Manager Development

Matthew HadleyEngineering Manager

Motivated, creative and versatile manager with over twelve years experience in

application development. An active, polyglot programmer, with a broad range of

technical skills and background focusing on web development disciplines. Proven

track record in implementing complex, scalable systems. Excellent communication

skills; able to motivate others toward team and individual goals, with great

conceptual ability and pragmatic approach.

Experience09-2006 to present, Engineering Manager, Yahoo! (London and San Francisco Bay Area)

Managed the team of engineers working on the European Yahoo! Homepages leading

the frontend development effort. Later spearheaded the product as a global

initiative at an operational, process, product and platform level; working

closely with international counterparts and later relocating to the US to lead

the global engineering team. Oversaw the internationally distributed

development model; articulating company vision and departmental roadmaps into

challenges that could be understood and acted upon by the team.

Ran the development process with overall responsibility for coordinating

releases, working closely with Product Management, Lead Engineers, Service

Engineering and QA. Consulted on how product ideas could ultimately be created

and launched. Defining and refining initial concepts, bringing in appropriately

skilled engineers at the right time, setting up development teams, applying

structure and planning, and overseeing on-going development. Stepped in as an

individual contributor when appropriate.

Prioritized feature work demands to ensure they matched available resources and

were in line with product roadmap and company strategy. Devised engineering

goals that supported product aspirations, ensured performance and reliability,

and incorporated industry technology advancements. Cultivated an environment

that encouraged innovation by allocating resources to initiatives with the

potential to feed back into product and engineering roadmaps.

Built and grew a strong development team of over twenty engineers. Gained

extensive experience in recruiting, acting as a hiring manager for other teams.

Committed to career growth of individuals, holding 1:1 meetings to identify

opportunities, set goals and review performance. Identified key strengths of

team members, ensuring work played to those strengths and organised training to

improve on weaknesses, support skills, day-to-day operations and long term

aspirations.

05-2005 to 09-2006, Senior Web Developer, Yahoo! (London)

Tech lead on the team building a new version of the European Yahoo! Homepages,

whilst also responsible for ongoing development of existing product. Built

complex, performant, cross-browser features in a scalable and maintainable

fashion for high volume traffic; with nine regions running from a shared

codebase. Devised and implemented frontend frameworks to support i18n and L10n

requirements. Involved in all aspects of the complete web stack to ensure

interoperability between layers. Worked with product owners, designers and

engineers on feature definitions, scoping, estimations and specs. Set coding

standards to track progressing industry guidelines. Guided junior engineers on

technical direction, workload management and reporting.

05-2002 to 11-2004, Web Developer, Capgemini UK (Birmingham, UK)

Web developer for data driven, company internet site. Created feature rich,

cross browser applications for deployment on a LAMP platform. Formalised code

standards and integration environments.

09-2000 to 05-2002, Application Analyst, Capgemini UK (Birmingham, UK)

Application programmer supporting a client multi-national manufacturing company.

Created distributable and networked applications from design documentation.

Ensured ISO9000 standards were maintained through stages of design, development,

testing and documentation.

Tech Skills

Javascript, node.js, html, css, PHP, Python, bash, Perl, xml, MySQL, NoSQL, vim,

json, ajax, js libraries (YUI, JQuery), Agile Processes (Scrum, Kanban, Lean),

unix administration, Continuous Integration/Delivery, Information Architecture

Education

1996 to 1999 University of Nottingham: BA (Hons) 2:1 Philosophy Degree

1994 to 1996 King Edward VI College: 4 A Levels; Geography, Economics, Human Biology, General Studies

Personal

In my free time I enjoy running, playing games, photography, https://github.com/diffsky.

I'm a keen traveler and like to go to challenging and interesting destinations; most recently Azerbaijan.

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