Darren C Scott

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Solutions-oriented Leader with 20+ years of experience as CTO, Director, Architect, Manager, Sysadmin, DBA and Software Engineer. Proven record of successful teambuilding, systems architecture and product delivery. EXPERIENCE

Director of System Architecture/DevOps

SRS Acquiom, Denver / July 2014 to Present

- Create systems to support and process $ trillion in M&A payments to thousand of shareholders.

- Manage DevOps team introducing full CI/CD systems, including Kubernetes and Docker, lead efforts to create automated test suites.

- Architect data integration efforts between numerous third party platforms and company data warehouse.

- Guided process of meeting regulatory standards including SSAE 18/SOC2, FINRA, CCPA and GDPR.

- Acted as interim CTO during leadership transitions. Key builds:

SAAS data replication system for significant data access improvement moving data into centralized Data Warehouse

Complete Monitoring and Alert system handling end to end status and stability of 100 servers in the cloud along with multiple third party vendor services

Payment Authorization and Control solution controlling $250 billion in payments

Unified portal system using microservices to increase security and stability

Continuous Integration system reducing time to test by 50%

Achieved 99.999% uptimes in all production systems year over year, with full failover and DR redundancy for 4 complete and separate production platforms Engineering Manager/Lead Architect

WesTower Communications, Denver, Nationwide / March 2013 – July 2014

- Managed team of 12 engineers and off-site contractors, while leading development of complete end to end construction solutions.

- Managed and developed internal systems including ERP, intranet, HR, vendor management systems.

- Architected and managed migration of numerous data environments to a central PostgreSQL Data Warehouse.

- Implemented Agile enterprise software development processes.

- Collaborated with business to reduce costs/ increase efficiency, predictability and profitability of projects.

Key builds:

Tools

HTML, CSS, AJAX, PHP,

ASP, .NET, Rails, Cold

Fusion, JQuery, YUI,

Bootstrap, Boomi, Redis,

Apache, IIS, JavaScript,

MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL,

PostgreSQL, nginx, Node,

npm, Pardot, Python,

Perl, Netsuite, Robot

Framework, Salesforce,

Selenium, Quickbase,

AWS, Azure,GCE,

Kubernetes, Docker

Platforms

Linux(Ubuntu/Debian/

RHEL/Centos/SUSE/

ARCH) Windows

Server(2003/2008/2012/

2016)

Processes

Software Development

Lifecycle, Agile

Development,

Project/Team

Management,

Integrating Internal

Systems, Security

Standards and

Processes, NIST, ISO

27001, ISO 22301, Finra,

SOC2

Brands

AT&T, Celgene, DaVita,

K-12, Lilly, Novartis,

Otsuka, Sprint/ Nextel,

Target, Teva, Verizon,

Viacom (Cartoon

Network, Comedy

Central, MTV, VH1)

Walmart

Intranet system supporting 4000 employees and vendors in PHP/PostgreSQL stack including uptimes of 99.999%

Vendor management system reducing vendor approval times by over 60%

SAAS based interface to manage $100 million deconstruction of Sprint/Nextel network Director of Software Engineering

MobileMoxie, Denver, Nationwide / September 2011 – September 2015

- Worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies to improve SEO rankings through architectural consulting and advisement

- Maintained and updated numerous toolsets used for automated SEO performance testing

- Analyzed, tested search engine changes enabling clients to achieve desired goals Key builds:

Architected image delivery system for responsive design for Viacom

Advised on re-architecture of rebuild of website for Target Director of Software Engineering

Educational Measures, Denver / May 2011 – February 2013

- Managed team of 5 engineers, while working with sales staff, project/account managers to control client expectations.

- Developed and managed grant management system for major pharmaceutical and health care companies.

- Architected and managed migration of entire application stack to an enterprise quality production environment, to support multiple diverse clients with proper organizational isolation.

