Project Manager Management

Anthony M. Barone *** Orchard Hill Rd

VP Software Engineering Bradford, MA 01835

Phone: 978-***-****

**************@*******.***

( Career characterized by successful enterprise system development and key

customer management (

( Proven ability to lead teams of specialists through development cycles and

customer rhythms (

( Consistently drove market segments with innovation and vision(

( Maximize relationships with C-level executives and IT staff to ensure repeat

/ referral sales (

( IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (

( ALM, SDLC, SOA (

Self-motivated, results-driven leader with a solid record of building new

business, securing customer loyalty, and forging strong relationships with

internal and external business partners. Skilled in managing the

software/systems development cycle from concept through delivery,

identifying customer needs and merging with innovative ideas, conflict

resolution, and securing client loyalty. Effective negotiator able to forge

solid business relationships with strategic partners, new / existing

clients, and internal colleagues. Proven ability to quickly understand

complex technical information to devise solutions that result in win-win

outcomes. Strengths include:

Leadership Skills Relationship Building Competitive Market

Management Skills Key Account Management Intelligence

Strategic Planning Conflict Resolution Negotiations /

Tactical Execution Issue Tracking and Presentations

Resource Planning Management New Product Introduction

Scrum Agile Gap Analysis Technical System

Systemizing Processes Architecture

Business Analysis

Dev-Ops Processes

Professional Experience

Contract Logix, Chelmsford, MA

December 2013 - Present

VP, Software Engineering / IT

Responsible for cultivating the company culture from a startup with latent

technology into a leader in the Contract Management market space with

leading edge Cloud technology, as well as reshaping the model into a DevOps

department. Directly responsible for instituting the Software Development

Life Cycle for the second generation rewrite of the legacy client server

product completely in Cloud technologies. Built from the ground up, the

GEN 2 project, as it is popularly known as, was created completely at my

direction that included identifying the correct technology for the new

product line as well as planning and presenting the big picture plan to the

Board of Directors. Built teams of professionals to fulfill design,

development, QA, documentation and support roles. Also responsible for

refactoring the Professional Services team and model. Created a scalable

model with resources and protocols to meet dynamic nature of billable man

hours delivered as requirements by ever growing sales successes. Created

and instituted strict Project Management protocols to deliver quality

products on time while securing customer satisfaction and confidence.

Manage both Off-shore and On-shore teams.

Automated and Systemized business processes from Sales through Deployment.

Instituted IaaS, PaaS and true SaaS technology for leading edged product

offerings.

Instituted Unification platform for efficient team and company

collaboration.

Anthony M Barone - Page 2 Phone: 978-***-****

Anthony_barone@hotmai

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, CONTINUED

ZOLL Data Systems, Broomfield, CO

December 2005 - May 2010

VP, Operations & Engineering

Responsible for the Fire & Rescue Software Solutions group, a vertical

market segment of ZOLL Data Systems. Created and managed teams of remote

IT professionals who could continuously evolve as teams to deliver leading

edge, mission critical, enterprise level systems for customers as well as

in-house tools and processes for organizational efficiency predominantly

with VFP, .NET and SQL Server. Managed all aspects of full life cycle

development and support of widely distributed enterprise level products

while adhering to federal guidelines such as NFIRS, NHTSA, HIPAA and

Sarbanes-Oxley. Directed efforts also include managing QA, Documentations,

Customer Support, Product Management, Engineering, Professional Services

and IT. Responsibilities also included close interaction with customers as

well as Marketing and Sales groups to coordinate comprehensive product

offerings. Motivated and drove teams to deliver latest and greatest

wireless solutions for mission critical deployments. Also designed and

communicated the "big picture" and served as the evangelist for the

products at shows and conferences.

Achieved 120% growth in 2006 over 2005, by introducing new wireless

product.

Continued yearly growth rate of 40% from 2007 - 2010, by driving innovative

products.

Beat budgeted revenue forecasts 7 out of last 8 quarters.

Maintained a 28% margin over PBT for last 4 years, by driving sales and

controlling expenses.

Maintained a 98% customer retention rate for 5 years, marked increase of

30% over previous years.

BIO-key International, Marlborough, MA

October 2004 - December 2005

Director, Product Development

Managed all aspects of full life cycle development and support of widely

distributed enterprise level product including QA, Documentation Group,

Customer Support, Product Management and Engineering, all remotely. Close

interaction with Marketing and Sales to coordinate comprehensive product

offering. Motivated and drove teams to deliver latest and greatest

wireless solutions. Created and conveyed "big picture" and served as

evangelist of product at conferences.

Retooled entire development team, identified and released non-performers,

then hired remote "A" players.

Instituted Quality Control, created metrics and benchmarks to measure

continued improvements.

Created guidelines for Customer Support Team, provided easy access

knowledge base and "Say this" scripts.

Aether Mobile Government, Marlborough, MA

May 2002 - October 2004

System Architect/Project Manager/Lead Developer

Managed a medium sized team of business and program analysts through

multiple full life cycles of software products. Designed, documented,

developed and maintained enterprise level product that was distributed to

2,000+ customers/users. Interfaced with "super" users to develop controls

and functionality based on work flow. Software served the Fire / EMS /

First Responder market. Conducted industry studies and research, including

"ride alongs" to provide comprehensive work flow automation and wireless

field data collection.

FundQuest.com, Boston, MA

June 2000 - May 2002

System Architect/Project Manager/Lead Developer

Managed a small team of business and program analysts. Designed and

developed systems for money management advisors of financial portfolios.

This would include creating utilities for importing and exporting data to

and from a variety of third party clients, designing and creating GUI's for

operations to execute day to day routines including trades, reconciling and

maintenance of financial portfolios, creating libraries of class objects to

perform functions such as performance calculations. Created a suite of

reports for financial advisors. Utilized OLE for creating and embedding

graphs and other automation with MS Word and MS Excel.

Education

1989 Bradford College, Bradford, MA

B.A. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT / 3.8 GPA, CHESLEY T BIXBY AWARD.

1984 North Shore Community College

A.S. AVIATION SCIENCE

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