:
Managerial
9 years experience in leading and managing enterprise class software development
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teams and projects.
Ability to manage multiple high priority projects, in parallel, in a fast paced
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environment across multiple geographies.
Experience in working with business leaders to set realistic expectations and priority,
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based on technical information.
Building of teams, processes and best practices critical to organizational goals.
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Have worked with and influenced development methodologies as well as supporting
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tools.
Deep experience with people management initiatives, challenges, and issues.
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Responsible for career development work and motivating individuals and teams.
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Authoring and presenting performance appraisals and merit increases.
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Promotion process, promotion assessments/proposals, and obtaining approval from
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executives.
Handling of voluntary and involuntary terminations.
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Technical
Programming Languages: Java: EJB/servlet/applet/application/WebStart/Swing, C++, C,
Perl, Shell Programming
Other technologies: WebSphere, Oracle Application Server, Weblogic Application
Server, Apache Web Server, TogetherJ, Visual Café, Rational Rose, Eclipse, Borland
Star Team, CVS, PVCS
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HPUX
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Oracle Corporation, Austin, TX May 2004 – March 2009
Release/Project Manager Aug. 2006 – March 2009
• Release Manager for Oracle Retail Stores delivery to Lowes-Mexico, utilizing
internal Oracle matrixes as well as a partner.
• As Release Manager, successfully delivered Oracle Retail Stores Product, versions
8.0 and 13.0, GA quality releases to Oracle escrow utilizing teams across multiple
geographies, on-time and in-line with product roadmaps/expectations.
• Responsible for proactively reaching out to matrix teams to obtain commitments on
complex product release deliverables within schedules.
• Responsible for delivering to and influencing product roadmaps owned by Product
Strategy.
• Release Managed first major GA release of 360Commerce-acquired assets under
Oracle Retail: Stores - Version 8.0, 60+ people on project spanning multiple
geographies and matrix teams.
• Directly managed multiple hiring efforts for R&D Team. Hired and ramped up India-
based R&D extended team.
• Contributed to Development Methodologies through lessons-learned activities.
• Developed and implemented predictive model for defect burndown efforts.
Software Development Manager Aug. 2004 – March 2009
• HR Management responsibility for 10 direct reports and 25 contractors.
• Delivered 3 grass-roots innovations to management by leveraging stretch capacity in
the team and not impacting roadmap commitments.
• Responsible for streamlining day to day development operations, process, and
codeline procedures. Lead efforts to update official build with automated
development tests (Selenium and FindBugs).
• Lead R&D Team in delivering maintenance releases to 7.0 version of Point of Sale,
Back Office, and Central Office.
• Established cross-continent sustaining engineering practice for 360Commerce
utilizing both onshore and offshore resources.
• Delivered several successful maintenance releases through SE including defect fixes,
refactoring, and features.
Software Development Team Lead May 2004 – August 2004
• Lead and closed out development support of verification and launch phase efforts for
360Commerce Point of Sale version 7.0 GA.
• Lead creation of initial technical best practices for team.
The Cobalt Group, Austin, TX July 1999 – May 2004
Software Development Team Lead July 2002 – May 2004
• Managed and lead team of 10-13 developers in successful launch of CRM automotive
application targeted at 5000+ auto dealerships, Lead Manager Customer Central.
• Responsible and accountable for all development deliverables and efficiencies.
• Responsible for career mentoring, growth, and development of direct reports.
• Lead and represented to executive team, all development initiatives.
• Responsible for providing high-level development estimates as input to the overall
project plan.
Software Development Technical Lead May 2000 – July 2002
• Lead technical effort to develop enterprise class, web based, media asset management
system for Cobalt’s first J2EE implementation, Nitra 1.0.
• Responsible for tasking out development work to 4 - 6 developers.
• Provided detailed construction estimates to the overall project plan.
Senior Software Engineer July 1999 – May 2000
• Lead cutting edge technical effort to enable robust Java/Swing user interface
capability via web delivery on client machines. (spirit later realized as Sun’s Java
WebStart technology)
• Lead construction of Cobalt’s first client-side Java/Swing application, AutoShow 2.3.
• Primary developer on internal Swing-based eCommerce engine configuration tool.
Tivoli Systems, Austin, TX April 1997 – July 1999
Software Developer
• Developed, supported, and maintained multi-platform Java user interface for a remote
installation program (Tivoli Software Installation Service).
• Participated in requirements gathering, design, implementation, and maintenance
phases.
LDDS WorldCom, The Woodlands, TX May 1996 – April 1997
Software Developer II
• Project lead and primary developer on a client/server web application, written in Java,
for viewing events generated by network elements.
• Aided in design and development of client/server systems with Java clients talking to
Objective C Servers via TCP/IP.
• Monitored a system, which managed the restoration of fiber networks from network
failure.
• Assisted fellow employees in learning Java, Objective C, and Object-Oriented
techniques.
EDUCATION:
Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
BS, Computer Science, May 1996
Continuing Education
Leader Manager Course
• 2 day course
• Instructor: Steve Reilly
• Focused on communication styles, and hands-on management
Introduction to Management
• 3 day course
• Focused on fundamental management concepts and skills
Developing EJB with Weblogic Server
• 5 day course
• Instructor: Will Edwards
• Focused on developing EJBs with EJB 1.1 and Weblogic 5.1
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