RONAN O’DONOHOE

*** ***** ***** ****** ***** Augustine, FL 32092w Phone: 904.806.6459w eojlk6@r.postjobfree.com

Process Architect / Sr Coldfusion Programmer

Dynamic, hands-on Change Agent who builds and leads teams to design and implement successful IT initiatives while supporting corporate strategy and driving business growth

Sr. Coldfusion Programmer | Project Management | SaaS Expert | Team Builder | Process Management

IT Leader with over 15 years experience in Internet software development, team development and process engineering. Energetic, driven, and decisive leader with a history of managing successful SaaS projects, driving Innovation, implementing Agile methodologies, and developing robust, high-quality Coldfusion software solutions that solve business problems from the ground up. Strategist with deep IT acumen in Web Technology, extensive operational experience, expertise in identifying, evaluating, and executing the right strategies and initiatives to achieve value-building goals while building strong, global, and high-performance teams.

Process Architect Problem Solving Change Control Management Quality Assurance

Build and Release Cross-Functional Leadership Risk Management

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Highlights

Systems Architecture & Design

Project Management

Software Configuration Management Agile Practitioner

Completely re-engineered build and release strategy used to develop MenuMax , a fully automated web-based recipe and menu management system designed for BOH optimization built on Coldfusion 9 and SQL Server 2008 SR2.

Built and lead Agile teams which increased productivity, increased quality, and reduced time to market.

Reduced infrastructure costs by 50% by reengineering the infrastructure model to utilize cloud computing.

Experience

MANAGER OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (2008 2011)

Lifeware TEK; Saint Augustine, FL

Build and Release | Cloud Computing | Agile Development | Continuous Integration | Product Design | SCRUM Master

Directed all services, resources, and support for development of SaaS solutions and a staff of Developers, Infrastructure Engineers, QA and UI Specialists; direct report to CEO. Coordinated the migration of script and SQL artifacts for multiple projects across multiple environments (Development, QA, UAT, Staging, Production). Worked with senior management to plan project schedules, report buikld status, and performance while ensuring project activities align with strategic business objectives. Built credibility, established rapport, and maintained communications with stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the organization.

• Migrated company platform from a .Net environment to a J2EE platform leveraging Coldfusion Enterprise versions 8 & 9.

• Implemented a software configuration management system that provided a more efficient build process with full source

control, regression testing, unit testing, and staging for software release management.

• Trained Development teams in Coldfusion best practices and MVC architecture.

• Led implementation of Agile development methodology and standardized Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes to enable additional development checkpoints and performance metrics.

• Pioneered the product strategy, development, and implementation of MenuMax , a web-based recipe and menu management system.

• Designed the technical roadmap for the development platform implemented a cloud computing model that saved 50% in operating costs.

• Engineered development processes to include offshore development (remote teams). 1|Page

BUILD & RELEASE MANAGER / R&D MANAGER /SOFTWARE ENGINEER (2004 2008)

Vurv Technology; Jacksonville, FL

Build & Release Management | Software Programming | Software Configuration Management | Web Technology

Lead initiative to establish SCM tools (Perforce, Ant, DB Deploy) for an IT department of over 100+ software engineers, system engineers, and Q.A. analysts. Lead R&D Team for high profile projects including Vurv’s flagship product “Corporate Edition” an enterprise on-demand talent management software solution built on Coldfusion Enterprise versions 6 & 7. Directly involved in developing solutions for such companies as SAIC, Boeing, Coca-Cola, and KPMG. Helped establish code management processes, introduced continuous integration, and worked with senior management to development deployment strategies that included global multi-tier environments. Executed project management plans and established and communicated metrics, status reports, and release plans with C-level Executives.

• Promoted to manage R&D team to deliver major project releases from project planning through product delivery and support.

• Reduced defects, increased team efficiency, and delivered a build release through the implementation of iterative Agile

development methodology.

• Managed implementation of a global build-and-release management system including continuous integration processes.

• Led the implementation of a Software Configuration Management System for source control.

INTERNET APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER/CONSULTANT (2000 2004)

Venturelabour.com; Guelph, Ontario

Coldfusion Development | End-to-End Design & Development | Database Design | SEO Development | eCommerce

Designed and developed numerous web-based applications that included portal development that supported shopping carts, Job sites, Content Management Systems (CMS), Auction Engines, Social Network applications and enterprise solutions including Customer Relationship Management Solutions using ColdFusion, PHP, and SQL server technologies.

• Analyzed and implemented programming and data schemas, as well as content.

• Optimized data transactions through the design and development of queries, triggers, and SQL stored procedures.

Methodologies Software Tools

Operating Systems Programming/Scripting Languages

Server Applications Databases

Technical Expertise

Rational Unified Process (RUP), Waterfall, Iterative (Agile, SCRUM, Standards Extreme Programming [XP], Rapid Application Development [RAD], Kanban)

Rally, TeamCity, Perforce, Subversion/Perforce, Visual SourceSafe (VSS), MS Project, MS Visio, Ant, ColdFusion Builder, Dreamweaver, Flash MX, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Araxis, Visual Studio, Fiddler, Eclipse, SharePoint, Authorize.net

Linux, Windows, Unix, DOS

CFML, JQUERY, Transact SQL, PHP, XML, JavaScript/AJAX, DHTML, HTML, ActionScript, Stored Procedures, Triggers, CSS, and some Java, JSP

IIS6-7, ColdFusion versions 5-9, Flash Communication Server

MS SQL Server 2000-8 SR2, MySQL

Education & Certification

Bachelor of Commerce University of Guelph; Guelph, Ontario Diploma in Internet Management Humber College; Toronto, Ontario Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion

Flash Communication Server

Project Management Institute (PMI) Member

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