Application Development Manager/ Senior Application Developer
Resume:
MAURICE MCFADDEN **** W.A. GAMBLE RD, MANNING SC
Seasoned. Problem Solver. Leader. Team Player. ****************@*****.***
PROFILE: An application developer & consultant with over twenty years of professional experience in the management information systems field; Deep expertise in full SDLC in Microsoft Stack; Thrills to delivering solutions in exceedingly fast paced, dynamic environments. Committed Agile Practitioner (SCRUM, Kanban).
QUALIFICATIONS: • Effective development management skills (multi-task and work within strict deadlines).
• Outstanding matrix management skills, building consensus for shared objectives.
• Strong SQL skills coupled with deep understanding of Predictive Analysis.
• Highly skilled in the areas of data collection, analysis and documentation, with ability to identify and satisfy user requirements.
• Strong advocate of teamwork, performance excellence and continuous improvement.
• Strong management and leadership experience managing development teams, both onshore and offshore since 2011.
• Over a decade of .NET Development.
• Very motivated with excellent communication skills (written and oral)
TECHNICAL SKILLS: C Sharp 4.5 (C#.Net); Java; ASP.Net (C#); VB.NET; SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL); COBOL;
Cloud (Azure & AWS); Microservice Architecture; SOAP, REST; JIRA, Tortoise SVN;
Drools Production Rule System; FitNesse; OnBase; JavaScript & JQuery;
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Dec 2011 to Current AVANADE, Seattle, WA
A global professional services company providing consulting and services focused on the Microsoft platform.
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGER/ LEAD DEVELOPER/ SENIOR CONSULTANT
Provides of expert knowledge in the software space to a wide range of industries and Fortune 500 companies.
Led successful solution deliveries for clients as development team lead and/ or tech lead, achieving on-time and within budget in the toughest of circumstances, using Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean). Full SDLC.
Leveraged considerable experience and “know-how” to engage clients at all levels.
Served as Technical Lead for a large-scale cloud migration to AWS from legacy on-prem systems
Collaborated with fast paced client stake holders to define project scope, objectives, and requirements (functional and non-functional). Provided estimates, financials, project schedules and backlog grooming.
Developed technical specifications and POCs.
Using TDD best practices, created and encouraged proper unit tests for all development efforts.
Managed development efforts with onshore and/or offshore teams, as well as client teams, with key goal of improving efficiency, communication and timeliness. This included my own coding efforts.
Conducted code reviews in various forms (formal, informal, daily, peer) with a strategy to improve team and code base, while achieving marked time efficiency goals. Mentored junior and fellow senior level staff.
Often partnered with QA to create and execute test strategies, prioritizing test cycle and focused efforts.
Researched and resolved complex technical problems, often collaborating with other technical experts to do so.
Through experience and intuitiveness, able to recognize subtle changes or problems in application performance and intervene to improve it, displaying flexibility, creativity and, when needed, veteran guile.
Maintained accurate, timely updates of progress to relevant stakeholders and partners.
Demonstrative experience and knowledge of multiple industries, particularly in Insurance (Property, Healthcare and Title), Oil & Gas (Asset Management), Biotech, lockbox ops, as well as Logistical Supply Chain (Retail).
Jun 2011 to Nov 2011 CIGNA HealthCare, Bloomfield, CT
A highly competitive and leading innovator in the global industry of health services
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGER/ LEAD DEVELOPER/ CONSULTANT
Led development efforts to improve CIGNA's enterprise level Reporting portal web application, known as EICO CAP Requestor. Entered project (that was already critically behind schedule) with the directive of turning project around and getting it back on schedule towards year end completion. Project items were successfully delivered to production with an aggressive three-week schedule (loosely based on SCRUM development methodology).
Continuously collaborated with high and mid level business stake holders to identify and prioritize a list of critical project improvements to implement during course of contract.
Developed and managed a project plan to address these items by year end, with full stakeholder buy in.
As Development Manager and Lead Developer, took full ownership of work efforts done and development team. This was achieved by working hands on with a diverse staff of two senior and two junior developers to complete development efforts. This included the creation of most design specifications, mapping work tasks to all staff developers, establishing priorities, setting coding standards and monitoring developer progress.
Further improved team effectiveness by giving senior developers enough exposure so that they can grow into the potential of their title. This was a concerted effort provided through focused mentoring of all team developers.
In the course of duties, successfully coordinated/negotiated with other IT managers to integrate enterprise wide Requestor project with other intranet project efforts, each with often very conflicting priorities.
This was all done in addition to my own coding efforts, as lead developer.
All webform development was done in C# 3.5, ASP.NET, and JQUERY.
Feb 2011 to May 2011 LIMITED BRANDS, Columbus, OH
A Fortune 500 Company, owners of Victoria Secret, LaSenza, and Bath and Body Works.