- Implemented Agile enterprise software development processes. Key builds:

Dynamic scalable multiclient JQuery/PHP/MySQL reporting interface to support custom reporting and filtering based on diverse custom data architectures

LMS system including classroom, calendaring, custom templates

CMS/slideshow/video system for healthcare providers

Multiserver replication system for “offline” presentation synchronization using custom secure networking interfacing technologies

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Fonfara-Scott, Denver/April 2011 – May 2013

- Oversaw the strategic management and operational oversight of the company’s product development and operations.

- Primary interpreter of operational technology issues and decisions.

- Actively involved with venture capital and angel investors. Key builds:

- Created healthcare based CMS

- Created scheduling platform for numerous healthcare organizations Lead Software Engineer

Key stats

$ trillion successful

M&A payments,

99.999% uptime rate,

50% reduction in test

times, stabilized 100

servers in the cloud,

150 servers currently

up and running at SRS

Acquiom, intranet

serving 4000

Westower employees,

interface for $100

million deconstruction

of Sprint/Nextel Push-

to-talk network,

vendor approval times

reduction by 60% at

Westower, $3 million

cost saving tool and

$1.9 million online

learning tool for IHS,

150 applications built

for IHS, SchoolFusion

School district

sponsorship system

delivered ~ $500,000

for FY 2010, as technical

sales lead delivered

$2,000,000 over 3

years, 8000 Ciber

personnel hours per

year saved with tracking

system, Ciber public

user complaints reduced

by 28%

SchoolFusion/Centrifuge Solutions, Denver / November 2007 – April 2011

- Designed, developed and deployed K-12 applications using LAMP platform enhanced with additional databases and languages as needed.

- Managed projects, from gathering client requirements to deployment process.

- Created internal software development/deployment standards. Performed all SA/DBA duties as needed including query optimization and replication. Handled all technical sales duties.

Key builds:

Sponsorship system allowing school districts to monetize their own sites. Estimated revenues delivered to the districts ~ $500,000 for FY 2010

Headed technical sales department leading to sales over $2,000,000 for a 3 year period

Multitiered system architecture allowing for proper testing, version control and documentation using PHP, PostgreSQL and SVN

Emergency Broadcast system for Educational sites

Web Development/Secure Application Development Consultant Ciber, Inc. Denver, Washington D.C / July 2005 – November 2007

- Developed secure and 508 compliant web internal and external web applications using PHP, ASP, Cold Fusion, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, MS SQL and Oracle.

- Migrated existing web applications to a standard LAMP platform. Managed projects, trained users, created documentation templating and generation system, updated and tested security of applications. Key builds:

Standardized nationwide web pages, resulting in unified public brand recognition and 28% decrease in public user complaints

Implemented tracking system for all public site usage income, saving 8,000 personnel hours per year

Secured major public financial interfaces and payment portals, replacing previous efforts with fully secured systems

Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead

I.H.S. Group, Denver / August 2000 – July 2005

- Controlled and maintained user interaction on 15 servers in a variety of platforms, customized vendor applications to integrate with legacy systems on inter- department projects.

- Developed Intranet/Internet systems in a networked Linux and Windows environment, utilizing PHP, Apache, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, ASP, Sharepoint Portal Server, CSS, JavaScript, and OpenLDAP. Built and maintained 150 applications created in diverse technologies, and deployed on an assortment of platforms. Key builds:

Secured partnership with an internet education firm to purchase rights to distribute online learning courses and products, resulting in $1.96 million in revenue

PHP/PostgreSQL/DHTML applications to analyze telecommunications billing data, resulted in a cost savings of $3 million

Web-based LDAP authentication and authorization control system allowing departments to manage their own permissions

Systems created

SAAS data replication,

Complete Monitoring

and Alert, Payment

Authorization and

Control solution, Unified

portal, Vendor

management, LMS

system, Multiserver

replication, Sponsorship,

Emergency broadcast,

ERP, intranet, HR

management, web-

based LDAP

authentication/

authorization control

Management

DevOps manager, Q/A

manager, IT manager,

Lead Engineer,

Teambuilding,

interdepartmental

liaison, Thought

Leadership, Whitepapers

Academic

contribution and

testing

PostgreSQL 9.0 High

Performance by Gregory

Smith

Education

4 Years Computer

Science, University of

Wyoming

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