Software Development
Resume:
STEVEN A. TELEKI
Software Engineering Executive
abo8nz@r.postjobfree.com
http://steven.teleki.net/
SKILL SUMMARY
Excellent track record in leading and managing the development of
cutting-edge products through a series of successive releases.
Excellent track record in building high-performance software development
teams that deliver high-quality software projects on aggressive
schedules.
Excellent track record in preparing for and leading the
organization through a successful acquisition.
Excellent leadership, management, presentation, teaching, verbal
and written communication skills.
Proficient in coaching and mentoring software managers, developers,
and software teams on all aspects of software development, including:
project planning, development performance measurement, and more
effective use of known software development techniques.
Proficient in setup and management of overseas software
development offices, and establishment of software development
processes for effective project delivery.
Capable of increasing the software development performance of
individuals by a factor of 2 in about 3-6 months and by a factor of
5 in 3-5 years.
Understands all aspects of the software lifecycle from inception
phase through maintenance.
Proficient in architecture, object-oriented analysis, design, and
implementation; programming in C++, C, Java, and assembler.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1/12 present
Managing Director of Engineering,
The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO), Crimson Division, Austin, Texas, USA
Responsible for the development of the Crimson Practice Management (CPM) software product and the Crimson Quality Assurance Group. Works with product management, dedicated advisors, business analysts, and overseas division on planning and execution of software product development projects. Directs a group of about 40 people across across Austin, TX and Chennai, India.
Delivered about 10 yearly releases for CPM.The QA group supported 7 products, each with about 10 releases per year.Coached and mentored managers, engineers, and other technical people.
11/09 1/12
Director, Game Software Group,
Multimedia Games Inc. (NASDAQ: MGAM), Austin, Texas, USA
Responsible for the development of games and gaming platforms. Works with product management, QA, product support, and overseas partner on planning and execution of game projects. Directs a group of over 40 people across across Austin, TX and Bangalore, India.
Delivered over 30 new games and over 50 updated games yearly.Improved developer effectiveness that resulted in 70% reduction of test time.Introduced an iterative and incremental software process resulting in the delivery of a new gaming platform in record time.Coached and mentored managers, engineers, and other technical people.
8/06 11/09
Program Director, Software Engineering,
IBM, IBM Software Group, Austin, Texas, USA
Was responsible for the development and multiple successful releases of the IBM
WebSphere Business Services Fabric,
a leading-edge Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) platform.
Lead the software product development team through multiple successful releases, across Austin, TX, and Mumbai, India.Fostered effective disciplined software development practices.Coached the team toward a measured, planned, iterative, release-based, value-driven software process.Sharpened the product's strategy and continually improved the
department's execution of software development projects.
11/04 8/06
Director, Software Engineering,
Webify Solutions (acquired by IBM), Austin, Texas, USA
Was responsible for the delivery of the startup company's products and for building a high-performance software development organization.
Delivered Webify Industry Fabric v4.0 (later became IBM WebSphere Bsuiness Services Fabric); 45 people (29 dev) across Austin, TX and Mumbai, India, 5 months, 155 KLOC, 4.5 def/KLOC in System Test.Delivered Webify SOBA Fabric v3.4 (Service-Oriented Business Application); 32 people (19 dev), 4 months; Webify HCM (Healthcare Collaborative Management) Application Suite; Webify PPQ (Personal Property Quote) to Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.Baselined and evolved the company's software project management, application lifecycle, SOBA development, and coaching and training processes.Established "Lunch & Learn" with all engineering team members and sustained it for over a year resulting in several engineers learning new knowledge that they successfully used in product development.Established one-on-one meetings with all direct-reports and improved their performance by 40% as measured by a reduction in system test defect density and schedule performance.Actively participated in the acquisition related due diligence process which resulted in IBM acquiring the company.