APPLICATION CONSULTANT/ DEVELOPER
Collaborated as a team of consultants to re-architect their enterprise level Quality Control/Supply Chain software suite known as Automations for the MP&A (Merchandise Planning & Allocation) unit of Limited Brands.
Demonstrated strong ability in translating user business requirements into functional/program specifications.
Quickly familiarized with clients heavily modified, proprietary JDA relational database environment.
Rewrote and enhanced their ad hoc quality control reporting applications. This included completely re-writing legacy code to .NET 3.5, following strict coding standards, utilizing outdated detailed functional specs, limited SME availability, and significant professional experience to deliver ahead of schedule.
Duties expanded to tackling an outdated, manually intensive process for creating the PDF magazines of products for both Victoria Secrets and Bath and Body works. Collaborated with JDA specialist to successfully re-architect the PDF generation process to a multithreaded Controller/Monitor design.
2007 - 2010 CONNECTICUT ATTORNEYS TITLE INSURANCE CO, Rocky Hill, CT
New England's leading Title Insurance Underwriter (Real Estate)
PROGRAMMER
Full Stack .NET developer, including a focus on project management as well as developing and maintaining documentation that was previously non-existent.
Business applications were developed using VB6, VB.NET, or C Sharp 3.0 (C#). Converted (and/or re-wrote) several VB6 applications to three-tier VB.NET or C Sharp 3.0 respectively. Applications used primarily SQL Server or MS Access for SQL back end. Reporting functions utilized complex, yet optimized SQL queries to meet demanding federal and state business rules.
Created and executed plans, policies and procedures that assured software is reasonably free of defect or bugs, through execution of unit, functional, and regression testing.
Completely redeveloped the legacy software when major federal policy changes took place in 2008 (HUD Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)) This included the partnering with attorneys to research and writing of hundreds of functional requirements and specifications. Delivered and deployed on-time.
Due to low staffing, performed first level support for 3800-member client base of Real Estate attorneys.
2000 – 2007 THE HARTFORD COURANT, Hartford, CT
Unique prestige as the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper, and Connecticut’s largest.
SENIOR APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER
Collaborated with Operations Manager of Classified Dept, supporting new initiatives, new pricing models, sales reporting, as well as corporate initiatives to enhance CareerBuilder.com. This was in addition to day to day operations of the Enterprise level Ad-Order Entry System.
Functioned in a project management role with accountability and ownership of outcomes from initial concept to documentation, testing, debugging and implementation. This grew to include the training and management of a junior IT staff programmer.
Development was primarily VB 6.0, working with proprietary code base. Utilized Oracle 8i as the database environment. Developed PL/SQL code (stored procedures, triggers, and report SQL) as needed.
Created additional application tools that allowed the sales team greater flexibility and interaction with clients while also capturing market intelligence to formulate future sales strategies.
Due to the 24-hour cycle of the newspaper industry, software testing was paramount. Created and executed test plans, set new procedure standards that assured deployments were reasonably free of defects and/or bugs.
Designed and created a basic integration .NET test suite for Classified systems to Pagination and Financial systems.
1998 - 2000 UNITED HEALTHCARE, Hartford, CT
In partnership with Pool Administrator’s Inc., facilitators of the Health Reinsurance Association of CT.
APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER
Used Visual Basic 5.0 and Microsoft Access 97 to facilitate the collection of insured’s health histories with a focus on risk factors for the collaborative United Healthcare partner, Pool Administrators. Transmitted data to 18 state insurance boards to assist with the creation of customer pools for re-insurance providers. The pools were state mandated for the purposes of sharing insurance risks between all state insurers.
Independently developed a series of back-end applications to enhance the speed, accuracy and integrity of reinsurance uploads, improving processing time by over 400%.
Demonstrated the ability to work with all levels of management, by helping Pool Administrators leadership achieve better command of their data and processes. Collaborated with stakeholder to better leverage this new advantage so that they can successfully market to other states that have similar Health Reinsurance Pools.
The number of states supported grew from 18 to 30 in two years.
1995 - 1998 CIGNA HEALTHCARE, Bloomfield, CT
A leading innovator in the global industry of health services
DEVELOPER
Developed computer-based training modules to address product knowledge, legal compliance and other competencies. Applications were Visual Basic/ SQL Back end.
Provided stand-up presentations and conducted training (train the trainer) sessions.
Facilitated team meetings and established client-driven partnerships in order to gather requirements.
Started initially as a Technical Support Specialist with responsibility for the installation of workstations, software and network interfacing. As technical prowess was demonstrated, position expanded quickly.
1992 - 1995 BIOSURFACE TECHNOLOGIES, Boston, MA
Now known as Genzyme, leaders in the commercial development of living tissue bio-devices
INFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST
Supported Director of Information Systems in constructing fledgling IS infrastructure.
Research, project planning and implementation, and software training for staff of 100+ FTEs
EDUCATION: CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, New Britain, CT
Near completion of Bachelor of Science in MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• Selected for a competitive, intensive IBM Internship from 1988 to 1990
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