Director of Development

Ron Covington

*** ********* ***** #**** ********, TN 37067

919-***-**** ***.**********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/roncovington (or scan QR code)

CAREER SUMMARY

Accomplished senior technology leader with unique blend of technical and management experience that facilitates a complete

understanding of the complexities of software development. Specialize in the expert allocation of resources to develop a successful

product. Demonstrated ability to formulate advanced technology solutions that meet business needs. History of effectively leading staff

and collaborating with multiple stakeholders to achieve and exceed organizational objectives. Execellent communicator skilled at

leadership and project management seeking a Software Development Leadership position.

KEY SKILLS

Software Development Life Cycle Requirements Gathering Testing

Waterfall Quality Assurance Integration

Agile Software Documentation Vendor Management

Unified Process Business Intelligence Program Management

Conflict Resolution Project Management Systems Analysis

Resource Allocation Team Leadership

Offshore Team Management Business Development

Process Improvement Web Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IRONDATA - Raleigh, NC/St. Louis, MO April 2003 - June 2014

Director of Development, Delivery - (Raleigh, NC); October 2011 – June 2014

• Managed development organization, including over 110 resources, consisting of development managers, software architects,

developers, DBA teams, Data Conversion teams, Quality Assurance teams and Documentation teams, for four product lines

within the a Matrix based organization supporting software for state and Federal government agencies.

• Oversaw activities in distributed environment with teams located in Toronto, Raleigh, Mobile, and St. Louis with additional

outsourcing teams in Manila, Philippines and India.

• Resourced project teams appropriately by working with team of 16 Project Managers.

• Established resourcing budgets ranging from $750K to $5M and collaborated with management team to ensure budgets

were maintained. Deployed client applications in client owned servers and in hosted cloud environments.

Achievements

Spearheaded the successful design, development, testing, deployment and documentation of client implementations for

four product lines including two products utilizing a Java based technology stack and two products utilizing a .Net

based technology stack.

Led transformation of project delivery methodology from Waterfall to UP (Unified Process).

Transitioned Product Development teams to work in an Agile/SCRUM methodology

Director of Product Development – (St. Louis, MO); April 2007 – September 2011

• Established development team from scratch to create software product that incorporated JAVA,

Groovy/Grails, Web 2.0 and

Service Oriented Architecture.

• Performed interviews and hired appropriate staff to meet needs of product development team with 22

members including a

Product Manager, Software Architects, Database Architect, Business Analysts, Documentation/Technical

Writer, Software

Developers, Information Architects, and Quality Assurance staff.

• Managed development in distributed environment with teams in St. Louis, Raleigh and Manila, Philippines.

• Supervised and mentored Business Analysts, Information Architects, Data Base Architects, Software Architects, Java

developers and Quality Assurance.

• Collaborated with Product and Sales Teams to deliver variety of demos to the government agencies interested in product.

• Utilized RUP methodology for product development to minimize risks and allow for delivery of product features in a

complete and thorough manner.

• Reported development status to management team on a weekly basis.

Achievements

Directed development of new software product, Intelligent Case Manager (ICM), a case management

application geared toward various government agencies for use in processing cases through variety of

specific processes.

Implemented development processes that ensured accurate development and delivery of product.

Service Delivery Team Leader – (St. Louis, MO); April 2003 – March 2007

• Managed deployment team to deliver enhancements to customer for User Acceptance Testing, Training and Production use.

• Established and managed customer support team to allow for better customer service to users of the application.

• Provided support for the application, interfaces with external systems, as well as hardware and operation system issues.

Achievements

Spearheaded software development team on the Electronic Folder Interface project to enhance the current legacy

application to streamline the processing of Disability Claims within the Social Security Administration.

WASHINGTON MUTUAL FINANCE – Tampa, FL April 1989 - October

2002

Web Development Team Lead; October 1999 – October 2002

• Managed Intranet software development teams for a major financial company.

• Redesigned distributed legacy systems to Intranet-based applications. Ensured all projects met developmental standards.

• Re-faced of AS/400 green screens and mainframe CICS applications to JACADA/Java GUI interface.

• Integrated Credit Bureau loan request and approval decision process into existing applications.

Achievements

Led team of web developers to implement business applications to complement and improve legacy systems.

Designed software in ColdFusion and SQL/2000.

Implemented a Lead Management system designed to assist branches increase new loan sales.

Senior Project Leader; April 1989 – September 1999

• Managed team of 14 developers to analyze, design, develop and implement software to meet needs of 1,500 end users in the

consumer finance area. Worked with consultants on analysis and design of data warehouse.

• Spearheaded software support team to troubleshoot application issues and identify problem areas within the application.

• Acted as liaison between Quality Assurance group and development staff. Ensured projects met developmental standards.

Achievements

Installed and maintained Financial and UI software in over 500 locations.

Designed and supervised development of Variable Closed End Loan product.

Coordinated effort to make system Y2K-compliant.

UNITED PAINT COMPANY - Memphis, TN February 1985 - April 1989

Director of Information Technologies

• Modernized basic accounting application to allow for customized needs of the paint business.

• Instigated Just In Time raw materials ordering process.

• Initiated process to schedule manufacturing of finished good products based upon sales history and inventory counts in

75 retail stores located in the Southeast United States.

Achievements

Implemented variety of software solutions to assist company in meeting goals of manufacturing, distribution and sales

of paint products throughout southeast region of the US.

Developed and implemented POS system at retail stores to replace manual sales tracking to reduce the need for

performing manual physical inventory from 4 times/year to 1 time/year. Resulted in reduction in waste/fraud and theft

at the retail stores.

Launched Point of Sale application in the various retail stores to allow for quicker tracking of sales, current inventory,

projected manufacturing and inventory control.

SYNCHRONICS, INC. - Memphis, TN February 1982 - February 1985

Software Developer

• Developed and maintained basic accounting software application for 20 clients including Day Companies, Farrell Calhoun

Paint, United Paint, Contact Lens Corporation of America

Achievements

Created and maintained customized manufacturing software applications for clients.

EDUCATION

University of Memphis, Business Administration classes Memphis, TN

Control Data Institute, Associate in Computer Science Memphis,

TN

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IBM iSeries, Salesforce.com, SaaS, JIRA, SQL, SharePoint, DB2, Visio, MS Office, MS Project, XML and COBOL.

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