SEAN KENNEDY

San Marcos, CA 760-***-****

ad08mo@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/sean-kennedy-393a3338 HANDS-ON PRODUCT OWNER

System Engineering Failure Analysis Analytical Thinking Agile Development Professional collaborator with internal and external stakeholders to understand product requirements, define the requirements for teams, and develop product plans that deliver on time. Adept at releasing the best products to increase internal and external customer satisfaction and profits. Approach the requirements from a system engineer’s point of view, ensuring other groups can support the solution when the product is released, saving time and money. Excellent customer and vendor rapport, guaranteeing needs are met on time.

− System Integration

− Product Ownership

− New Product Development

− Product Sustainment

− Problem Resolution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NORDSON ELECTRONICS SOLUTIONS, Carlsbad, CA

Canvas Software Development Supervisor 2022 - 2023 Managed day-to-day operation of 12-person software development team designing software features based on requirements of the customer or stakeholder. Worked with team’s product owner to confirm team understood the requirement of stakeholder’s request. Served as primary go-between for other departments to allow developers to work uninterrupted. Wrote and updated processes that governed team’s coding standards, code review standards, knowledge processes for developing features, and releasing software to the factory and field service engineers.

• Implemented a dedicated helpdesk team, decreasing delays to new features and increasing responsiveness to customers' issues, leading to satisfied stakeholders. Reduced reply time to customers to 24 hours and resolution of issues to 2 weeks.

• Deployed Continuous Integration (CI) server for the core software and the installer, confirming a nightly software build could be released to customers.

• Slashed time and effort to release software from 1 month to 1 week by defining software release process to the factory.

• Handled capital expenditures (CapEx) requests for additional hardware and software, warranting team was using the latest hardware and software, and ensured the team had the most efficient and up-to-date tools. NORDSON ELECTRONICS SOLUTIONS, Carlsbad, CA

Canvas Product Owner, MTS, Software Engineer 2019 - 2022 Designed software features based on requirements of the customer or stakeholder. Managed timeline of coded features to deliver on stakeholder's requirements. Works with the QA test team to write and update regression test plans.

• Translated desired functionality into a requirements document (SRD) and then verified with the requestor, addressing desired functionality.

• Updated software requirement document process, highlighting and breaking down requirements into the front end, back end, and external requirements, confirming requirements were not missed when the user stores were written.

NORDSON ELECTRONICS SOLUTIONS, Carlsbad, CA

Fluidmove Product Owner, Associate Software Engineer 2016 - 2019 Spearheaded sustaining engineer team that kept the software compliant with the updated hardware and Windows operating systems. Works with the QA test team to write and update regression test plans.

• Created a Python-based script, building and deploying software after switching to Git.

• Led migration from source safe to git, enabling developers to work remotely. NORDSON ELECTRONICS SOLUTIONS, Carlsbad, CA

Senior Software Technician 2012 - 2016

Conducted white and black box testing of software and hardware used to control fluid dispenser machines, employed in automated assembly lines to create CPU, CPB, cell phones, automobile parts, and many other electronic products. Wrote and executed regression test plan, smoke test plan, and automated test scenarios.

• Oversaw transition from Windows XP to Windows 7, allowing the factory to purchase lower-cost PC hardware.

LIONBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, San Diego, CA

Tech II Tester II 2009 - 2012

Performed as department lead for software test group that conducted extensive hardware testing, firmware qualification of HP printers, and software qualification used to test functionality at the manufacturing line.

• Headed migration of the data collection system to a centralized access database, permitting worldwide auditing of the data collected by the department.

EDUCATION

Associate Arts (AA), Liberal Arts and Sciences, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA Associate Arts (AA), Comp Network Admin: Cisco / Microsoft Mgmt., Palomar College, San Marcos, CA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified Scrum Product Owner, 2016

Cisco Academy Certificate of Proficiency

ROP Certificates in Access and Excel

TECHNICAL SKILLS

− Microsoft Windows OS

− C#

− C++

− Python

− Visual Basic .NET

− PowerShell

− Win Wrap Basic

− SQL

− Unit Testing

− Microsoft Excel

− Microsoft Word

− Microsoft Access

− Linux OS

− Windows and Linux Networking

− SourceSafe

− Git

− Elmo Motion Control

− XML

− CSV

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