CEO/FOUNDER

Founded home automation consulting company focused on the Amazon Echo, Google Home devices.

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Results driven leader who embraced cloud technologies utilizing AWS to modernize a product line.

Demonstrated success with new, accelerated product launches, account acquisition and development, servicing, staff development, and team-building.

Everyday Tasks

Supervised over 300 personnel in across multiple disciplines including Development, QA, Operations, Database, Data Analysis, GIS and Data Entry.

STRENGTHS (BASED ON INTERNAL PEER REVIEW)

EXPERIENCE

AlexaGuru, LLC, Austin, Texas

Design and configure home automation networks, devices and smart home solutions for full voice interaction.

EXPERIENCE

DRILLINGINFO, Austin, Texas 2011-Present

Drillinginfo provides the most complete source of North American and offshore waters oil and gas information, data and tools providing a comprehensive and integrated database of land, well and production information.

STRATEGIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Modernized QA and software development practices

Set the vision the executed on that vision to migrate from and old legacy platform to a modern, cloud-based architecture utilizing microservices architecture with Angular, Java, Golang and Docker in AWS

Linux technology stack with iOS and Android applications--built the company’s first suite of mobile apps

Cut time-to-market by 60%

Built both on-shore and off-shore development

Leveraged technology to drive revenue from $30M to over $100M in 4 years

80% revenue with 20%+ growth

Engaged private equity firms to raise over $250M

Increased Net Promoter Score 30 points in 4 years

Improved system uptime from 99% to 99.95%

Managed 3 data centers

Managed software development teams in the US, Mexico, India and Ukraine

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Voted one of the Top 5 CTOs to Know in Austin - http://www.builtinaustin.com/2015/11/16/ctos-you-should-know-mike-couvillion-drillinginfo

Featured speaker at High Performance Computing conference

Completed year long Executive Leadership training

Featured articles in CIO Review and Energy CIO review

VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY

Determined, set, and executed company business strategy; supervised over 70 individuals across multiple organizations in the development and deployment of data aggregation and real estate Internet Data Exchange (IDX) provider services. Managed a $15M budget with direct responsibility for the company’s largest clients.

Managed QA, Development, IT and Product Management Teams

Everyday Tasks

EXPERIENCE

DOMINION ENTERPRISES -- Eneighborhoods, LLC, Norfolk, VA

2007-2011

The nation's premier compiler of home and neighborhood knowledge; provides real estate marketing and data services to the real estate industry’s top performers. Hired by Dominion to get three struggling divisions back inline.

STRATEGIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Reduced operational costs for capital, payroll, and infrastructure by over 25%

Generated additional revenue opportunities taking a $700K loss in 2007 to a $3.6M profit in 2010

Launched RE/MAX’s remax.com

Launched several real estate mobile app and mobile app platforms

Provided additional of 4.5M real estate listings to Century 21, Coldwell-Banker, and ERA.

Improved work process flows resulting in a 20% costs reduction, 100% increase in client count

Launched a new marketing product from concept to production in 60 days; generated over $2M in annual revenue.

Engaged clients to sign multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts resulting in $12M in additional revenue over a 3-year period.

Single point of contact for our Enterprise web applications customers for the availability and stability of our platform

Consolidated Dominion Home Media collection processes; reduced support staff by 66%, simultaneously increased data handling capacity 30%, and reduced fees paid to data aggregation service by $40K per month.

Transitioned 4 business units to corporate center saving over $200K in annual hosting costs.

Transformed a demoralized team into a cohesive, highly engaged group

Successfully consolidated geographically separate development teams achieving an 87% reduction in defect counts, cut operational costs 30%, and boosted the operational margin from 49% to 58%.

Key technical leader in the merger and acquisition of Power Sports Network increasing market position from #3 to #1 and profit margin of 18%.

Data center operations and back office system support

Symantec Corporation, Newport News, VA

2000-2007

The market leading IT security company with an annual revenue of $10B and approximately 18,000 employees worldwide, specializing in enterprise level software as well as the home consumer.

DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING (2006-2007)

Supervised 30 employees across multiple disciplines in support of the entire Email Security product line. Managed a $5M budget; performed market analysis to determine product direction (P&L); member of the due diligence team on M&A activities.

KEY RESULTS

Modernized development process and reorganized the division resulting in a 15% reduction in costs, a 40% increase in productivity

Supported products utilized in Security, data leakage, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance

Analyzed market trends, identified M&A targets, and accurately predicted key causes of record revenues; applied knowledge to grow market share from 14% to 27%; moved the product line from 5th place to 1st place

Doubled testing capacity through automation with no increase in staff; introduced tools and methodologies resulting in a 50% improvement in customer satisfaction ratings.

Grew 2 baseline products to 14 products across 3 market areas; consistently moved from low market share to market leader within 24 months; grew a $4M revenue business to a $400M revenue business in 7 years.

Patent review team; approved patents resulted in over $50M in increased revenue.

SENIOR LEVEL SOFTWARE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (2006) / SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (2002-2006) / SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (2000-2002)

Role grew from management of software developers to include quality assurance and all facets of the engineering effort.

Installed Agile development and achieved a 20% improvement in product time to market.

6 new products in 24 months; doubled product revenue in this time frame.

Piloted the implementation of new technology directly leading to a 12% boost in revenue and a minimal 4% increase in costs.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT - Dataline, Inc., Norfolk, VA (1999-2000)

Led the consulting services department; advised on network security, collaborated with customers, sales representatives, and system engineers to address requirements and needs.

ENGINEERING MANAGER - GCA, INC., Newport News VA/Tampa, FL (1998-1999)

Supported enterprise-level servers from programming to system administration.

ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR - Metters Industries, Newport News, VA (1995-1998)

Supervised the engineering team. Oversaw Sun Microsystems server Enterprise installations and support; performed systems engineering and programming duties for high traffic web-based businesses.

CAPTAIN, USAF - United States Air Force

(1988-1995)

Held Secret, NATO Secret and TS/SCI clearances.

EDUCATION

BS in Computer Science

LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

Certified Software Engineer

AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Executive Development Program

THE SOLUTIONS GROUP

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