Product Development Financial Services

Stephan Fields

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Senior IT Manager

Software Development Team Leadership Technical Strategy

Strategic Planning & Execution

Product Development/Branding

Budget Management

Post Project Review

Agile Methodology

Process Improvements

Software Architecture/Design

Requirements/Scope

M.S. Software Engineering

Creative, strategic and results-driven IT manager with more than 20 years of experience enhancing IT operations and delivering creative technical solutions. Service business needs and generates improvements through well-developed expertise in project management, software development, technical design, and team leadership. An enthusiastic leader skilled in agile methodology, directs teams through all phases of project lifecycle, effectively managing resources and formulating strategic plans to achieve departmental goals. Utilize high-level skills in analysis and examination of requirements to identify details, processes and decision flows. Proven success in developing and evaluating systems aimed at improving quality and efficiency and reducing costs. Experience blending business and technical skills to attain organizational objectives.

Professional Experience

ORACLE INC. Redwood Shores, CA 8/2008 – Present

Fortune 500 company delivering Cloud Solutions, software products, platform technology and hardware.

Senior Director Product Development

Drove success of Insbridge Enterprise Product Suite division by applying advanced technical acumen to steer development process from inception through to completion while managing up to 70 IT professionals across the US and India. Managed technical analysis, tactfully determining requirements and standards including product innovation. Strategized and defined project plans and directed product lifecycle, architecture, engineering, quality, and support.

Managed budgets up to 10 million, tactfully controlling costs, monitoring expenses and appropriately allocating funds.

Steered successful transition into newly formed Oracle Insurance & Financial Services Business Unit, ensuring business continuity with little disruption.

Grew product development and operations to support a 20% growth in market share, offering IT solutions to global markets in EMEA and South America, covering top-100 financial services companies.

SKYWIRE SOFTWARE (acquired by Oracle) Frisco, TX 6/2005 – 8/2008

Leading provider of insurance software and document management business applications.

Vice President, Software Engineering/Product Development

Spearheaded strategy and execution of technical development projects and initiatives and managed up to 40 IT professionals along with an operating budget of up to $5M. Senior technologist on product architecture committee directing trends, standards, and new product acquisition opportunities. Consistently delivered top-quality results on time and on-budget.

Successfully delivered a suite of applications including solutions for Business Intelligence through organic product innovation.

Contributed to seamless acquisition by Oracle, Inc. by managing technical certification requirements.

INSBRIDGE, INC. (Acquired by Skywire Software) Richardson, TX 7/2000 – 6/2005

Provider of productivity software and services for insurance and financial services companies.

Founder/Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer

Blended strategic insight and technical leadership to direct financial services software company focused on developing state-of-the-art productivity and analysis solutions. Led all product design, architecture. Created a cohesive and collaborative software development environment to ensure efficient delivery of product construction, budgeting, and customer support.

Original Insbridge product creator and architect and led successful acquisition by Skywire Software.

Expanded business from two-person start-up to a 15-person organization, applying strategic vision and business prowess to become a recognized market leader in providing rating and rules solutions to top-300 financial services companies.

Additional Experience

SEALAND Dallas, TX Enterprise Component Architect, Onshore & Offshore Management

FUJITSU Richardson, TX Application Architect

TELETRONICS Plano, TX Senior Software Engineer

WORLDCOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS Tulsa, OK Object Developer

LORAL SPACE INFORMATION SYSTEMS Houston, TX Associate Systems Engineer

Military

U.S. ARMY RESERVE – Honorable Discharge 1996

Technology Proficiencies

Software Architecture & Design Solution Conversions & Migrations SOA Integration, Cloud & Service Design HTML C# C++ Java Oracle SQL-Server DB2

Education and Certifications

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, TX

Master of Science in Software Engineering

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge, LA

Bachelor of Science in Physics and Engineering

Certifications & Courses

Management & Leadership Product Management Agile Methodology Ethics & Business Conduct

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