RUDIGER DIEZMANN

ad11ij@r.postjobfree.com • 650-***-**** • San Jose, CA 95124

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO)

Summary: Solutions-oriented CTO with extensive executive-level IT management experience. Strong leader of on and offshore multidisciplinary teams. Innovative tech professional known for increasing efficiencies and streamlining internal processes. Demonstrated track record of identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities to great success. Able to establish seamless IT designs that exceed customer expectations. Fluent in German, intermediate in French. Key strengths:

Strategic Technology Planning • Software Engineering • Procedure Development • Project Management • QA/QC

Staff Mentoring • Object-Oriented Programming/Design • User Experience • Client Relations • System Architecture

Cost Control • KPI management • Security • AWS • JIRA • MDM • Offshore Development

Research & Development (R&D) • Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) • Continuous Delivery/Integration (CD/CI)

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

Led 100+ multinational software and hardware engineers as Representative Director at Apple Technologies for Asia, conducting finance, HR, reports, and logistic support while implementing object-oriented database engine and transitioning from Pascal to C++ for Macintosh Development.

oBoosted productivity of Asian versions of Macintosh products from 30 products per year to more than 100 despite reduced resources.

Built first ever Adobe server and subsequent unit from scratch, creating basis for Adobe Creative Cloud by hiring staff members and designing strategy to ship 3 versions in 3 years as Director of Software Development.

Garnered reputation throughout career for cultivating talent, mentoring 3 college graduates to become Vice Presidents at Intuit, PayPal, and Netflix within 10 years.

Offered vital contributions to expedite full-cycle process management for numerous products, programs, and companies, with notable projects including:

oFactFinder: Currently upgrading NoSQL/non-relational personal productivity software to include characteristic-specific search capabilities.

oGamebrain: One-stop shopping platform under Connect2Media parent company for game developers including specialized source control system providing graphics, libraries, forums, and one-to-one sharing and selling of code between users.

oZen Entertainment Zen: Las Vegas online gambling solutions platform made for casinos; supervised offshore teams, and local engineers to build gaming architecture.

oHandheld Entertainment, Inc.: Managed engineering of embedded software for portable media player.

oTeneros, Inc.: $6M, 24/7 infrastructure support company delivering software as a service (SaaS) solution for application/data continuity through on-site appliances ensuring continuous end-user email operation throughout planned/unplanned outages.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

Diezmann Consulting, Remote 2004 to 2006; 2018 to 2019; 2021 to 2022

Consulting CTO for Stealth Startup, 2021 to 2022

CTO, 2004 to 2006, 2018 to 2019

Served as Consulting CTO for 2 stealth startups needing engineering restructuring. Wrote job/tech specifications and executed Trello scheduling. Established agile SDLC and CD/CI implementation practices. Introduced TDD, enforced code reviews, and administered walkthroughs. Advised permanent CTO on best practices to ensure longevity of success.

Corsa Security, Ottawa, Canada 2019 to 2021

Senior R&D Architect

Designed next-generation network security Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) solution to circumvent need for expensive hardware for various international entities. Created edge computing components to protect cloud and offer hybrid solution.

Increased sales by shifting from on-premises hardware product to primarily software, greatly reducing costs and attracting additional clients.

Pro-Vigil Surveillance Systems, San Antonio, TX 2017 to 2018

CTO

Hired to introduce SDLC best practices, investigate new technologies, and steer 150 on/offshore team members in integrating facial recognition and pattern matching capabilities within leading surveillance company. Certified effective project management by liaising between architects.

Successfully introduced license plate identification software into program to better protect clientele.

Ensured 99.9% uptime by adding second internet provider.

Provided additional progress insights through weekly performance reports.

American Land Technologies, Dallas, TX 2016 to 2017

CTO/Co-Founder

Governed system implementation of oil and land lease management for large energy clients while overseeing technology and engineering division activities at acquisition company. Supervised 3 Software Engineers.

Incorporated Google Maps, Texas Land Registry interfaces, and Salesforce commission systems to drive innovation.

MorfMedia, Berkeley, CA 2013 to 2016

CPO/CTO

Originated top-performing engineering team to develop first gamified learning management system (LMS) for phones, tablets, and PCs. Outsourced quality assurance and mobile implementations while installing industry specific courses. Formulated platform for media sharing and social networking for mobile game developers.

Granted uncontested patent #10777090 for novel heuristic approach to tailoring content to student skill set.

Installed 20+ courses and thousands of pages of material for full-course management system in addition to 200+ courses in Life Sciences section as part of overall system release.

Issued beta learning system to 10 major mortgage banks to train personnel.

Cera Technologies, San Jose, CA 2009 to 2012

CTO/Vice President of Engineering

Co-founded SaaS-based personalized information management system for startup company, managing system architecture and writing code for proof of concept for investors. Programed 80K+ lines in Java with multi-threaded workers and ports for Android, Blackberry, PC, and Cloud servers.

Additional experience:

CTO-Enterprise Software Engineering Development, ZEN Entertainment, Inc., San Mateo, CA

Vice President of Engineering Gaming Software Development, CyberArts Licensing, LLC., Berkeley, CA

VPE, Hand Held Entertainment, San Francisco, CA

VP of Software Development, Teneros, Inc, Mountain View, CA

Entrepreneur in Residence/Director of Software Development, Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA

SVP Engineering, Xdrive, Santa Monica, CA]

CTO, eLingo, San Mateo, CA

CTO, SuccessFactors, Inc., San Mateo, CA

VP Engineering, Dialog Information Systems, San Mateo, CA

Director of Apple Technologies, Apple, Tokyo, Japan

Manager of Development Tools, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA

Director of Access Technology, Oracle, Redwood City, CA

TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCIES

J2EE • Middleware • AngularJS • Cisco Routers • PostgreSQL • IBM WebSphere • Pascal • Django • C++ • Java

Python • JavaScript • React • Angular • Oracle • MySQL • Postgres • MondoDB • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel)

EDUCATION

Coursework completed towards BA in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Advanced coursework in Object-Oriented Design, University of California, Irvine, CA

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