A result driven Information Technology professional with more than 20 years of experience seeking to deliver efficient solutions that meet critical business needs. Proficient in all aspects of Agile Software Development and Delivery. Providing team leadership and resource management, while continually honing technical skills with an emphasis on high performance, trouble shooting and database performance tuning.

Work Experience

Great Western Insurance Company - Ogden, Utah

IT Development Supervisor 03/2018 to Present

-Played a critical role in the merger of Great Western Insurance Company with American Enterprise Group(AEG). Led all aspects of the policy, agent and portal migration from GWIC systems to AEG, successfully administering an entire block of business on target systems. Responsible for building out any gaps identified in target platforms to ensure a smooth and seamless transition of the blocks of business.

-Managed team work using Microsoft Azure DevOps.

-Supervised team of six engineers supporting all aspects of the Preneed Insurance Technology. Responsible for ensuring that sound software development principles were established and adhered to. As a result, the team improved its ability to deploy software with fewer defects.

-Responsible for implementing and managing release processes for deploying code through development, test, and production environments. Made certain that code was properly checked into source control.

Lead Developer 01/2013 to 02/2018

-Worked closely with team to create new and improved standards and procedures for efficiently developing software.

-As agile Scrum Master, I was responsible for driving meaningful changes within the company by facilitating and leading backlog grooming sessions, planning sessions, bi-weekly meetings, and removing any roadblocks that would impede completion of critical tasks.

-Ensured that software developers followed software development standards and processes.

Database Programmer 03/2008 to 12/2012

-Worked closely with team members to analyze, define, design, develop and test all software solutions used to support the major operations of the company.

-Improved the time and cost to build and print insurance policy packets by developing a state of the art policy packet build and print process. Before the project, insurance policies averaged two weeks to assemble and print from the time the policy was issued. After the project, policies were built every 5 minutes and printed every half hour.

-Delivered a brand-new administration system and made significant contributions in developing a business workflow and document imaging system. These changes made it possible for the business to administer insurance policies in an accurate and timely manner.

-Worked with managers and outside vendors to automate a new payment processing system which resulted in significant department cost savings.

Project Lead and Programmer Analyst

Lockheed Martin - Ogden, Utah 12/2006 to 03/2008

-Managed team of developers working on a Treasury contract for the IRS.

-As project lead, I helped the team improve its performance by providing constructive advice, sound counseling and strong leadership.

Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman - Clearfield, Utah 03/2003 to 12/2006

-Worked with military personnel to define, develop and deploy changes to U.S. Air Force systems.

-Stepped in and completed the development of a system in a short time frame when unexpected personnel changes occurred.

Systems Analyst and Team Lead

Synergy Inc. - Ogden, Utah 11/2001 to 02/2003

-Led a software development team working on a IRS project.

-Improved performance of existing system by 70% by reworking existing SQL code.

Career Highlights

Received Employee of the Year 2012 at Great Western Insurance for leading the automation project for the companies Policy Printing Process. The success of this project led to improved efficiencies in both the time to assemble a policy as well as significant cost reduction in payroll. I was recognized for “Exemplification of Customer Service, Leadership and Personal Accountability, Ethics and Improved Efficiency.”

While Supervisor of Software Development at Great Western Insurance Company, brought the administrative platform into MAR compliance in a very short and demanding time frame.

As a Development Lead at Great Western Insurance Company, played a key role in creating new standards and improving procedures for increasing efficiency in software development processes. Worked with cross functional teams to analyze, design, develop, and test new software solutions. Worked closely with business managers to analyze, plan and implement new business processes and the supporting software.

Skills

Oracle Database Development

SQL

JavaScript

Veracode

Oracle Apex

PL/SQL

Python

GIT

Agile

DevOps

HTML

SVN

Scrum

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft T-SQL

Oracle Forms

Oracle Reports

Education

Bachelor of Information Systems and Technology, Weber State University, Ogden Utah

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