Senior Manager, Softwate Engineering

Robert Palazzo **** Sprayberry Drive ********@*****.***

Marietta, Georgia 30066 mobile: 678-***-****

Objective To apply 18 years of software development experience, including 9 years as a manager,

in leading a highly skilled engineering team at an innovative technology company.

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Experience July 2011 – present

Manager, Software Engineering November 2003 – July 2011

IBM & Internet Security Systems (acquired October 2006) Atlanta, Georgia

IBM Security Systems produces commercial enterprise appliances and software that provide

firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, anti-malware, anti-virus, buffer overflow protection,

application control, and file integrity solutions on Linux, Windows, Unix and VMware platforms.

Project Management

Managed development of 10 product lines accountable for up to $60M in annual revenue.

Released 14 major and 10 minor projects with 96% on-schedule delivery record.

Led departmental transition to agile development and coached 3 teams adopting agile.

Coordinated cross-team initiatives involving Product Management, X-Force Research,

Technical Support, and Managed Security Services.

Created schedules, coordinated dependencies, and developed risk mitigation plans.

Supervised creation of architecture, design documents, and functional specifications.

Organized and conducted dozens of customer interviews for product feedback and

represented Engineering on customer escalation calls with Technical Support.

Presented weekly status and risk reports to executive management.

People Management

Managed teams of up to 27 Software Development Engineers

Directly managed 13 full-time engineers including 5 remote U.S. employees.

Indirectly managed 14 offshore engineers in Australia, England, India, and Taiwan.

Hired 16 external positions including writing job descriptions, conducting interviews, and

making final hiring decisions.

Transferred 10 employees internally to meet company needs and further individuals’

career objectives. Participated in 2 reduction-in-force actions.

Delivered annual performance reviews and arbitrated bonuses and salary increases.

Mentored all direct reports for professional development and career growth.

Administration

Created and administered annual budgets of up to $2.6M. Developed proposals and

justifications for all new capital expenditures. Approved individual expenses up to $2,500.

Coordinated with external partners including Microsoft, VMware, Sophos, and FireEye.

Integrated with internal IBM organizations including IBM Research, AIX, System Z, Blue

Business Platform, Q1 Labs, and Linux Technology Center.

Coordinated with legal team for issues including open source software, intellectual

property, U.S. export law, confidentiality agreements, software licensing, patents &

copyright, contractor joint employment, and statements of work.

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Robert Palazzo 1591 Sprayberry Drive ********@*****.***

Marietta, Georgia 30066 mobile: 678-***-****

Team Lead / Software Engineer September 2001 – November 2003

Internet Security Systems Atlanta, Georgia

Internet Scanner is a network vulnerability assessment product used to discover and

report on systems that are out of compliance, not patched, or misconfigured.

Led all technical aspects for 3 releases of Internet Scanner including a complete

architectural revision of the product.

Supervised daily tasks and assignments for up to 14 software developers.

Software Engineer February 1998 – September 2001

Internet Security Systems Atlanta, Georgia

RealSecure is a network Intrusion Detection System (IDS) that alerts and provides

evidence logging for suspicious network traffic.

Led research and design effort for a Linux appliance prototype.

Maintained RealSecure console and Development Kit for management of ISS agents.

Designed and developed RealSecure management solutions for Tivoli and HP

OpenView.

Team Lead / Engineer III December 1996 - February 1998

Engineer II September 1994 - December 1996

Scientific Research Corporation Atlanta, Georgia

Scientific Research Corporation provides research and development of communications and

control applications for government and military agencies.

Designed and developed embedded systems application for network management of Air

Force wireless Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) system.

Designed and developed Ethernet converter application integrating Navy satellite

communications hardware into a networked control system.

Aided design of the Department of Defense High Frequency Network Management and

Control System using standard protocols.

Education Master of Science, Electrical Engineering August 1994

Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering May 1992

Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina

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