Senior Software Engineering Leader with Strong Business Skills

Chuck Blevins MERGING BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE

Suwanee, GA 678-***-**** **********@*****.*** LinkedIn

Results and Value Driven Product Engineering and Business Leader – Seeking to apply experience, instincts, and successful background as an Engineering Leader (VP/Director level). Excel in a dynamic environment, fervent believer in agile methods, simplification, and moving fast. Effective team management, collaboration, and able work with individuals of all professional levels, technical depth, and diversity.

Strengths and Areas of Expertise

Strategy and Planning

Transparent Communication

Reporting and Analytics

Processes & Standards

Supply Chain Management

B2B Integration

Agile Best Practices

Retail Operations

eCommerce & Omni-Channel

HR Functions & Mentorship

Performance and Scalability

Forecasting and Auto Ordering

Leadership and Achievements

Board of Advisors - RapidRMS, Calhoun GA 2020 – Present

Rapid RMS is a modern POS, Back Office, and eCommerce solution for convenience operators. Supports fuel pump control, product scanning, credit integration, inventory, and basic labor functions (Time and Attendance).

Provide input into business operations, software design and investor engagement.

Conducted initial code review of product to assess code quality and maintainability. Provided a report of recommended changes to management. Ongoing code and architecture reviews.

Recommended SDLC improvements to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and avoid design misses.

Review marketing materials, technical documentation, customer proposals, and investor solicitations.

Technical Director - Hi-Rez Studios, Alpharetta GA 2021 – 2022

A premier game developer (Smite, Paladins, Rouge Company) specializing in MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), team based, and third-party shooter games.

Hired to build a “Marketplace” where game players can purchase and trade game play items.

Led the technical design for integration with Forte, which provides an NFT/token-based economy software based on blockchain technology.

Due to negative player reception, in late 2021 a major game distributor (Valve) announced that it will not host any game that uses NFT’s or Blockchain. As a result, Hi-Rez cancelled the Marketplace project.

Consulting CTO - ROC Associates, Marietta GA 2018 – 2020

A boutique consulting company dedicated to business and technology alignment within the food service, convenience, grocery, and retail segments.

Provided CTO consulting services for clients to analyze, recommend, and implement innovative solutions, streamline operations and processes, modernize technology, and reduce cost.

Completed a store and HQ technology assessment for NAPA auto parts. Provided a recommendation for system modernization and business realignment using a domain-driven, microservice approach.

Spearheaded and architected a multi-million-dollar mobile inventory solution for Speedway. Negotiated contract, hired, and directed onshore & offshore engineers and UI/UX designers using external vendors.

Chairman of the Conexxus IoT data standards committee, establishing data elements and APIs for device interaction between convenience store operators and hardware vendors.

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Senior Technical Product Manager (Contractor) - HotSchedules, Alpharetta GA 2017 – 2018

A provider of back office and workforce management solutions for food service and hospitality operators.

Conceptualized, designed, and documented features for the next generation “Clarifi” back-office product using a modern microservice architecture.

Designed a food production module to ensure prompt customer service and reduce food waste.

Derived and documented complex algorithms, data structures, and microservice components for offshore engineering team to reduce churn.

Conducted daily remote scrum standup meetings and documented progress for scrum of scrums.

Defined the product roadmap for reporting and data analysis strategy (data lake, standard and custom reports, KPI’s, business intelligence, alerts, and dashboards).

Director, Software Engineering - NCR, Alpharetta GA 2010 – 2017

NCR is a world leading provider of retail, restaurant, and financial solutions. Radiant Systems was a provider of integrated Point of Sale and management systems for the convenience, stadium, grocery, and hospitality (QSR, Fast Casual, Table Service) segments.

Led the design and development of NCR Silver a mobile (iOS and Android) SaaS cloud-based SOA, POS, time clock, reporting, eCommerce, and email marketing solution utilized in 25K corporate and sole proprietor locations. (Global Franchise Group, Waffle House, Cellaris Phones, Go Calendars)

Patent Number 10043167 Mobile point-of-sale (POS) techniques for NCR Silver data synchronization.

Implemented a microservice-based Lambda architecture to increase the capabilities of POS data loading to support batch and stream operations.

Before NCR Silver, established a team and constructed a customizable online ordering platform integrated to Aloha and Radiant POS. (Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle, Potbelly Sandwiches).

Completed PA-DSS (Payment Application - Data Security Standard) certification for store software.

Vice President Development - RedPrairie Software, Alpharetta GA 2006 – 2009

RedPrairie Software was a provider of Integrated Supply Chain (Transportation, Warehouse, Store), Operational, and Workforce Management Systems for multiple retail, food service, and convenience verticals.

Responsible for the Enterprise Store Operations product line utilized at over 30K worldwide locations (Dunkin Brands, HMSHost, Culvers, Five Guys, Firehouse, Speedway, Chevron, Total, Sheetz, Shoprite).

Led a 100+ person team of onshore and offshore resources. Managed a payroll and expense budget exceeding 20 million dollars annually. Maintained a voluntary turnover rate of less than 4 percent.

Worked directly with large and small customers to determine custom requirements and costs. Approved statements of work and contracts for custom development work of 5-10 million dollars annually.

Reorganized 25 member Bangalore India team to focus exclusively on automated and performance testing reducing production issues by 25%. Relocated team to a new state-of-the art facility.

Education

BS – Mathematics, Emphasis in Computer Science Columbus State University

Basic and Advanced Military Training (Data Center Specialist) United States Army

Technical Acumen

MSSQL NoSQL Relational/Analytical Databases Data Modeling C# ASP.Net Java JavaScript JSON

XML ETL Restful APIs Web Services Microservices Jira GitHub MS Visual Studio

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