6/03 10/04
Vice President, Software Engineering,
Y&L Consulting, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, USA
Was responsible for the software development capability and software
development service delivery. Foster disciplined software development
practices. Established a measured, planned, iterative, release-based
software process. Championed the implementation of a professional
career tracks for all technical people in the organization. Sharpened
the organization's strategy and continually improves the
organization's execution of software development projects.
1/02 4/03
Vice President, Software Engineering,
SiberLink, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA
Was responsible for the software product development and software
development service delivery. Managed multiple overseas development
centers and development teams. Fostered disciplined software
development practices. Established a planned, iterative, 2-4 week long
release-based software process. Devised and championed the
implementation of a transparent project management methodology for
up-to-date project status information that increased Client
satisfaction and reduced post-release defect rate by 68%.
7/01 10/01
Director, Software Quality & Process,
Aviri, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA
Was responsible for coordinating and managing the testing effort
of the company's enterprise software product through an overseas
supplier. Based on the collected process and product data made
software process improvement recommendations and championed their
implementation. Taught the Personal Software Process class. Analyzed
various processes throughout the company and made recommendations for
their improvement.
2/00 6/01
Director, Software Process, Trilogy/pcOrder
Inc., Austin, Texas, USA
Initiated and organized the software process improvement
effort. Coached and mentored software developers on software project
planning, personal software development performance measurement, and
more effective software development techniques. Taught several
Personal Software Process classes and initiated a culture of
high-performance, quality-focused development.
9/95 2/00
Sr. Software Engineer/Team Lead/Software Process
Lead, Iomega Corp., Roy, Utah, USA
Championed the software process improvement effort and taught a
Personal Software Process class. Established software process
measurement. Introduced object-oriented software analysis and design
into the development team. Developed software tools and utilities that
shipped with over 40 million Iomega Zip and Jaz drives worldwide in 12
languages. Organized ongoing developer training (formal training and
study group). Issued US Patent 6,170,055.
9/93 9/95
Software Developer/Development Lead,
FranklinCovey Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Lead the team and actively participated in the design and
development of the printing component of Ascend a personal
information management software package supporting the Franklin
Time Management method. The printing component supported over 260
blank and preprinted forms. Later the component was incorporated into
Novell GroupWise and shipped worldwide.
12/91 9/93
Software Engineer, IEV Inc., Salt Lake
City, Utah, USA
Designed including the user interface and developed a
program to edit video on the personal computer. The program was
written in C++ and ran on Microsoft Windows 3.0.
7/90 2/91
Software Engineer, FreeSoft Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
Developed printing components for a mainframe inventory management
product. Wrote a database access component in C++ with embedded SQL
queries against an Ingres database running on a DEC MicroVAX.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
MS Computer Engineering, Software Systems, Traian Vuia Polytechnic
Institute, Timisoara, Romania, 1990.
In Search of Excellent Requirements. Seminar by Karl Wiegers, April 2001.
Personal Software Process Instructor. Software Engineering Institute, November 1999.
Introduction to Six Sigma. Iomega Internal Training. September 1999.
Planning & Managing Projects. Integrated Project Systems, August 1999.
Team Software Process. Software Engineering Institute, August 1999.
Personal Software Process for Engineers, Managers, & Executives. SEI, April-June 1999.
Object-Oriented Design using UML and Patterns. ObjectSpace, October 1997.
Planning for Results, A Practical Approach to Project Management. Franklin Quest, 1994.
CONFERENCES
Software Engineering Process Group Conference, 1999, 2000, 2001.
Computer-Human Interaction Conference by ACM, 1996.
Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages & Applications, 1991, 1995.
U.S. PATENT
U.S. Patent No. 6,170,055: System for computer recovery using
removable high capacity media.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association for Computing Machinery. Member since 1991.
IEEE and IEEE Computer Society; IEEE CS Chairman for Austin. 2001-2005.
Austin Software Process Improvement Network. Member of the Board. 2001-2003.
Practical Software Engineering Network. http://pseng.teleki.net/. Founder. 2000-2006.
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