Software Development Scrum Master

Contact

515-***-**** (Mobile)

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www.linkedin.com/in/sean-hughes-

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Top Skills

Thought Leadership

Enterprise Architecture

System Architecture

Languages

English

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master

Sean Hughes

Leader Executive Entrepreneur

Waconia, Minnesota, United States

Summary

Executive management professional with 20 years' experience in management, project management, development and implementation. Successful development, implementation and deployment of several large-scale development projects including all aspects of the software development lifecycle; including requirements, development, testing and deployment. Highly qualified in all areas of change management including quality, time, cost and risk. Ten years of demonstrated experience in formal leadership with a staff of 40+ people working on multiple projects. Deep experience in implementing projects on the Microsoft and Java technology stacks. Responsible for helping develop corporate and division business strategies, business plans and operating budgets. Has ability to successfully handle competing priorities, tasks, and being a creative problem solver. Able to work independently with little or no supervision and have successfully developed multi-shore development practices. Deep experience in hiring, training and mentoring staff to build a strong team environment. Has the soft skills necessary to implement large projects that span multiple departments and operate in a matrix organization.

Specialties: Executive Management, IT Architectures, Project Management, Software Development, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Waterfall, XP, TDD, SAFe, Analytics, Deep Learning, R, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, BI

Experience

TravelNet Solutions

Vice President Engineering

March 2019 - August 2022 (3 years 6 months)

Cottage Grove,MN

As Vice President of Engineering, Sean is responsible for all global engineering processes, product development activities and allocation of global Page 1 of 6

engineering functions. Sean has spent 23 years in the software development industry, including 10 years laying down production code and has grown two engineering teams from one person to over 40 in multiple countries. Before joining TravelNet Solutions, Sean spent two years at DTN, where he led the development of 4 major product lines that represent 100 million dollars in revenue. He also spent 8 years at John Deere Intelligent Vehicle Systems where he was instrumental in the release of API tools that allowed for sharing of machine data with other Farm Management Systems (FMS) and the complete replatforming of John Deere’s own FMS called Apex. He has the unique skill of being deeply technical but also converting that knowledge into actionable insights for non-developers. He also drives value creation by creating product definition teams that close gaps in requirements and user persona needs.

Sean is very competitive and spends an inordinate amount of time talking about taking other companies’ lunch money.

DTN

Sr. Manager, Online Services

May 2017 - March 2019 (1 year 11 months)

Burnsville, MN

Cloud Services, a division of DTN, is looking for a dynamic leader to help develop our next generation of world-class Software as a Service (SaaS) products and services. Cloud Services is an industry leader providing premium B2B solutions for the refined fuels, aviation, energy, transportation, and agribusiness markets. Our products are used on a day-to-day basis by the world’s largest companies to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. The Sr. Manager, Online Services is responsible for the creation, advancement, and support of both new and existing Cloud Service’s offerings in our commercial Weather and Agriculture Producer businesses. Products are provided in a SaaS model delivered though desktop browsers, tablets, smartphone, and integrated web service solutions. All products have a global footprint with an expectation of 24x7 availability, delivery at scale, and internationalization.

Responsibilities

Oversee product development objectives; ensure on-time delivery within R&D budget forecasts

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Lead and manage software teams consisting of software developers and software engineering managers

Collaborate and function as a trusted partner with Product Management groups on product concept elaboration, stage gate preparation, and business prioritization

Provide updates to senior leadership on development schedules, software and system capacity and reliability, and application risk and/or mitigation plans Promote, foster and actively contribute to the innovation of new products, processes and capabilities

Champion and lead the drive for a high performance culture Advance best practice utilization for new feature or product initiatives: estimation, tracking, and agile development

Ensure software architecture and implementations are sufficient for maintaining a 24x7x365 operational environment

Gage

Technical Lead

October 2016 - May 2017 (8 months)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

