Project Management, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Team Development

Martin W. Ehlert ******@************.***, 858-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

●24+ years of experience in application development, product management, incident management, problem management, quality assurance, project management, production support, and architecture.

●Experience managing large on-shore and off-teams to create web and mobile applications used by millions customers.

●Proven track record of successfully delivering and managing large, complex software projects for both startups and large corporations.

●Demonstrated technical acumen with an ability to understand and explain technology solutions, and strategic and tactical plans to all levels of an organization

●Hands-on technical leader who can deliver elegantly coded solutions.

●Skilled in working across teams and effectively collaborating with Business Managers, DevOps, Project Managers, Product Managers, QA, and Support/Operations teams.

SKILLS

●Java, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Spring, AWS, Oracle, MEAN, SPA, Ionic, R, Crystal Reports, Excel, Project and Financial Management & Reporting, SOX Compliance, Budgeting and Forecasting, Business Analytics, Team Development, and Risk management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Union Bank, San Diego, CA July 2010 – July 2015

V.P. Systems Manager - Retail Ecommerce

Managed software teams responsible for the delivery of all the banking projects within the Retail Ecommerce department. Implemented high risk and large budget projects such as Tablet Banking, Customer Notifications, and Text Banking. Rebuilt several development teams to increase eCommerce department capacity and efficiency for project delivery. Provided technical solutions to Enterprise Architectural mandates, and create bridges between application development teams and techops teams.

•Brought in several times as a Technical Project Leader to correct problems on high profile projects due to mismanagement, cost overruns, and schedule difficulties.

•Developed budgets, schedules, and resource plans for all projects in the Retail Ecommerce department. Created project priorities and objectives for team members to keep focus in a dynamic work environment.

•Worked with product managers to define mid and short-term product road maps. Created new products and services by creatively combining and reutilizing current applications.

•Reviewed and oversaw all technical aspects of software development on projects from requirements review to project delivery and maintenance.

•Hired, mentored, and trained new team members on software development approach, company policies, and team culture.

•Created and monitored Personal Development Plans for each of team member. Worked with team members to create personal career plans and worked with them on progress.

•Managed large off-shore development and support teams. Created structure to optimize off-shore resources to increase project delivery, and reduce cost by increasing code quality and productivity.

•Managed vendor relationships, negotiations, production support, and contract signing.

•Managed incident and problem tickets for the Retail Ecommerce department. Created action plan to reduce technical debt for applications by analyzing defect tickets, monitoring histories, and application logs.

•Coordinated all major projects such as failover and disaster recovery, data center upgrades, and services for all Retail Ecommerce applications.

•Created and implemented business continuity plans for all Retail Ecommerce applications and staff.

HSBC, San Diego, CA February 2002 – April 2010

Systems Manager - Application Development

Led software development teams responsible for migrating fat-client applications to web-based applications for Auto Finance companies in North America. Provided consulting services on web application development for mortgage and credit card companies.

•Migrated servicing applications that handled $12B in receivables, and originating applications that managed $500M in monthly originations through the web.

•Developed plan and tactical strategy on how to move fat-client applications to web-based applications.

•Managed large on-shore and off-shore development teams for Auto Finance department.

•Mentored and trained new team members. Worked with team members to create career plans and development plans.

•Provided technical guidance on all aspects of software development and software quality; from how to evaluate business requirements to execution of web application delivery.

•Coordinated and performed fail-over and disaster recovery exercises on test and production environments for Auto Finance applications.

•Worked with financial team to bridge gap between operational costs and application maintenance costs.

•Managed project delivery using waterfall and six-sigma methodologies.

•Managed and communicated project risks to business partners, and executives.

USBank, Portland, OR September 2001 – December 2001

Lead Architect – Web Applications

Led software team responsible for implementing web applications. Most notable application was the account aggregation application which enabled bank users to have a central view (one location) of all their financial information.

•The aggregation application handled 200,000 active concurrent users and maintained 2 million passive accounts.

•Created web technology strategy approved by senior executive management.

•Managed and directed all technical web development efforts; reviewed design and architecture, code delivery.

•Provided technical guidance on the vendor selection.

•Educated technical staff and management on JEE technologies and web technologies.

Capital Group Companies, Brea, CA March 2001 – July 2001

Lead Architect – Web Applications

Led architecture and implementation of Shareholder Services application. This application was used to deliver important documents to customers.

•Reduced delivery time of documents to shareholders and brokers from 3 days to 15 minutes.

•Application reduced processing errors, minimized human involvement, and integrated company systems to generate requested documents.

•This application delivered 85% of the company’s fax and e-mail correspondence to shareholders and brokers.

•Trained and mentored developers on OO software engineering and J2EE technologies.

TheyCompete/HomePort Inc., San Diego, CA November 2000 – March 2001

Lead Architect – Web Application

Designed and implemented web application to demonstrate patent pending reverse auction technology.

Absolute Wholesale Mortgage, LLC, San Diego, CA November 1999 – October 2000

Co-founder & V.P. of Application Development

Managed teams responsible for the development and support of automated servicing and origination system for retail mortgages. Developed technical strategy which led to first round of venture capital funding.

Sprint Corp., Overland Park, KS February 1998 – October 1999

Production Support

Responsible for the production support of the Connection Manager (CM) application. Established best practices and procedures for production support team. Awarded three “Sprint Quality” awards.

BehavHeuristics, Inc., Columbia, MD February 1992 – February 1998

Software Engineer

Designed and implemented commercial yield management systems for companies such as US Airways, IcelandAir, RenoAir, and Caterpillar. Helped organization create its flagship product for the Internet.

Carleton University, Ontario, Canada 1990 – 1991

Teaching Assistant

Taught classes in Operating Systems, Compiler Theory, and Microprocessor Interfacing.

CERTIFICATIONS

COBIT5

EDUCATION

M.B.A. Master of Business Administration University of California, Irvine (2006)

B.C.S. Bachelor of Computer Science, Honors Carleton University (1991)

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