Information Technology Software Engineering
Resume:
H. Stephen Kruse
SENIOR TECHNICAL MANAGER
EDUCATION
University of Virginia, 2008
Master of Science,
Management of Information Technology
Towson University, 1992
Bachelor of Science,
Computer Science
SKILLS
Professional:
Security Clearance: Secret
SAFe Agile (PM/PO, SCM, SDP, Arch certified)
Thought Leadership
Talent Development/Mentoring
Relationship Building
Strategic Visioning
Technical:
Development: Java, JavaScript, J2EE, XML, WSDL,HTML/DHTML, C/C++, PL/SQL
Configuration Management: Atlassian (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, Bamboo), ant, mercurial, maven, Nexus, git, CVS, Hudson, Sonar, Parasoft
Software: JDK, J2EE, Swing, Spring, Knockout, Bootstrap, Tomcat, JBoss, JUnit, Log4J, Stripes, Struts, JMS, DDS, Eclipse, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MS Office, Accumulo, Hadoop, Qlik, LoadRunner, Gears (PLE), Kubernetes
Test: Selenium, BrowserStack, JUnit
Network/OS: AWS, RHEL, Mac OS X, Windows, Dynix 4.2, HP/UX, Pivotal Cloud Foundry
EXPERIENCE
General Dynamics Fairfax, VA July 2017 – Present
Technical Software Manager/Lead
Professional Summary: Act as Advanced Processing Build (APB) baseline IPT Lead for BYG-1 subsystem under Navy IWS5 program. Serve as direct line of communication between program office and General Dynamics (GD). Develop and integrate Research and Development (R&D) solutions into over-arching SWFTS system aligned to the BYG-1 production sub-system using the SAFe Agile development framework.
Key Projects:
Re-Architecture: Co-lead modernization effort to move toward a PaaS-based Kubernetes infrastructure from VM’s using the strangler pattern to move forward into a re-architecture effort to migrate from a monolithic codebase to a microservice-based MVC architecture using web technologies such as HTML5, JSON, REACT and Node.js.
Modernization: Spearhead modernization efforts for development process improvements including:
oTeam transition to an Agile development environment with respect to both process and tooling using Atlassian’s product suite (Jira, Bitbucket and Bamboo).
oTeam transition to a product-line-engineering (PLE) architecture to manage commonality as well as planned variation, leveraging the BigLever Gears application and implementing a more continuous integration.
oOversaw team transition to implementing a more DevOps pipeline approach to development life cycle using tools such as Bamboo for automated builds and Parasoft for static code analysis.
oDeveloped R&D web and devops prototypes using AWS cloud services (EC2, S3).
Leadership/Management Responsibilities:
Manage, supervise, and provide leadership to team of 35+ software engineers from GD-MS and partners (both on and off-site) for large Navy program, BYG-1/TCS under the SWFTS program.
As Product Owner (PO) and manager of baseline SCRUM team, ensured the SCRUM team delivered the most value.
Facilitated effective team communication while providing immediate feedback to upper management and team members.
Developed high performing team through coaching, understanding the goals and priorities of the organization, and recognizing impact made by team members.
Hired new developers, oversaw career path development, annual reviews and personnel resolution.
Key Responsibilities:
Coordinate the design, development, and integration of enhancements, modifications, and corrections to multiple product-lines (Computational codebase written in C++: 80%; Java 20%).
Use tcsh, bash, make, perl, python, ant/XML, maven, and M4 to implement build and deploy procedures.
Managed the basis of estimates (BOE's) for software team development efforts annually.
Participated in the recompete effort for the BYG-1/TCS contract (which we won) as well as contract to modernize the TCS applications.
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Visionary leader with solid history of creating collaborative work environments and establishing high performing cultures. Instrumental in streamlining and improving processes, leading employees through change, supporting the vision of an organization, and implementing solutions. Able to apply technical expertise and strategic leadership across different industries including federal and commercial sectors. Firm believer that success is accomplished only through a team effort. Able to identify customers’ needs and larger business objectives that a product or feature will fulfill, articulate what success looks like for a product, and rally a team to turn that vision into a reality.