The Technical Lead is responsible for delivering the technical product for assigned projects at Gage, owning the end product, the assigned technical resources and the technical budget. The Tech Lead will have management responsibilities within the Technology department. This person is the technical domain expert as well as the product domain expert and will have responsibility for the technical road-map of Gage product offerings. The Tech Lead will work with all internal departments and have significant client contact regarding technical delivery and Gage product offering. Conservis

Vice President Engineering

September 2013 - June 2016 (2 years 10 months)

The Vice President of Engineering is responsible for all global engineering processes, product development activities and allocation of global engineering functions. Works with the executive team to ensure the proper priority and people allocations are in place based upon the defined engineering priorities. Ensure the global teams are balanced to ensure the product delivery meets the demands of the market and continuously upgrades the global engineering skill set to achieve the long term product development vision. Manages and motivates the engineering staff for optimum effectiveness as well as develops Page 3 of 6

budgets, schedules projects and is responsible for overseeing the creation and improvement of the engineering department's products.

- Defines and implements global engineering processes to drive consistency throughout the organization.

- Resources all projects based upon the company defined engineering priority list.

- Assess the engineering team and organizational structure to seek ways to improve performance.

- Recommend and implement potential changes to organizational structure of operations team.

- Improve overall productivity and performance by implementing strategic replacements as needed.

- Responsible for keeping key programs on schedule and managing the engineering team accordingly.

- Drives concurrent engineering at all levels of the organization to ensure meeting of program requirements and timelines.

- Establish role as a key member of management team and central support in achievement of strategic objectives.

- Develop strategic planning and provide direction and control of product development activities.

- Provide technical direction and guidance as well as hands-on project management for all product development.

- Ensure the optimal application of technology and engineering team to meet product development and/or customer requirements.

Thomson Reuters

Team Coach

September 2012 - September 2013 (1 year 1 month)

A software professional who combines exceptional technical ability with business savvy and effective communication skills for the position of Team Coach. Candidates must be results-driven, team-oriented, customer-focused, and self-motivated. In this role you will manage a group of development engineers, support the team's Westlaw Maintenance activities, and lead projects to build new solutions on the Cobalt Platform for the Infrastructure and Operations group in Legal Technology.

Key Responsibilities

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- Manage the work, performance, and careers of a team of development engineers

- Be an agent of change through thoughtful delivery of its explanation and impact

- Lead software development projects by staffing the team, scoping the work, managing risks, tracking dependencies, monitoring progress, and helping resolve critical issues

- Be ScrumMaster of a project team by facilitating agile practices and owning iteration meetings

- Coach developers to plan, execute, and track progress through stories and tasks

- Advocate for organizational agile standards like TDD and module communities

- Collaborate with internal business customers and technical partners to interpret, capture, and prioritize requirements in stories

- Provide feedback on business decisions as they relate to technical goals and standards

- Partner with Quality engineers to define proper acceptance criteria, and collaborate to resolve variations

- Partner with operations staff to insure continuous availability and functionality of delivered Production applications and features

- Proactively contribute to design discussions and carry out the strategy provided by architects

- Present concepts and proposals to a variety of audiences including engineers, business customers, and senior management

- Encourage and promote innovation and the use of technology to meet and exceed business goals

- Mentor software engineers in design and coding best practices The CBE Group, Inc.

Manager, Software Architecture

October 2011 - July 2012 (10 months)

Cedar Falls, IA

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Delivery Manager

May 2011 - October 2011 (6 months)

Telligen

Technical Leader

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January 2010 - May 2011 (1 year 5 months)

West Des Moines

John Deere

6 years 7 months

Desktop Team Supervisor

July 2009 - January 2010 (7 months)

Supervisor Product Engineering

July 2003 - July 2009 (6 years 1 month)

Landis+Gyr

Embedded Software Engineer

July 2001 - July 2003 (2 years 1 month)

Previous company name at the time I was there was Hunt Technologies. Shamrock Computer Resources

Sr. Software Developer

January 1996 - July 1998 (2 years 7 months)

Education

Upper Iowa University

Business Administration, Management and Operations · (2009 - 2011) University of Iowa

MIS, Finance · (1993 - 1994)

University of Dubuque

Computer Science · (1992 - 1993)

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