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linkedin.com/in/kennethyoung323

Los Angeles, CA 90064

HIGHLIGHTS

• Previous software developer experience

• Supervisory experience

• Extensive experience managing

geographically dispersed teams

• Expertise on release management for

mobile native apps

• Administration experience with Kafka,

ELK, Zookeeper, AWS, SSL, onelogin,

O365, Atlassian Suite, Jira Portfolio,

Bitbucket

• Project management experience with

Agile and Waterfall methodologies

STRENGTHS

Resourceful Strategic Thinking

Process Improvement Analytical

Project & Product Management

Native iOS/Android Mobile Apps

CI/CD UX UI Rapid Prototyping

Agile/Kanban JIRA Mastery

Offshore Management

Cloud Computing CMS PCI

Payment Processing COPPA

Social Media Digital Marketing

Java/J2EE Hibernate Spring SQL

Javascript/Node.js RESTful

Serverless SOA OAuth

JIRA/JIRA Portfolio/Confluence/Bitbucket

Power BI InVision Apache Kafka

Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana/Beats

iOS Android

EDUCATION

Technical Diploma

Information Technology Institute

Jan 1999 – Nov 1999

Toronto, Canada

Bachelor of Commerce

Ryerson University

Sep 1994 – Apr 1998

Toronto, Canada

KENNETH YOUNG

Passion for Operational Efficiencies

EXPERIENCE

Head of Software Development

CRI Genetics Healthcare &Wellness

Mar 2020 – Current El Segundo, CA

• Lead and manage a team of developers/QA delivering software solutions in AWS cloud

• Provide architectural guidance to implement a Big Data solution using Kafka, ELK to allow scientists to consume genome data sets in real-time

• Establish and drive delivery of project plan objectives by coordinating activities across multiple departments to achieve program goals

• Execute strategies to minimize cyber security threat risk profile, such as migrating On-prem DNA sample files backup process to AWS S3 platform with CloudWatch, CloudTrail and Cross Region Replication

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to manage all aspects of the eCommerce fulfillment system integrations

Project Leader

H2Wellness Healthcare &Wellness

Jan 2019 – Oct 2019 Los Angeles, CA

• Led a cross functional team to deliver a redesigned native mobile app from concept to launch ”ProLon: Fast Mimicking Diet”

• Created user journey mapping document to help visualizing customer experience for new feature development

• Collaborated closely with partners and engineering teams to build and maintain microservices for the H2P SaaS platform

• Leveraged dashboards to report key metrics on project performance such as Sprint burndown, Velocity, Epic and Release burndown

• Used PPM tool to manage resource capacity, dependencies and schedule forecasting

• Owned and drove continuous improvement using leading project management methodologies

Director of Software Development

The TEAM Companies Accounting

Oct 2017 – Jan 2019 Burbank, CA

• Led, manage, and empower a team of 15 developers, business analysts and QAs to deliver mission critical payroll applications in AS400

• Worked closely with accounting department to ensure accuracy and timely completion of critical reports and helped identifying key controls for better audit planning

• Mentored developers to improve code review process as well as architectural guidance to modernize legacy applications with microservices

• Partnered with department heads to automate labor intensive processes with ETL or scripting to improve operational efficiencies

• Continued to evaluate new methodologies and tools to further improve SDLC

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified ScrumMaster CSM

Scrum Alliance

Project Management Pro PMP

(Currently Pursuing)

Project Management Institute

sUAS Remote Pilot

Federal Aviation Administration

PUBLICATIONS

Videos

• BOSTON Awesome Drone Footage 4K

(2017)

Featured in ”Proud Marry” a Sony featured

film in 2018&used in other corporate promo-

tional materials

• FRANKFURT amMAINinOneDay(2017)

Selected as AirVuz Video of the Day on

8/22/2017

• HONGKONGStunningDroneFootage4K

(2017)

Selected as AirVuz Video of the Day on

7/20/2017

• Amsterdam Stunning Drone Footage 4K

(2018)

Director of Project Management

NantHealth Inc Healthcare &Wellness

Nov 2015 – Aug 2017 Culver City, CA

• Led a cross functional team to deliver 2 native mobile apps, ”Cancer Connect” & ”Patient Reported Outcomes” from concept to launch using Scrummethodology;

• Drove process improvements across teams by adapting JIRA Portfolio for real time reporting on resource capacity, inter-project dependencies and schedule forecasting

• Defined key metrics to measure portfolio performance using Earn Value Management in conjunction with Agile metrics such as Sprint burndown, Velocity, Epic and Release burndown

• Challenged executive management to mobilize other teams to complete the initial phase of a strategic mobile app due to resource bottlenecks

• Partnered closely with product advisors to conduct beta testing prototypes with cancer survivors to gain insights prior to launch Software Development Manager

DreamWorks Animation Entertainment

Apr 2014 – Nov 2015 Glendale, CA

• Designed a content sharing system called Family Stream for kids to share user generated content easily and securely with their parents and friends

• Continued to enhance IAM platform to comply with COPPA requirements for Dreamworks’ games portfolio

• Successfully and quickly transformed a cross functional team to adopt agile scrummethodologyusingJIRAAgile

• Orchestrated implementation of ad serving capability to cross promote DreamWorks web/mobile properties. It was designed as a prelude to position DreamWorks as a publisher to sell online ad units Sr. Technical Project Manager

Disney Interactive Entertainment

Apr 2012 – Apr 2014 Glendale, CA

• Worked closely with leadership to develop an integration plan for Babble.com to adopt Disney’s Agile development methodologies after M&A

• Managed BabyZone.com CMS platformmigrationfromDisney’s proprietary system to WordPress as part of the company wide Mobile First initiative, achieved 25% traffic increase after 60 days

• Elected as the Atlassian Process Owner and Admin for the Disney Interactive Family group

Engineering Manager

Chrome River Technologies Accounting

Aug 2011 – Apr 2012 Los Angeles, CA

• Worked closely with partners to deliver company’s first mobile app as another convenient way to submit expense report with receipts on the go powered by Chrome River’s Expense & Invoice Management platform

• Challenged engineering team to implement the MVP feature set in less than 2 months to showcase new service offerings in Chrome River’s annual technology conference

Supervisor

Mercury Insurance Insurance

Sep 2004 – Jul 2011 Brea, CA

• Took on a new role to contribute architectural design to deliver a new Point of Sale system allowing insurance agents to submit Commercial Auto insurance applications online. It involved Data Warehousing integrations with internal Underwriting platform and other external services such as DMV, CLUE, Credit Bureaus

• Successfully Implemented a payment processing platform the first time for Mercury to accept Credit/Debit card payments online or through IVR by integrating Chase Paymentech’s payment gateway with Mercury’s internal Billings platform

• Repeatedly recognized for top performance through promotions and selection for high-priority initiatives

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer

Fullerene Productions Professional Services

Jun 2002 – Sep 2004 Los Angeles, CA

Software Engineer

Accuchex Corporation Accounting

Jun 2001 – May 2002 Novato, CA

Software Engineer

MarchFIRST Inc Professional Services

May 2000 – Apr 2001 San Francisco, CA

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