Manager Life Insurance

John R. (Jack) McKenzie

** ****** ****, ******, ** 02148

********.****@*****.*** 617-***-****

Lead successful application development and enhancement projects from conception to delivery.

Managed and mentored project and team leaders, developers, and QA and support staff.

Authored project proposals and plans, functional and technical specifications, end user documentation.

Developed and applied strong technical design, research, and problem-solving abilities.

Solid hands-on design/coding//QA skills.

Experienced in enterprise and small / medium business-to-business and SaaS environments.

Architected infrastructure and platform selections, evangelized improved platforms and techniques.

Inspired and motivated team members, customers and colleagues towards self-improvement and company goals.

2013-2018 Software Architect/Tech Lead, PayCrew LLC, Coral Gables, FL...

Designed and developed enhancements and upgrades to a responsive mobile/desktop B2B / SAS application.

Microsoft stack, JavaScript, ES6, JQuery, React, SQL, .Net/MVC, C#, HTML5, CSS, JSON, AWS, GIT.

Broad spectrum technical rainmaker and problem solver in a demanding start-up environment.

2003-2013 Chief Technical Officer, Standard Solutions, Inc., Malden, Mass.

Achieved industry-leading product reputation in competitive, resource-constrained, small company environment.

Conceived and designed software products, features, enhancements and rewrites.

Microsoft stack, JavaScript, JQuery, SQL, .Net/MVC, C#, VB, FoxPro, Ajax, XML, REST, HTML, CSS.

Researched and resolved complex technical issues and decisions.

Designed and administered MSSQL databases, set up and administered Microsoft SQL and Web servers.

Trained, managed, mentored and inspired project staff and management.

Interviewed users, conducted user focus groups. Consulted with users on infrastructure and software integration decisions.

Handled customer interactions from requirement analysis through ongoing customer relationship management.

Prior-2003 Systems Consultant: Sun Life Insurance, Fidelity Investments, Standard Solutions, The Boston Company, Boston Edison, First National Bank of Boston. The General Electric Company, Programming Manager / Project Manager / Programmer/Analyst: Compo Industries, Shawmut Bank, USAF Military Airlift Command, USAF Europe.

Varied, progressively responsible contract and full time assignments. Managed projects and staff, managed customer / stakeholder relationships, analyzed requirements, designed, specified and documented software projects. Planned test and continuous delivery protocols. Prepared training materials and presented programming tool training seminars. Designed and administered SQL and DB2 databases. Public speaking assignments.

Education: Course work in Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Illinois, Belleville Area College.

Certificate in Computer Systems Development, US Air Force School of Applied Aerospace Sciences.

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