EXPERIENCE continued
CGI-Federal Fairfax, VA April 2015 to July 2017
Senior Consultant
Professional Summary: Led and managed the modernization effort of core Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) application, TRI-MEweb, (new application re-write along with system and database migration effort).
Key Project:
TRI Modernization: Used Agile development methodology and tools from Atlassian Suite for technology refresh of TRI-MEweb application software; moved from a server-side oriented web application to an updated client-side oriented web application. Used the latest web application frameworks to introduce an improved user experience along with improved performance and easier maintainability. The legacy application was also re-designed, and processes were streamlined through client JAD sessions.
Project Management Respsonbilities:
Oversaw 15 technical and analyst personnel for EPA TRI-related applications (EPAs’ reporting system for chemical data collection under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act).
Responsible for interviewing new team members, conducting reviews, and mentoring.
Worked directly with client and lead meetings to inform them of TRI development efforts.
Created and managed project schedule for TRI applications and annual refresh efforts.
Technical Lead Responsibilities:
Provided technical architecture and software development leadership/oversight for TRI suite of applications
Coordinated system integration with EPAs Envirofacts public access system, and EPAs Exchange Network (EN) for data distribution to state partners.
Used Agile development methodology and followed SCRUM framework to plan/coordinate deployments of TRI applications.
Highlights of Achievements:
Managed Informatica ETL refactor effort that led to 16x performance increase (Reduced effort from 16 hours to 1 hour).
Designed automated testing framework using Selenium and Browserstack improving regression testing and leading to a reduction in resources.
Oversaw yearly load testing efforts to test the core application (TRI-MEweb) for peak loads during high reporting season that would involve hundreds of simultaneous users making thousands of transactions using HP Load Runner.
Participated in research and development for creating new opportunities in areas such as ETL, testing, and reporting.
Adaptive Methods Centreville, VA November 2003 to March 2015
Senior Engineer
Professional Summary: Served as technical lead on multiple DoD projects consisting of 10-12 developers. Responsibilities included mentoring, technical guidance, and management of responsibilities.
Key Projects:
Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Tactical Display: Managed integration and SDLC for the development of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) tactical display for USW-DSS to be deployed on Navy surface ships and shore sites; collaborated with subcontractors (10) on definition/design of interface requirements for external interfaces; worked with client to meet project milestones and budget.
Pipeline Services: Directed the development of pipeline of services for Office of Naval Research (ONR) Limited Test Experiment (LTE) to assist in the prioritization of data to be exchanged in disparate systems utilizing unstable networks. Integrated with Navy Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES).
Technology Refresh: Initiated and led an internal technology refresh to improve configuration management and build processes. Transitioned management and engineers to implement a build process that consisted of a continuous integration box using Cruise Control, Bugzilla for the issue tracking, and Subversion for the source control and Ant for the build tool. Later technology refresh continued with migration to Hudson for continuous integration, Mercurial for source control, Maven for the build tool, Nexus for a binary repository and Sonar for code quality and metrics.
Cloud Computing: Served as Technical lead for setup and research of cloud environment to capture and store disparate Navy data and use cloud computing to identify commonalities so a Navy operator could gain tactical awareness. Technologies used: Accumulo, Hadoop, Zookeeper.
JBoss Application Server: Introduced JBoss Application Server to NAVSEA PEO-IWS5 systems.
Highlights of Achievements:
Led proposal writing efforts for internal research and development group to expand into new business areas.
Co-led on a Navy project for PEO-IWS5 that helped identify whether using service-oriented architecture (SOA) and open-source tools were options in developing an open-source framework of tools for Navy to develop their future applications.
Digital Focus, Inc. Herndon, VA Senior Engineer
Federal Data Corporation Bethesda, MD Senior Software Engineer
Universal Systems Incorporated Chantilly, VA Programmer/Analyst
AGS Information Services, Inc. Washington, DC Programmer/Analyst
H. STEPHEN KRUSE
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